Friday, April 11, 2003

News Roundup: The State of Search The state of search. Yahoo finds itself flush with cash, possibly setting the stage for some acquisitions. Meanwhile, Google finds itself under attack for porn search filters. [CNET News.com] 7:52:41 AM    comment []

WebmasterWorld talks to The Register An Open Letter to TheRegister.co.uk. TheRegister is great because they have tech reporters that actually have a clue about most of this stuff. However, this last week, they've missed the mark." [WebmasterWorld] 7:48:43 AM    comment []

Wednesday, April 9, 2003

Google Dances Around PR as News Issue PR rules, OK? Google ducks promised news policy pledge. The Register Apr 9 2003 8:42AM ET [Moreover - moreover...] 9:41:22 AM    comment []

Happy Birthday Ask Jeeves Happy Birthday, Ask Jeeves! [Search Engine Watch] 8:55:27 AM    comment []

Tuesday, April 8, 2003

Yahoo Aims at Google Yahoo aims at Google with new search engine. The company's new streamlined search page has fewer graphics, more shortcuts to information and extended search capabilities. [Computerworld News] Unfortunately Yahoo is still using Google database. No switch to Inktomi yet. 4:15:03 PM    comment []

Friday, March 28, 2003

New Features at ATW ATW New Features. Hidden in AllTheWeb's new design are a new set of features to look at information around a specific site including link counts, page counts, whois information, and even a link to the WayBack machine. [WebmasterWorld] 9:08:29 AM    comment []

Tuesday, March 25, 2003

BBC Switches to Inktomi, Dumps Google BBC Search Now Using Inktomi. Looks like there was a switch from Google to Inktomi over the weekend. [WebmasterWorld] 10:15:51 AM    comment []

Monday, March 24, 2003

Yahoo's Challenge Commentary: Yahoo's challenge. To match Google's performance, Yahoo must modify its newly acquired Inktomi search engine to factor in editorial judgment. [CNET News.com] 11:05:53 AM    comment []

Thursday, March 20, 2003

Yahoo! Completes! Purchase! of! Inktomi! Yahoo Acquisition of Inktomi a Done Deal. Yahoo has announced that its acquisition of Inktomi is completed. [WebmasterWorld] 7:52:43 AM    comment []

Zeal Hits 250,000 The Looksmart Zeal. Looksmart have announced that Zeal has now grown to over 250,000 listings. [Search Guild News] 7:50:29 AM    comment []

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