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Archive for October 2005

October 31st, 2005

Google Responds to Smart Pricing Controversy

Las week it was Jansense who hung the dirty laundy on her site posting about Google’s smart pricing method and the fact that one poorly converting site can lower the pay across the entire network of a certain publisher.
Smart pricing affects an entire account. It is not on a per page or per site basis.
One […]

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October 31st, 2005

Search Engine Logo Maker

GoogleFor.com and YahooFor.com are two new sites allowing people to customize their own search engine logos, for example, the sites:
googlefor.com/Search Engine Herald
yahoofor.com/Search Engine Herald
Will get you our own little logos, in fact, your logo will even stay on the Google site even after running a search.
[Found Via Blogoscoped]
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October 31st, 2005

Search Engines Dress-Up for Halloween

Jeeves is still around, and hasn’t been booted (yet), he’s known for his creative costume ideas…

Yahoo…

and Google…

I, personally, like Jeeves the best (although Yahoo’s is pretty cool as well), which one is your favorite?
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October 28th, 2005

Alibaba Establishes Control Over Yahoo! China

Alibaba had gained a complete control over Yahoo! China. According the China View the deal ran for $1,000,000,000, yea, thats 1 billion dollars. Not too shabby eh?

According to an agreement signed by Alibaba and Yahoo! China on Aug. 11, all of Yahoo! China’s assets go to Alibaba, including its search technology, the website, its communication […]

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October 28th, 2005

Yahoo! Save to My Web Feature Added

Yahoo! had announced earlier about a new feature called “Save to My Web”. This feature works like Del.icio.us, and it’s implementation looks pretty good.

Save to My Web is a simple, sociable button you can add to any and every page of your blog or website. Users click to save your content and add it directly […]

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October 28th, 2005

Search Engine Sale Pulls $101,000

Last week I reported about Jux2 search engine being offered for sale on eBay at no reserve. This sale had ended yesterday with the total price of $101,000.
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October 27th, 2005

Travel Trip Planner, The New One From Yahoo

Back in the day, when going on a trip I can remember going to the library, checking about a dozen books, collectiong information from friends, and photocopying the whole thing in an attempt to be able to find the appropriate information at the right time. Then came the search box, where you could (and still […]

By Gilad -- 0 comments

October 27th, 2005

Microsoft to Join Yahoo’s Book Search Efforts

Microsoft had announced it’s plans to join Yahoo! and the Open Content Alliance deal which was formed a while back, and launch it’s own MSN Book Search.
Oh, and yea, since Google is left out, Microsoft thinks it is even better…
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October 25th, 2005

Google Base Screenshots and Thoughts

Google allowed yesterday a limited access to it’s Google Base homepage (Screenshot), and rumors started spreading around as to it’s purpose. Based on the above screenshot,
“Google Base is Google’s database into which you can add all types of content. We’ll host your content and make it searchable online for free.
Examples of items you can find […]

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October 25th, 2005

Google, Short Term Memory or Straight Up Arrogance?

Google Web Accelerator v2.0 is back with a vengance, and with it many surprises. The first time GWA was released it caused a huge outrage as to it’s actions, this time it seems to have gone even further,
“In version 1.0, web masters at least had a fighting chance as the GWA identified its requests with […]

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