Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search
Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged
separately:
From The SEW Blog…
So Long
Daypop & Blogdex
Back in 2003, I wrote about a number of blog search engines emerging at that
time. Feedster was brand new and Technorati still pretty young. Both were
babies compared to Daypop and Blogdex. Sadly, Gary Price over at ResourceShelf
notes in A Brief Tribute to Dan Chan, Daypop, and MIT’s Blogdex that neither
of these pioneering services has made it to 2006….
Seevast:
It’s Kanoodle & More
Catching up on some industry news earlier this month, Kanoodle has done some
restructuring. Previously, Kanoodle offered both search and contextual ads.
Now, Kanoodle only offers search ads. Contextual ads are being sold through a
sister business unit, Pulse 360. Meanwhile, the Moniker domain traffic service
has been acquired and will run as a third sister business. Above all of these
is a new operating company, Seevast. For more, see this ClickZ story: Kanoodle
Makes Acquisition, Becomes Seevast….
Google
AdSense Prompts Ad Viewers to Download Third Party Applications
When you visit a site with Google AdSense ads, you would hardly expect the ads
to trigger an auto-install prompt window to download various third party
applications such as Flash, Quicktime and Adobe Acrobat. But that is just what
the AdSense javascript was trying to make Internet Explorer users do when they
viewed a page with AdSense ads on it….
Human
Rights Group & UK House of Commons Demand Google, Yahoo, & Microsoft To Stop
Censorship
Earlier this week, GameShout.com published an article reporting that Human
Rights Watch group in New York told Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to be upfront
with their users about the censorship and stand up to the political pressure
China places on them. The quote says it all pretty strongly, “It was ironic
that companies whose existence depends on freedom of information and
expression have taken on the role of censor, even in cases where the Chinese
government makes no specific demands for them to do so.” The Inquirer soon
after reported that the committee in the UK House of Commons has…
Ask.com
Adds DVD & TV Data To Movie Smart Answers
The Ask.com Blog announced an upgrade to their movie Smart Answer feature that
adds DVD purchase information and TV data. Here is a brief summary of the blog
entry….
Former
Yahoo China Head Sues Yahoo For Defamation
Reuters reports that Zhou Hongyi, the former head of Yahoo China, has sued
Yahoo for defamation. Yahoo said they were about to sue Zhou Hongyi for
“unethical business practices.” Hongyi has a 40 percent stake in Alibaba.com,
which was bought by Yahoo for $1 billion last year. To me, it seems like from
the article, that Yahoo finds Hongyi to be a shady character, and Hongyi
doesn’t like Yahoo telling the public how they feel about him….
Aug. 17,
2006 Search News Forecast: Mostly Sunny
Today, a new feature, our daily search news forecast. I can’t say we’ll do
this everyday, but we thought it might be fun. After reviewing Techmeme,
scanning my over 100 feeds and consulting with Barry Schwartz on search forums
activity, the official Search Engine Watch Blog forecast for search news today
is mostly sunny. Mostly sunny means that you can expect some news, but
probably nothing major and a downpour of items is unlikely. In other words,
it’s a good day to go outside or get actual work done, rather than reading
about search. Remember, predicting search news is…
Google
Talk Gains Voicemail, Music Status, Photo & File Sharing Features
Google has announced that its Google Talk instant messaging platform now
allows you to share files with other Google Talk users by dropping files or
entire folders into the client. Photo files get special treatment, showing up
in your client so you can talk about them with someone else, as covered more
here. Listening to music? Another new feature, music status, allows other
Google Talkers to see what hip (or embarrassing) song you’re listening to, if
you use one of these supported players. Along with music status comes a new
Google Music Trends feature we mentioned earlier, which allows you…
The
Inside Scoop from Search Bloggers
The major search engines all have unofficial bloggers talking about what’s
going on in their respective companies. At a recent SES session, search-blog
stars Jeremy Zawodny, Gary Price, Matt Cutts and Niall Kennedy all revealed
their modus operandi, and guest writer Sara Holoubek was there to capture
their insights for today’s SearchDay article, Expose: Search Engine Bloggers
Tell All….
Google
Released Trends For Google Music
Garett Rogers spotted the release of Google Music Trends. The Google Labs
has it listed and described as “See what music is popular among Google Talk
users,” it is basically, “Google Trends” for music. You can currently filter
by music genre, and there is a country filter, but I only see the United
States as an option. I am a classic rock fan, so it is cool to see the trends
for that genre. As Garett notes, the participate link at the top right,
currently does not go anywhere….
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