Kartoo Launches New Search Engine, UJIKO Gary Price provides the link to new search engine UJIKO. It has a very slick interface wrapped around the Yahoo search results. You can view Gary's review here.
A Google Employee's Reaction to the IPO
Aaron Swartz has a report from a temp employee at Google, on the day the announcement came. Andy Beal
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It's been a huge week, don't miss a single story. Sign up now for our weekly newsletter (see box to the right of page) and get the ten hottest stories of the past seven days. The newsletter is going out in a couple of hours, so don't wait, sign-up! Andy Beal
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Survey Shows Investors Not Ready to Jump on Google IPO WebSourced and KeywordRanking.com have published a survey to determine the interest of the Google IPO and the results make for interesting reading.
Only 14.6% of those polled said "Yes" they would buy Google shares. With nearly 40% saying they would not purchase Google stock, almost 46% of those polled were "Not Sure" if they would risk buying into the world's largest search engine.
In addition, when asked if Google could continue its "you can make money without doing evil" business policy, while facing the pressures of Wall Street, barely 20% believed that they could. More believed Google couldn't keep to the policy (27%) and over 52% said that they weren't sure either way.
While the results show that Google's IPO may not be "hot" among the average investor, the survey did show that respondents still strongly believe that Google is the best search engine available.
From the top 5 search engines, 86.5% of those surveyed said that Google offered the most relevant search results and 69.1% believed that Google would win the so-called "Search Engine Wars".
Why You Should Think Twice Before Buying Google Stock
CBS has an interesting article on why you should NOT buy Google stock at IPO.
"when assessing the odds of whether Google will be that exception, investors should be aware that "there is considerable risk" associated with investing in Google, according to Tim Loughran. He is a Notre Dame finance professor who was Ritter's co-author on several IPO research studies.
For example, Loughran reminds us, Google is basically a one product company, and hence very vulnerable to "some other company coming along and inventing a better mousetrap." Andy Beal
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How the Google IPO Auction Will Work
I've been asked how the "dutch auction" IPO will work. The Mercury News published a great guide which you can view without subscription, here. Andy Beal
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Google awaits IPO $$ payday
The Boston Herald reports on the Google IPO announcement. Thanks to Jon Chesto for seeking my thoughts.
Andy Beal, vice president of search marketing at WebSourced Inc., said a Google IPO will "get Wall Street and investors thinking that IPOs are good again and you don't need to steer clear of them.''
Of course, I had a lot more to say, but someone has to cut me off! ;-) Andy Beal
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Google Distances Itself From Trademark Disputes
The Press Herald outlines how Google is trying to avoid getting sued for trademark infringements.
According to Google's posted Trademark Procedure, the company is a provider of space for advertisements, and as such, it asks users to "please note that Google is not in a position to arbitrate trademark disputes between the advertisers and trademark owners. . . . The advertisers themselves are responsible for the keywords and ad text that they choose to use. Andy Beal
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Answers to Google IPO Questions
The BBC has answers to some questions you may have about the Google IPO. If your parents ask you "what's all the fuss", show them this article. :-) Andy Beal
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"As a private company, we have concentrated on the long term, and this has served us well. As a public company, we will do the same," the letter states.
"In our opinion, outside pressures too often tempt companies to sacrifice long-term opportunities to meet quarterly market expectations. Sometimes this pressure has caused companies to manipulate financial results in order to 'make their quarter.' In Warren Buffett's words, 'We won't smooth quarterly or annual results: If earnings figures are lumpy when they reach headquarters, they will be lumpy when they reach you." Andy Beal
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Google founders will retain control According to CNN, Page and Brin will maintain "significant control" of Google.
The so-called dual class voting structure is common in the media industry but is rare among technology companies, Google said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In 2003, Brin was paid $150,000 in salary and $206,556 in bonus. Page was also paid $150,000 in salary and $206,556 in bonus. Andy Beal
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In the filing, Google said that it generated revenues of $961.9 million in 2003 and reported a net profit of $106.5 million. Sales rose 177 percent from a year ago although earnings increased by just 6 percent.
For the first quarter of 2004, Google reported sales of $389.6 million, an increase of 118 percent from a year ago. Net income was $64 million, up 148 percent from the first quarter of 2003.
Plans for a Dutch Auction
"It is important to us to have a fair process for our IPO that is inclusive of both small and large investors...we believe that an auction-based IPO will minimize these problems," Brin and Page said.
Google did not say in its filing whether it intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq. Most of its competitors list on the Nasdaq. Andy Beal
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Google IPO Wait Continues
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Wall Street investors are breathlessly awaiting an initial public stock offering by Google.
Waging Search Engine War
If you thought the "Search engine war" moniker would be short-lived, think again. Danny Sullivan fuels its flames and discusses where we stand in the battle of the search engines. Andy Beal
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Google Needs to Hurry or Face Sour IPO
I've noticed a new trend with the Google IPO stories. It appears that reporters have burned thru all of their positive stories and are now looking at the negative aspects.
Google needs to make it's decision very soon, otherwise reporters will be left hanging and continue with their speculation that the IPO could be just another tech-bubble. Andy Beal
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Google May Have Options Over IPO Filing
Forbes reports that Google may have a little "wiggle room" with the SEC. Andy Beal
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Mooter cuts deal with Overture
MooterSearch, which launched its search engine in October last year, has secured a deal with Overture, according to ZDNet.
The two companies have entered a two-year agreement which will see Mooter's fledgling search portal carry the Yahoo!-owned, pay-per-click advertising supplier's sponsored listings placed alongside its own. Andy Beal
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Terra might dangle Lycos
Jon Chesto of the Boston Herald covers the recent news that Lycos.com is for sale. They quote one guy who appears to know his stuff ;-)
Andy Beal, vice president of search marketing for WebSourced Inc., said he doubts Lycos would close, despite its struggles.
"It's still a very recognizable brand name and it still resonates with a lot of people,'' Beal said. "For some companies out there, it's a potential bargain.'' Andy Beal
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April 28, 2004
T-Shirt Maker Claims He's "Gagged by Google"
ClickZ reports that a t-shirt company has had its Adwords campaign denied due to some of the politically incorrect products it sells.
The search company cited the following merchandise: "Recall Bush - White T-shirt (with radio control on head); Dumb and Dumber White T-shirt - Bush and Blair: The Movie; You're Fired - George W. Bush White T-shirt; Dump Cheney White T-shirt - "Halliburton" tattooed across head; Miserable Failure T-shirt - George W. Bush; Kerry sucks (too) - T-shirt."
Interestingly, the "Miserable Failure" t-shirt refers to a Google-centric incident in which anti-Bush Web activists conspired to create a "Google bomb." Andy Beal
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Exploring Search Engine Overlap
Chris Sherman of Search Engine Watch, reviews the new Thumbshots Ranking Tool, which displays where the different search engines overlap for your desired search phrase. Andy Beal
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How Google Can Make an IPO Work
Dan Gillmor offers two suggestions that could help Google get thru its IPO unscathed.
1. Use a "Dutch auction'' method in its sale of public shares.
2. Two classes of stock. Class A voting shares would remain with the founders and employees, with non-voting Class B shares going to the public, including big institutional investors.
Why? This would allow Google to focus on innovation, not the next quarter's results, says Dan. Andy Beal
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NPR Discusses Potential Google IPO
NPR's Neal Conan hosts a panel that includes John Battelle and Steven Levy and discusses the forthcoming Google IPO.
Is Google Ready for Wall Street Scrutiny?
The Mercury News suggests that Google will face some tough times ahead once it has to answer to investors.
Look at the lead paragraph...
Google's apparent decision to become a public company -- an announcement could come Thursday -- is nearly as predictable as tomorrow's sunrise.
I'd bet my house that the sun will rise tomorrow, I wouldn't risk a penny that Google will make their announcement. Since when has Google been predictable? Andy Beal
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Lycos.com For Sale
Thanks to Search Engine Guide for bringing this CNet story to my attention. Apparently, Terra Lycos is ready to offload Lycos.com for a measely $200 million. Andy Beal
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Google Helping to Grow Search Engine Marketing Industry
The Washington Post has a great article about the growth of Google and the rise of search engine marketing companies. I wouldn't normally post the whole article, but as I am in it, what the heck....
By David A. Vise
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 28, 2004; Page E01
Google's widely anticipated multibillion-dollar stock offering underscores the meteoric rise of search engines as the driving force behind the global growth of online commerce, industry experts say.
Since its founding only six years ago, Google not only has helped computer users find what they are looking for online with astonishing ease and speed, but it also has spawned the creation of an entirely new industry. Numerous firms across the country now specialize in helping companies large and small make sure their names pop up when consumers look for products on the Internet.
Those clicks of the mouse add up. Industry analysts estimate that the overall search category -- including the major search engines like Google and Yahoo as well as their offspring -- has grown into a $2 billion industry that appears headed for $7 billion by 2007.
"The hottest area is search, and we are selling it like hotcakes," Alan M. Meckler, chief executive of Jupitermedia Corp., which is sponsoring upcoming conferences in Toronto, London, Stockholm, Chicago and San Jose, where executives will share ideas about the latest ways to market their products and services through online searches.
"It is the great driver of the Internet. This is the killer application," Meckler added. "We are seeing one of the great developments in business history here, in how people market."
That transformation is trickling down to Morrisville, N.C., where a firm named WebSourced Inc. advises 1,200 companies on the best strategies for search engine marketing and said it is adding new clients at the rate of about 100 per month. The company appears on track to more than double its revenue from $7 million last year to more than $15 million this year, and its growth from 50 to 90 employees in the past six months has prompted it to expand its office space from 7,500 to 31,000 square feet.
Andy Beal, the firm's vice president of search marketing, said WebSourced, through its KeywordRanking.com and other tools, analyzes company Web sites and figures out what phrases and topics they need to highlight in order to show up prominently on the search lists generated by Google, Yahoo and others.
For one of Beal's clients, Lowe's Companies Inc., that might mean enhancing the relevancy of the Web sites' content for paint and lawn furniture. For the NBC television network, it means figuring out what key terms will help sell more calendars and other merchandise based on the popular sitcom "Friends," he said. The firm also helps corporations purchase the most effective sponsored search ads, which are the listings that typically appear to the right of the regular search results on Google. While Google doesn't allow companies to buy their way onto its standard search results, Yahoo Inc. does allow companies with relevant Web sites to pay for a preferred search position in its rankings -- a transaction known as paid inclusion -- giving WebSourced yet another puzzle to solve for companies eager to sell more of their wares online.
For all of the small firms in the cottage industry that has grown up around Google, it remains the dominant player of the lucrative search universe with an estimated $1 billion in revenue from search-related fees and ad sales.
But as each day passes, Google faces stiffer competition from Yahoo, as well as a threat from Microsoft Corp., which is developing souped-up search engine tools of its own, industry analysts said. The other major change among the leading search engines and their smaller competitors is increasing localization, so that consumers can get fast, relevant answers to queries about local products and services, in the same way they now turn to moviefone.com to get information about movies playing at nearby theaters , or look at the printed Yellow Pages to locate a plumber.
Dennis Pushkin, chief executive of MoreVisibility.com Inc. -- a search engine marketing firm that advises clients including Sony Corp., the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the U.S. Army -- said that Google remains synonymous with online search, despite spending little on advertising or marketing. He credited Google with turning search from an evolving tool into a multibillion-dollar industry.
"They did build a better mousetrap, and the world came to them," Pushkin said. "Part of what is going on right now is the result of the brand they built, and the extension to that is the industry they are in. A lot of the sizzle relates to the brand as much as the industry. As they have grown, and as Google has become the default engine for most users, search has come to be realized as a very important ingredient in successful e-commerce."
MoreVisibility's president, Andrew Wetzler, said the leading search marketers aren't trying to fool the systems but are working with them. "The leading companies in our field are now zeroed in on successful partnerships with the search engines, not tools to beat them," he said.
Danny Sullivan, editor of Search Engine Watch, said Google's IPO, which Wall Street analysts estimate may value the company at tens of billions of dollars, reflects the extraordinary emphasis on search engines as the primary gateway to the Internet. Only a few short years ago, Sullivan recalled, nobody was talking much about search engines, at least not in financial terms. Now, he finds himself editing a growing newsletter and presiding over a Web site, searchenginewatch.com, that tracks how a nascent trend has grown into a moneymaking juggernaut.
The Google IPO, Sullivan said, "will put an incredible value on search. If anybody hasn't realized how thriving it is, they will have to be in a closet not to get it when Google goes public." Andy Beal
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April 27, 2004
Yahoo CEO Not Threatened by Google IPO
According to Reuters, Yahoo CEO, Terry Semel is not worried about the upcoming Google IPO.
"Yahoo is a company that has always had good competitors and Google will be a good competitor. There is plenty of room for Yahoo to thrive and for Google to thrive," Semel told reporters on the sidelines of a Milken Institute conference. Andy Beal
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Can you believe this Google hype? We are in an out-of-control media frenzy here people! This makes the ninth Google story reported TODAY! Andy Beal
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CGI Holding's WebSourced Named Finalist for American Business Awards Search engine marketing company,WebSourced (which is owned by CGI Holding Corp and includes KeywordRanking.com) has been named a finalist for the 2004 American Business Awards. The company has been nominated for two of the "Stevie Awards":
Google Now Reading Flash Files
Garrett French reports on Google's attempts to better index Flash sites. Andy Beal
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Primedia Overhauls About.com Web Network About.com has a brand new look and parent Primedia has a new CEO.
"Previously, the About branding wasn't as strong as it should be ... " Peter Horan, About.com's CEO, said in an interview. "We want folks to view more pages on the site, and spend more time every time they visit us."
About.com ranked as the 14th most visited brand online in March with 21.4 million unique visitors, according to Nielsen/Net Ratings. But many people discover its pages through Internet searches and do not know what Web site they are looking at, said David Card, an Internet analyst at Jupiter Research. Andy Beal
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What Could Topple Google? Greg Linden, loves Google, but also knows there are plenty of things that could cause the demise of the world's most-used search engine. Andy Beal
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Search Engine Industry Website, Pandia, Cloned by Copyright Thieves
Per Koch is fighting content thieves who copied his entire Pandia website in an attempt to steal traffic. Read his tactics for kicking these low lifes where it hurts! Andy Beal
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Google Countersues Digital Envoy
Google is countersuing Digital Envoy over the use of its technology license, CNet reported today.
Digital Envoy's original suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, alleges that Google overstepped the bounds of its contract to use Digital Envoy's IP Intelligence, software that pinpoints Web surfers' physical location and is used to better deliver local search results and relevant ads.
Google is asking for declaratory judgment that it did not misuse its technology license. Andy Beal
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A Chat with Google co-founder's Father USA Today takes Google news "brinkmanship" to a whole new level, this time interviewing Sergey Brin's father.
It's a cute article and having met Sergey, you can see that he is very much down-to-earth. Andy Beal
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Google's Dave Girouard on the Future of Enterprise Search
Nice to see some different type of Google news. This time, crmbuyer.com has an interview with Dave Girouard and discusses it lesser known Google Search Appliance. Andy Beal
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A googol of a Google IPO
Bambi gives her cynical view of the upcoming Google IPO. Andy Beal
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Google Plans to give Average Joe a Slice of the IPO
Rumors are re-surfacing that Google may try and auction some of its IPO shares in order to give the average person a chance of ownership.
The Chronicle and other newspapers have suggested in the past that Google would allocate some of its shares to small investors through an auction model pioneered by the San Francisco investment bank W.R. Hambrecht & Co. Andy Beal
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FindWhat.com and Espotting Announce Record Quarter Results
The numbers are out for both FindWhat.com and its newly acquired Espotting. Andy Beal
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April 26, 2004
Can Google Avoid IPO Scandals? Reuters looks at whether Google's IPO can avoid the hype of the 90's tech boom and the abusive practices that were prevalent during the "bubble". Andy Beal
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Google's Brin Talks on Gmail Future Over at eWeek, Steve Gillmor chats to Google co-founder, Sergey Brin about the new email service, Gmail.
Brin and Google are clearly still on "damage control" with the privacy issues surrounding Gmail. I can feel for the "boys", they clearly didn't intend to create a storm and want to stick to their "do no evil" policy, but they better get used to this kind of attention. Once they become public, there will be more of this to come. Andy Beal
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Google Opens Tokyo Facility
Google has announced it will open a research and development lab in Tokyo. The search company said it will begin aggressively hiring engineers in Tokyo, where it has already opened an advertising sales office Andy Beal
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Morgan Stanley, CSFB to take Google public
According to Reuters....
Internet search firm Google Inc. has moved one step closer to its eagerly awaited initial public offering, choosing Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse First Boston to be lead underwriters, according to a published report Monday. Andy Beal
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April 25, 2004
AXA Insurance Sues Google for Trademark Infringement
The world's number 3 insurer, AXA is the latest (and largest) company to enter litigation against Google for trademark infringement, according to the Associated Press.
Internet users who typed "AXA" or "Direct Assurance" into the search engine got ads for rival insurers alongside ordinary search results, a source said. Andy Beal
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Google's Top-Ranking For Anti-Jewish Site
Danny Sullivan provides a comprehensive review of controversery surrounding the anti-jewish site ranked on Google. Andy Beal
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April 23, 2004
Google in BusinessWeek
More Google news. Same old stuff, different day.
Interesting note: The page is 103k in size. Google only indexes the first 101k of a page. Do ya think they'll make an exception? Andy Beal
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Feeding the Google Addicts Wiliam Grosso asks if we aren't just a little to obsessed with Google. I agree, but then again, I'm also posting yet another link to a Google-related story. Doh! Andy Beal
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Google Scraps Adwords?
One of our eagle-eyed staff members spotted that Google is not currently displaying Adwords sponsored links. Take a look at this page for the search "computers".
I'm sure they didn't scrap a $1 billion cash-cow, but this is one costly glitch! Andy Beal
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Google Offers Gmail to Blogger Users
Google has expanded its offering of Gmail to active users of Blogger. I've signed up for an account and will give the tires a good kicking!
This could open up a huge can of worms, in my opinion. What is offensive to some is not to others. Who is Google to make that determination? Andy Beal
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Juvio Launches Family-Friendly Search Engine
Speaking of safe searching, Juvio today launched its family friendly search engine.
The coolest thing about this search engine. Its "Locate Site" feature. Click on the link and the site uses WHOIS info to show you a map of where the listed website is located.
In addition to a firm commitment to filter out improper sites, the Juvio search engine also allows users to rank sites they have visited and submit their own reviews. This consumer-based ranking service can increase an advertiser’s overall rank status within the Juvio search engine through positive reviews. (Spammers form an orderly line).
BTW, if anyone from Juvio sees this, I have a suggestion. Guys? Change your tags, looks like "live tech support for your computer" is no longer your business model. ;-) Andy Beal
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California Getting Ready to Battle Google Gmail
A California state senator is introducing a bill that would require Google to get the explicit consent of users first, before using any information to display ads. Andy Beal
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Google's Safe Search Blocking Innocent Sites According to CNet there is growing discontent with Google's Safe Search option, designed to filter out adult content from search results.
It appears that any trigger words, even if used innocently, can cost you a ranking.
"Traffic from Google can make or break a business," said Maria Medina, whose family-run clothing business at ALittleGirlsBoutique.com doesn't pass the SafeSearch censor. "Here I am, a mom of four children, creating an at-home business that sells little girl dresses and accessories, in order to spend more time with my children, and I have been filtered out as not being family friendly. Ridiculous." Andy Beal
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Google IPO Announcement "Within Days"
Lots of buzz this morning surrounding a WSJ article suggesting Google is getting ready to announce its initial public offering. WSJ is typically subscription-based, so here is a free Reuters recap.
Mastering Search Engine Advertising
Search Engine Watch has a review of Catherine Seda's new book, Search Engine Advertising. Andy Beal
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Tickle Launches People Search; Integrates Ask Jeeves Web Search Social networking site, Tickle has today launched a new search service call Tickle People Search. Users will be able to search the web and members of their network.
For example, if your friend wants to refinance her house and searches for "mortgage" on Tickle People Search, she will get web links for mortgage information, plus a list of people she knows -- or people who know people she knows -- who have expertise in mortgages. She can then contact them directly for advice, making it much easier and more personal for her to find the information she needs. Andy Beal
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Search Engine Advertising Grows over 20% in 2003
According to eMarketer and the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), spending on search engine advertising increased by 20% in 2003.
Is Google Hiding its True Search Engine Capabilities?
Interesting article at Technology Review suggests that Google is very reluctant to make public it computing power in fear that competitors might try and copy.
Whenever somebody from Google puts together a new presentation, he explained, the PR department vets the talk and hacks down the numbers. Originally, he said, the slide with the numbers said that 1,000 queries/sec was the “minimum� rate, not the peak. “We have 10,000-plus servers. That’s plus a lot.� Andy Beal
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Does AQA Have the Answers, Google Doesn't? According to The Register, former Psion boss Colly Myers is starting a company called AQA which claims to find the answer to any questions you may have.
The UK based company will allow you to send text messages, via cell phone, with each questions costing one pound (about $1.60).
"The search engines like Google don't give you answers," says Colly.
Excuse me, Mr. Myers, but Google offers the same kind of service, Google Answers, and they've not been able to make it work. Can you? Andy Beal
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April 21, 2004
Google Wins Rights To Froogle.co.uk
Google has been awarded ownership of the domain name froogle.co.uk, which was registered by a UK web hosting company the day after the world's most popular search engine launched Froogle as its product search service. Andy Beal
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Yahoo's Terry Semel Sells More Stock
Yahoo CEO, Terry Semel has decided to sell another 500,000 stock options for a cool $18.8 million, according to CNet. Andy Beal
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Google Bug: "nissan armada headrest monitor"
I thought this was pretty interesting. When I searched on Google for nissan armada headrest monitor I found one of the results pages description spanning across the entire screen even covering up the sponsored results. I highlighted the offending description in orange in the image below.
I'm using internet explorer v.6 (a.k.a. ie6) on Win2k.
Typically you'll see something like this on a smaller website that allows html as part of the descriptions but as we all know, Google only lists plain text for the description of a url in it's index. Being the geek that I am I decided to do a little digging.
I went to the offending url and searched for part of the description Google had listed...
Find (ctrl + f) > "8,video,toyota,cienna,overhead,console,nissan" and found the description was in a very small font in plain view on the top of the page. So nothing fishy there.
Then I decided to look at the source code to see if there is was an applet or some screwey css causing the problem.
I found the content was listed verbatim in the Keywords tag 3 times and in the title tag 2 times. I then found it listed in the main body of the document twice as well.
While the repition of each of the string of text I searched for in the html document was blatant spamming, it didn't explain why there was a long string of text spanning the length of Google's result page in my browser.
Then it hit me, there isn't a space in that string of text anywhere on the page. Typically when the body of a page doesn't contain spaces Google will use the META description tag, the META keywords tag or the Title tag or not display a description of the url at all. In this case since all of the default places were stuffed with one long string of text it decided to use that string of text.
Now, before you get all excited thinking you've found a new way to "manipulate" Google's results, think again. I've already sent an email to Matt Cutts at Google letting him know about this anomaly and you can rest assured it'll get fixed faster than you can say "PageRank". Jason Dowdell
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The Verdict on Amazon's A9 Search Engine
Over at Search Engine Watch, Chris Sherman gives his thoughts and impressions on Amazon's new A9 search engine. Andy Beal
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Google and MIT Develop Method of Searching Scholarly Papers
No more plagiarizing that end of term paper. See why. Andy Beal
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InfoSpace and Google Extend Search Engine Relationship
InfoSpace and Google have decided that their partnership is worth continuing. Andy Beal
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April 20, 2004
Ask Jeeves Sees Increase in First Quarter Financial Results
Ask Jeeves had a first-quarter profit from continuing operations of $13.4 million, or 23 cents per diluted share, compared with its year-ago income from continuing operations of $8.5 million, or 17 cents per diluted share. The year-ago results included an acquisition-related gain of 10 cents per share.
Revenue was up almost 73 percent, to $39.2 million from $22.7 million last year. Yahoo reports.
Could Ask Jeeves Make Prize Acquisition for Google or Yahoo?
Bambi Francisco looks at Ask Jeeves' value to either Google or Yahoo. Might Yahoo buy Ask to ensure Overture ads are shown instead of Google Adwords? Will Google use funds from an IPO to ensure that it acquires an extra 7% of market share?
One other option, not covered in the story, is Ask Jeeves being bought by Microsoft. After all, Microsoft has stated that it is 3 years from finishing its natural language search capabilities. It could do a lot of catching up if it bought Ask's technology. Andy Beal
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Search Engine Marketing Experts Needed
Are you an SEM/SEO guru? Does your name appear on the roster of Search Engine Strategies? If the answer is yes, and you are looking for a change of scenery, please contact me.
While WebSourced continues to hire the very best in the industry, I want to personally invite those friends, associates and competitors to contact me directly if you are interested in joining the world's largest search engine marketing company.
All enquiries will be kept strictly confidential. Email andy@websourced.com. Andy Beal
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Yahoo Changes Search Technology And Competitive Landscape
Over at The Wall Street Journal, Mark Boslet reports on Yahoo's switch to its own search technology.
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