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New Search Engine Wolfram Alpha Launches to Much Buzz
Posted by Nathania Johnson May 18, 2009
In the 1957 movie Desk Set, Katharine Hepburn plays a researcher at a TV station who feels her job is threatened when Spencer Tracey comes along and installs a computer that could spit out the answers in a fraction of the time. Ultimately, Hepburn was still needed because, of course,
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Search Market Share Remains Stable in comScore's April 2009 Rankings
Posted by Nathania Johnson May 18, 2009
comScore has released its April 2009 search engine rankings and things remained relatively stable. The good news is that for 4 of the top 5 engines, search queries were on the rise:
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Search Plus Display Still Hottest Online Ad Combo in Q1 2009
Posted by Nathania Johnson May 18, 2009
Yesterday, comScore held its State of the U.S. Online Retail Economy for the first quarter of 2009. Their data showed that search is still a potent way to reach customers online, but driving consumers to search via display advertising is even more powerful.
While most categories are taking a hit due ...
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Google, Microsoft Increase Search Share in Nielsen April 2009 Rankings
Posted by Nathania Johnson May 18, 2009
Google search grew 7.8% and Microsoft grew 72% in Nielsen Online's April 2009 search market share rankings. Yahoo! and AOL did not fare as well, declining 2.8% and 8.8% respectively. Ask.com saw some nice growth at 5.9%. Here are the top 10:
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Search Engine Watch Forum Discussions
AdWords - A Lost Opportunity May 14,
2009
Needless to say I spend a lot of time looking at Google SRPs. They must be far and away the most valuable real estate on the Web. So why is so much space wasted?
Specifically, the organics typically stretch half way across the screen, followed by a huge white space, ...
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Yahoo Search Engine Ranking Positions May 15,
2009
Hi There - I have a couple of sites that do really well on Google i.e. #'s 1 and 2 positions for their keyword phrases. Although, both of these sites don't do very well at all on Yahoo. Both of these sites have the Yahoo Business Directory links and I ...
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Google Soon to be Squared May 18, 2009
"Expected to be launched in Google Labs by the end of the month, Google Squared could quite possibly be one of Google's significant achievements. Searching via Google Squared means searching for pure information."
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090512-201139
*UPDATE:* The URL below has been an error page since this announcement but earlier today it began resolving ...
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