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[lee.n3o]

• Microsoft tests Windows Live video search.
• Comcast launches Google based search.
• Google faces patent-violation suit in S. Korea.
• Google temporarily returned no results in Google Argentina due to a bug in their censorship software (screenshot).
• Blinkx to power Lycos video search.
• Google exec stock sales: $7.4 billion and counting.
• Google seeks fund rule exemption to increase investment returns.
• Mr. Google, find me a woman (video, humor).

[bragadocchio]

The video was pretty silly. Good to see people creating stuff like that.

Some interesting newslets. This might be something that would be a good recurring feature for our forum blog.

[lee.n3o]

Hey Bill... Some more newslets (BTW I don't write these, they are from a section of a newsletter I get.. )

Search engine newslets

• Ask.com adds emoticon search.
• ChaCha.com is a new search engine "powered by human intelligence".
• Browzar drops Overture after privacy backlash.
• Watch a day of Google traffic on a world map.
• Google now has a Russian blog.
• Google to give data to Brazilian court.
• The web site of Donald Trump has been hacked in Google's results.
• A strange route on Google maps.

Hope you like them... This was also in it which I thought was interesting!!

Google CEO joins Apple's board

"CEO Eric Schmidt is joining Apple Computer Inc.'s board of directors, the computer maker said on Tuesday, creating a close tie between two of Silicon Valley's most iconic companies."

[lee.n3o]

Some more for you...

• View where your AdWords ad is showing around the world.
• Yahoo releases a toolbar for Firefox.
• How Digg.com ranks stories.
• Ask.com announces research and development center in Germany.
• HotelWorldMap is a search engine for hotels with Google maps integration.
• Gazerk is a search engine for video gamers.
• Business keywords are the most popular search terms.
• Is Google AdSense for TV coming soon?
• Google updates Google Earth.
• Google says may launch video service in Japan.

[lee.n3o]

Some more...

• Google returns MSN as number 1 result for a "search" search.
• Yahoo tests PayPal icons in search ads.
• MSN has a new AJAX image search.
• Site search has more volume than web search.
• Google introduces featured content for Google Earth.
• The continuing adventures of Google's inconsistent PR team.
• Behind Google's German courtroom battle.
• Google: The new port authority.
• Araby.com is a new search engine.
• Yahoo signs search deal with Acer.
• Hosting Services from the Googleplex?
• Shakespeare Searched is a Shakespeare search engine.
• Apple, Google to team up for video downloads?
• Microsoft ready to launch own Internet video service.
• Google will flex political muscles.
• The rise of Baidu (that's Chinese for Google).

[lee.n3o]

• Google has the largest number of dead and old pages.
• Microsoft offers new ways to advertise.
• Google cross-site request forgery.
• A Google page that lists all supported Google country extensions.
• Suit filed against AOL; seeks to block search history storage.
• First half 2006 Internet ad revenue figures.
• About the Google News case in Belgium.
• Marketing on Google: it’s not just text anymore.
• Google plans upgrade for search engine in the fourth quarter.

[lee.n3o]

• CFG.Search is a firefox extension that allows you to use Google without sending cookies.
• Google Maps shows a giant insect on a field in Germany.
• N.Y. Google office takes up a block.
• Google buys garage where empire began.
• Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard sign search engine agreement.
• A new search engine rewards users with prizes.
• Costumzee.com is a search engine for halloween costumes.
• Google extends Google transit.
• Read an official Google statement about copyright.
• Ask.com updates weather and earthquake information.

[lee.n3o]

Some more for

• A preview of the new AOL Search is available.
• How Google Q&A works.
• Google underwhelms with "More About..." links in Gmail.
• The Google blog has been hacked right after a blog entry about security.
• Google Movies shows movie showtimes.
• Google launches literacy project to link resources.
• RSS Smart Answers are now available on international Ask.com sites.
• Google released a new beta of Google Groups.

[lee.n3o]

• Ms. Dewey is a search engine with a human face.
• Yahoo to simplify e-biz for small companies.
• Ask releases Ask Mobile.
• Earnings predictions: Yahoo and Google.
• Google plans largest U.S. solar-powered office.
• Google not having luck hiring In India.
• Marketers join social web sites.
• Yahoo to show local CBS news clips.
• Google cartoons are available here, here and here.
• Google not spooked by ghosts of deals past.

[lee.n3o]

• WebFetch is a new meta search engine that looks more or less like DogPile.
• AskVille is a new answer search engine by Amazon.
• Search engine thrives in Carnegie Mellon's backyard.
• Google releases a (beta) service that allows you to optimize your AdWords landing pages.
• Take a look at the top Halloween searches on Yahoo.
• Yahoo Japan reports 22% rise in quarterly profit.
• Google now has a Polish blog.
• Google buys SpaceShipOne.
• Judge consolidates two class suits against Google.
• YouTube shared user data with studio lawyers.
• Google's authors guild suit drags on. And on. And on.
• Google becomes a political player.
• Google is not invincible: 5 reasons why.

[lee.n3o]

• Yahoo now supports the NOODP tag
• Smarter.com is a visual shopping search engine.
• Working with advanced queries in the Live search box.
• Google to begin selling print ads Google to sell newspaper ads.
• Google acquired JotSpot.
• Yahoo improves its Shopping Search.
• Clickriver.com allows webmasters to advertise on Amazon.com.
• Ask.com selected to power Lycos Network Search.
• Fake airline boarding pass creator is Google intern.
• Google denies report on Belgian fines.
• Video: Google's Craig Silverstein speaks at UNC.
• ComScore releases worldwide ranking of top web properties.
• Yahoo in image advertising test on mobile phones.
• Live.com introduces 3D maps.
• Google plans an AdWords landing page update.

Edited by lee.n3o, 07 November 2006 - 08:00 AM.

[JohnMu]

* Yahoo now supports wildcards in the robots.txt

[lee.n3o]

Thanks John... I was under the impression Yahoo & MSN already supported * in the robots.txt! :embarrassed: Just goes to show you learn something basic everyday...

Some more newslets anyway...

• Google, YouTube deal closes at $1.775 billion.
• Google introduces customized home pages for groups.
• Sprinko.com is a new search engine.
• Click fraud lawsuits.
• Google’s Marissa Mayer: Speed wins.
• Is adCenter a Googlebeater?
• Making media with Yahoo! Video.
• Yahoo updates Yahoo! Bookmarks.
• Microsoft, Ask & Fox on Google At Web 2.0.
• Smart Answers lead to smart voting.
• The baby billionaires of Silicon Valley.
• Like.com is a visual shopping search engine.
• CometQuery is a new search engine that wants to challenge Google.
• Take a look at the Google, Yahoo, MSN acquisition chart.

[lee.n3o]

Just a quickie...

• Yahoo follows Google into newspaper ad deals.
• Chinese search engine Qihoo has raised US $25 million in venture capital.
• Yahoo! Maps released from beta.
• Koders benefits from Google attention.
• PCNames.com is a new domain search engine.
• Pronto.com is a new shopping search engine.
• Prank calls from Google maps.
• The race to create a 'smart' Google.

[lee.n3o]

• Microsoft offers $200 of free ad clicks (ALTHOUGH Only in the bloody US - Much to my annoyance today !!)
• Google sees big rise in online business.
• Yahoo China head quits after barely 40 days.
• Do not search Yahoo! for 'franchise'.
• Another Google comic strip.
• See a star on Google Earth.
• Italy opens probe into Google over bullying video.
• Oprah visits Yahoo! Answers.
• Do you know Cyber Monday?
• Google sites take UK’s top spot.
• Google flaw adds phishing hole to Web sites.

[lee.n3o]

Just got these through

• Google’s top secret advertising network.
• Google shutters its answers service.
• Save Google Answers (humor, video).
• Got answers and nowhere to share them?
• Google to offer Egyptian students new internet services.
• Yahoo, Reuters launch eyewitness photo site.
• The future of web ads is in Britain.

[lee.n3o]

• Google doesn't support the search API anymore (SOAP that is... You will have to use AJAX as of 5th December :kicking: )
  
  I thought this was quite funny.....
• Google completely copies Yahoo design.
• Google responds that Yahoo copies Google design.
  ...
• Online swindlers shift focus to smaller retailers.
• Critics: Yahoo reorg not radical enough.
• Google 2.0: From search engine to media powerhouse.
• Dick Cheney's Google searches (humor).
• The safety of Internet search engines.
• What Google can't do.
• Yahoo dethroned by MySpace.

Edited by lee.n3o, 12 December 2006 - 08:41 AM.

[lee.n3o]

I think quite alot of these have already been discussed...

• The best Yahoo Answers of 2006.
• The most popular search terms on Lycos in 2006.
• Microsoft will display Baidu's paid ads in China.
• The top searches on Live.com in 2006.
• Google adds information about ad quality and performance in their help center.
• Yahoo's publisher network has new ad blocking options.
• Google now offers domains for $10/year.
• Google fixes Adwords security flaw.
• Google Finance gets an update.
• Google releases a patent search engine.
• German economics ministers reveals move away from ‘Quaero’.
• NASA and Google to bring space exploration down to earth.

[lee.n3o]

Got these through this morning..

• Google top searches: Based on everything and nothing.
• Top 10 mistakes in web design.
• Page view metrics? Bah, humbug!
• Google's open source airbag.
• Yahoo updates toolbar and bookmarks.
• Google in the New Year.
• In search of new Google in Silicon Valley.
• Hackers dent Google's free email.
• The year in Ask 2006.
• Firefox creator loses faith in Google.
• Google accidentally deleted Gmail accounts.

[lee.n3o]

Got these through this morning...

• Google's media ambassador: What about us sounds so unfriendly?
• Yahoo China to evolve into business-oriented search engine.
• Keyword ads and meta tags don't confuse consumers.
• Winzy is a new search engine that offers prizes for searching.
• O Googlers, where art thou?
• What do you think about ads in captchas?