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Archive for February 2006

February 27th, 2006

So Long Jeeves

It is final, Jeeves is done and gone for a better place. As reported on Ask’s blog, they even had a movie produced for him titled Jeeves Leaves, a masterpiece by J.D. Ryznar.
More coverage:
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/003362.html [SE Roundtable]
http://battellemedia.com/archives/002368.php [Battelle Media]
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=3003  [Search Engine Herald]
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February 27th, 2006

Google Base as a Commerce Platform

Google Base has recently announced on their Google Base blog that it will start offering commerce services on it’s pages:
While Google Base provides data structure and distribution for a wide range of content and information, a subset of items are for sale. To help users more easily purchase and sell Google Base items, we’re planning […]

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February 21st, 2006

Typical Google Arrogance - Who Needs Paperwork?

Reuters, reports this morning about the way Google does their business in China:
The Beijing News reported on Tuesday that Google.cn, the company’s recently launched service that accommodates the China’s censorship demands, “has not obtained the ICP (Internet content provider) license needed to operate Internet content services in China”.
The Ministry of Information Industry, which regulates China’s […]

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February 16th, 2006

MSN Gets a Facelift and an Update

MSN search woke up this morning with a new slick look, less blue, more white (or Web2.0′ish).
Along with the new look, there are many reports of a major update, which caused many changes in SERP. It seems like the biggest update out of any search engine in a long time.
Personally, I cannot complain. I gote […]

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February 16th, 2006

GooglePark

Warning, this is a funny one … GooglePark…
[Via Scoble]
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February 15th, 2006

Google Changes “Hand-Job” Policy

Google keeps on customizing it’s policies to accomodate it’s needs. Last month (Jan. 06) they removed a policy page titled “Does Google censor search results?” in an attempt to cover for bending down in China. In that case they commented that “It is Google’s policy not to censor search results. However, in response to local […]

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February 15th, 2006

MSN’s Incentivized Search Hacked

It was even faster than I thought, and not random at all. A couple of hours after I posted about the new incentives offered to searchers, Oilman posted:
I viewed the source code of www.msnsearchandwin.com and here’s what you get:
Meta Keywords tag:
house cleaning, William Sonoma, Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, Blockbuster, Home Depot, money, cash, gift certificate, […]

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February 15th, 2006

Google Pay-Per-Call is Now Official

Yesterday, I posted about the new pay-per-call feature on Google’s paid advertising.
Sometimes in the afternoon hours, they added an official FAQ & Privacy pages with their name “Click to Call”, and the description:
What’s the phone icon on Google search results? How does it work?
We’re testing a new product that gives you a free and […]

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February 14th, 2006

New PPC Concept - Pay-Per-Call

Google is experimenting this morning with it’s pey-per-call service. If you search for “New York Hotels” you’ll see the little handset next to some of the results.
Seth Godin wrote about it:
“Click on the green phone and an ajax window opens up. Type in your phone number (remembered after the first time) and the sponsor calls […]

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February 14th, 2006

Search and Win at MSN

In an attempt to allure more searchers away from the competition and to their own search engine, the folks over at MSN have come up with an interesting idea: Search and Win.
How does it work?
Just use their search as usual and look for the title “MSN Search & Win” in the sponsored listings. Found it? […]

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