July 17, 2005 - July 23, 2005
New "Hybrid View" From Google Maps
News on the Google Blog about a new "view" available from Google Maps.
Now, along with "map" and "satellite" views, you'll find a "hybrid" view that overlays map data (street names for example) on top of satellite/aerial imagery. Hybrid view is available for the US, Canada, UK, and Japan.
Cool and very useful. However, it's far from a new idea on the web. TerraFly has been offering street names and other info overlayed on to satellite/aerial imagery (US only) for many years. As I point out in this post, TerraFly not only provides aerial imagery but also offers an amazing amount of local info by simply clicking on any image. It's also cool and very useful.
Posted by Gary Price on July 23, 2005, 1:56 PM | Permalink
Publishers Meet With Google to Discuss Library Scanning Project
Wired Campus Blog points out that officials from The Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Google met on July 1st.
The AAP had requested the meeting to discuss copyright concerns with Google's book scanning initiative. Details about precisely what was discussed and/or decided are not known. The blog post also points out that more meetings could take place in the future. You can read about AAP's concerns and review the letter they sent to Google here. Officials from the The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) have also requested a meeting with Google.
Posted by Gary Price on July 22, 2005, 3:20 PM | Permalink
The Hiring of Dr Lee: Google Strikes Back
The Microsoft vs. Google "Search War" continues to escalate. Another lawsuit was filed yesterday, this time by Google.
Here's a review:
- Episode 1: On Tuesday we learned that Google has hired Dr. Kai Fu-Lee away from Microsoft to lead Google China
- Episode 2: Several hours later, news that Microsoft was suing Dr. Lee in King County, WA Superior Court. The lawsuit claims that Dr. Lee was breaching the Microsoft employee confidentiality and non-compete agreements by joining Google before the agreements had expired.
- Episode 3: Late yesterday, word that Google is was countersuing Microsoft in a California court.
Google retaliated with its own complaint in California seeking to override Microsoft's noncompete provision so it can retain Lee. In its suit, Mountain View-based Google contends the clause violates California laws giving workers the right to change jobs. Microsoft's restriction is "clearly an illegal restraint of trade," Nicole Wong, Google's associate general counsel, said in an interview Thursday night. "Google is trying to create an environment for innovators. Microsoft is focused on litigation and intimidation."
The AP's Michael Liedtke continues:
In its complaint, Google argues California laws should apply because its headquarters ? and most of its nearly 4,200 workers ? are in the state. What's more, Google said Lee already is registered to vote in California, pays taxes in the state and plans to buy a Silicon Valley home. But Google's initial announcement of Lee's hiring made it sound as if the engineer will be based in China, overseeing the company's new research office there. "I look forward to returning to China to begin this exciting endeavor," Lee said in a Tuesday statement. Microsoft spokeswoman Stacy Drake McCredy described Google's complaint as a desperate act. "Microsoft is confident in our case and that Google's legal maneuvers will ultimately be rejected by the court," she said.
On a Related Note
If you're in need of a smile, take a look at the great "Search Wars" logo that Philipp Lenssen has posted over at Google Blogoscoped.
Posted by Gary Price on July 22, 2005, 10:49 AM | Permalink
Search Forums Roundup: July 22, 2005
Today's SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week's hot topics from search engine forums across the web: July 2005 Yahoo Update - Redirecting Thousands of Dynamic URLs - Hiring An SEO - Do Search Engines like my-widget or my_widget.html best? - Myths - Never mind the top ten tips, and more.
Posted by Chris Sherman on July 22, 2005, 9:32 AM | Permalink
Mid-July 2005 Search News Recap Posted
If you're a Search Engine Watch member, the latest edition of Search Engine Update newsletter has been posted. It recaps top stories in search from the first part of this month.
Posted by Danny Sullivan on July 21, 2005, 8:14 PM | Permalink
Drug Pushers Using Orkut Arrested In Brazil
During today's Google conference call, Sergey Brin said that Orkut's growth in Brazil is phenomenal. Sadly, this Reuters article: Police: Orkut used as Brazilian drug network, offers details about a few people who were taking "social-networking" a bit to far.
Brazilian police arrested 10 people on Thursday accused of selling drugs using Google's international social networking site Orkut, which is hugely popular in the Latin American country.
Posted by Gary Price on July 21, 2005, 6:44 PM | Permalink
Pseudo-Transcript Of Google Earnings Call
I've just finished listening to the Google Q2 conference call and what follows is a pseudo-transcript of what I heard. In all but two cases, you'll not be reading exact quotes. Nevertheless, I hope the post gives you a good idea of what was said. Below, read about the latest Google views on working with content partners, tagging/structured data, click fraud and Google's rapidly expanding work force.
Again, what follows are extended notes of what I found interesting as I listened in. It's far from a complete transcript. If you want to hear the entire call (and find out what I don't cover) a replay is available here.
Click Fraud mentioned in the disclaimer at the beginning of the call as something that might change Google financial results in the future.
ES=Eric Schmidt
ES: All business very strong (U.S./International)
ES: We don't give guidance but Schmidt reminds listeners that Q3 is a slower quarter, seasonality issues
ES: "We see very big opportunity ahead of us."
George Reyes (GR) discusses the numbers
GR: Many new talented engineers joining Google this summer
GR: GR: R&D spending was $96 million in Q2 vs. $79 million in Q1
GR: Expect to see continuing growth in R&D
GR: 4,183 full-time employees at end of Q2 2005. 3,482 at end of Q1 2005. 2292 employees as of 6/30/04
GR: Reitertates click fraud has never been a material problem for Google and we're working hard to make sure it stays that way
LP=Larry Page
LP: New Services: Google Maps (integraton with satellite), Google Maps API, Google Earth, Google Personalized Home Page, My Search History. Mentions Google Web Accelerator. We want to make more video available online that's why we started upload program. Google Video Playback. Google Print and Library programs progress. We take a conservative approach on how we handle other peoples content. Concern is not unexpected. It's a healthy part of Google's pioneering work. "We will continue to consult and work with our industry partners to make sure we fairly balance the needs and rights of content providers with the value we believe these new forms of content will offer to users."
SB=Sergey Brin
SB: We have been working to meet the needs of brand focused advertisers
SB: We have opened new offices in Brazil and Mexico
SB: Latin America is an important market for us
SB: New office in Shanghai
SB: Euro partnerships with Thomson and T-Mobile
SB: Awarded $20 million in Founder's Awards in Q2
ES: We are the same core company a year after the IPO
ES: Organization and ACCESS to info is part of our mission
ES: Google is innovating as lives move online
ES: We are going to be the leading providing of access to the world's information.
ES: We are working on ways to pay video content owners, working to develop DRM solutions. New stuff in the next 12 months.
ES: Changing minimum bid requirements means better quality
GR: International is performing well, would not break-out numbers
SB: We are focusing on building the local business like we built the web search business
SB: On RSS and Tagging. We are excited by all the web developments going on out there including RSS since because these are great things that can improve our comprehensiveness and freshness. "You [conference call participant] mentioned tagging and the various forms of more precise user generated kind of structured data that we're able to get, I think the better the search experience will be able to produce. Now, today, the amount of the latter that's out there is fairly small but it's indicative of potential in the future."
SB: Orkut's growth in Brazil is phenomenal
LP: We have a significant market share in China. Tremendous opportunity in China
LP: Getting significant use of mobile services. New stuff coming in the next few months
SB: Large percentage of local searches happening on our main site
LP: All of our services are open to other companies
GR: Q2 and Q3 are difficult quarters. Last year Q3 masked by our IPO
SB: Advertising: we started to support richer media types (ie image ads)
LP: Maps and Google Earth exceeded expectations. RSS support for home page? Not aware of details
ES: Google Wallet? Market well served by PayPal. Working to ways to make merchants even happier
LP: We have interesting meetings about monetization. Make everyone happy.
GR: We made an explicit decision to incease hiring this quarter
ES: We have found ways to stay focused on users and innovation. We are just beginning to make it happen.
Posted by Gary Price on July 21, 2005, 6:28 PM | Permalink
Ask Jeeves The Search Engine Interviewed -- Circa March 2000
I keep seeing references going around recently to a funny interview with Ask Jeeves -- meaning Ask Jeeves the search engine. It is funny, but it's not new. It originally went online back in March 2000, as I reported in the Search Engine Report newsletter at the time:
Interview With The Search Engine
FN Wire, March 2000
Humor site FN Wire interviews Ask Jeeves -- and I do mean Ask Jeeves -- not someone who works there.
Well, if you didn't see it then, I'm sure you'll find it funny now. Sadly (or not), you couldn't do that interview today on Ask Jeeves because of how the interface has changed.
Posted by Danny Sullivan on July 21, 2005, 4:28 PM | Permalink
Google Releases Q2 2005 Earnings
Google has just published its Q2 2005 earnings, as covered in this press release "Google had another solid performance," says Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Here are the basic numbers:
Revenues
- For Q2, 2005 $1.384 billion, up 98% year over year
- Google-Sites Revenues -- Google-owned sites generated $737 million or 53% of total revenues. This represents an increase of 115% over the second quarter of 2004.
- The Google Network -- Revenues generated on Google's partner sites, through AdSense programs, contributed $630 million, or 46% of total revenues, an 82% increase over the Network revenues generated in the same quarter last year.
Income
- Net income on a GAAP basis in the second quarter of 2005 was $343 million or $1.19 per share on a diluted basis vs. net income for the second quarter of 2004 of $79 million or $0.30 per share on a diluted basis...
Via Marketwatch.com: "Analysts expected Google to earn $1.21, excluding certain items."
- TAC - Traffic Acquisition Costs, the portion of revenues shared with Google's partners, increased to $494 million. This compares to total payments to partners of $277 million in the second quarter of 2004.
Listen to replay of conference call here. See also our post, Pseudo-Transcript Of Google Earnings Call.
Posted by Gary Price on July 21, 2005, 3:07 PM | Permalink
Google Earth, Google Moon, and Beyond?
When Google released Google Moon yesterday I wondered if providing imagery of the Moon was just the first step. Does the Googleplex have plans to provide imagery for the entire solar system?
No official word yet BUT I have learned that Google just registered domain names for the entire solar system and beyond.
Of course, this might just be the Googleplex making sure others don't get the names but you never know. Google is so good at keeping people talking, guessing, and speculating (aka creating buzz).
Here's a list of the domain names Google registered on Tuesday:
- Googlegalactic.om
- Googleuniverse.com
- Googlegalaxy.com
- Googlesolarsytem.com
- Googlesun.com
- Googlemercury.com
- Googlevenus.com
- Googlearth.com
- Googlemoon.com
- Googlemars.com
- Googlejupiter.com
- Googlesaturn.com
- Googleuranus.com
- Googlenepture.com
- Googlepluto.com
In case you're wondering, Google also registered variations on these names.
They also registered these domains for .org, .net., and info.
Postscript: When asked about if Google Solar System was in the works,
a Google spokesperson had no comment.
Posted by Gary Price on July 21, 2005, 2:10 PM | Permalink
Do Or Die Domain Name Registration Soars
Kevin Murphy's Computer Business Review article Pay-per-click speculation market soaring takes a look at numbers from VeriSign that show hundreds of thousands of domain names are being registered each week, "purely to publish pay-per-click advertising links from the likes of Google Inc and Yahoo."
There are close to a quarter of a million domain names a week being registered for just a few days, while people "test" the traffic potential of those names before discarding them, chief executive Stratton Sclavos told analysts yesterday... "Names are being bought and then tested against traffic analyzers," Sclavos said. "The ones that can generate more than the $6 or $7 [registration] fee per year are kept, the other ones are returned within the five day grace period." These speculators basically put up collections of Google Adsense or Yahoo Overture text advertising links that are more or less relevant to the topic indicated by the URL. Whenever someone comes across the site and clicks a link, the owner gets paid.
Posted by Gary Price on July 21, 2005, 1:44 PM | Permalink
Chris Sherman's New Book, Google Power, is Now Available
Congratulations to our colleague, Chris Sherman, on the publication of his latest book, Google Power: Unleash the Full Potential of Google.
Search expert, Shari Thurow, has read and reviewed Google Power and needless to say, she loved it.
Whether you're new to using Google or a seasoned search professional, Google Power is an essential addition to your search library. In his book, Chris Sherman not only shows you how to become a better searcher, he also provides valuable information for preparing your site for Google visibility.
I'm honored to say that Chris invited me to serve as technical editor for the book and also allowed me to write a couple of hundred words for publication.
The only thing I can add (for now) to Shari's glowing review is not to let the title of the book throw you.
What I also believe makes Google Power essential reading and a must have reference tool is that Chris not only provides interesting, useful, and important info about Google but he also realizes that Google isn't the only web research tool available. He spends plenty of time (and pages) talking about other web search engines, tools, and resources. In other words, the book is a well-balanced look at the world of web search and web-based research.
Having co-authored a book (with Chris) many years ago I know that getting a book written and finished is a major accomplishment and something to be proud of. Kudos Chris!
Btw, Google Power: Unleash the Full Potential of Google also has a companion web site.
Again, congrats to someone who is not only a trusted colleague but also a great friend, Chris Sherman.
Here's a link to Amazon's page for Google Power along with another link to ISBN.nu, if you want to do some comparison pricing. (-:
Posted by Gary Price on July 21, 2005, 12:22 PM | Permalink
Intelliseek Updates BlogPulse with new Tools, Features
What's the buzz in the blogosphere? Intelliseek's BlogPulse has long provided a rich set of tools to help track trends, popular topics and people among the millions of blogs that have cropped up over the past several years. They've added a number of new features, including a very useful tool that profiles an individual blog, offering in-depth information about the blog that's not readily visible. Today's SearchDay article, Deeper Insight into the Blogosphere has more details.
Posted by Chris Sherman on July 21, 2005, 10:56 AM | Permalink
Verizon Gets Personalized Messaging
Yesterday I got an e-mail from Verizon, "Verizon Wireless Get it Now on your Motorola V710." It didn't have to say, "Dear Enid," it showed Verizon knew who I was based on the phone it knows I use on my wireless plan.
The e-mail went on to highlight Verizon's Get It Now applications. Ring tones, downloads, and a tutorial to get me on my way downloading services and ringing up microtransactions. Because of the pitch, I get the feeling Verizon checked into the services and verified they are compatible with my handset.
This is an example of customizing done right. Customizing e-mail campaigns for the sake of addressing the recipient by his first name is nice, but including information specific to the recipient is relevant and effective. Verizon just demonstrated it got it.
Posted by Enid Burns on July 21, 2005, 10:22 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
AOL & Ask Show Growth In Searches But Big Players Still Big
New quarterly statistics out from Nielsen//NetRatings show that AOL and Ask Jeeves had double-digit growth in the number of searches they handled, though the total number of searches handled by the major players left these other services far behind.
First the numbers:
Search Engine |
Q1 2005 |
Q2 2005 |
Change |
% |
5,737,097 |
6,088,343 |
351,246 |
6% |
|
Yahoo! |
2,576,473 |
2,798,123 |
221,650 |
9% |
MSN |
1,659,235 |
1,590,049 |
-69,186 |
-4% |
AOL |
562,816 |
646,641 |
83,825 |
15% |
Ask |
216,656 |
250,869 |
34,213 |
16% |
Others |
1,511,488 |
1,475,096 |
-36,392 |
-2% |
Overall |
12,263,765 |
12,849,121 |
585,356 |
5% |
As you can see, the percent growth figures can be a bit misleading. Ask had growth of 16 percent -- which is great -- but the actual number of queries is tiny compared to Google. Ask had an increase of 34 million searches from the first and second quarter, while Google had an increase of 351 million. The Ask rise seems so significant because due to Ask's relatively small amount of traffic, it is significant to them.
NetRatings also released the latest monthly share figures for June 2005, showing what percentage of all searches done by home and work users in the US happen with each service:
June |
Searches (Millions) |
% |
2,032,227 |
47% |
|
Yahoo! |
965,644 |
22% |
MSN |
540,687 |
12% |
AOL |
237,408 |
5% |
My Way |
78,821 |
2% |
What's probably most interesting to me is that despite all the effort and attention put into search, MSN hit its lowest level since the beginning of this year. My Nielsen NetRatings Search Engine Ratings page has past figures that document this trend.
You're also probably scratching your head about My Way. Why's it on the June 2005 chart but not on the quarterly one further above. Good question. My guess is that it IS on the quarterly chart, with traffic for Ask Jeeves-owned My Way being combined with other Ask Jeeves-owned properties, such as Ask Jeeves itself. That's also odd because as my Nielsen NetRatings Search Engine Ratings page explains, normally My Way traffic is not counted as part of Ask Jeeves.
What's driven the quarterly growth? NetRatings speculates that it is vertical search, providing this breakdown:
Search Engine |
Q1 2005 |
Q2 2005 |
Change (Millions) |
% |
Google Images |
482,629 |
541,843 |
59,214 |
12% |
Yahoo Images |
92,403 |
143,643 |
51,240 |
55% |
MSN |
9,305 |
17,694 |
8,389 |
90% |
AOL |
5,718 |
9,935 |
4,217 |
74% |
Ask |
450 |
637 |
187 |
42% |
Me being me, I wondered if the vertical searches were really driving things as much as is assumed. So here's what I did. In the chart below, I took the total number of new queries spotted in the vertical categories shown above, then divided those by overall growth to see what chunk they formed of it.
Huh? OK, we're told that Google had 351 million new queries in Q2 of this year (April to June 2005). We're also told it had 59 million new queries specifically from Google Images. So 59/351 tells me 17 percent of Google's new queries were powered by image search growth. And that means while the vertical is important, suggesting it's the main driver of overall search growth may not be right. Here are the numbers:
Search Engine |
Q2 Vertical Growth |
Q2 Overall Growth |
% From Vertical |
59,214 |
351,246 |
17% |
|
Yahoo |
51,240 |
221,650 |
23% |
MSN |
8,389 |
-69,186 |
-12% |
AOL |
4,217 |
83,825 |
5% |
Ask |
187 |
34,213 |
1% |
Look at MSN, and you'll see a big problem. MSN saw an overall DECREASE in searches but an increase when you look just at image search. So in MSN's case, having the vertical does seem to have been important, though not for growth but rather stemming losses.
And I think that's an important lesson you'll see going forward. It's always been hard to go after the established players on plain old search. But roll out an important vertical, and you might attract people who wouldn't have thought of you the first time. It's not even really a new lesson. We've long had vertical search used in this fashion but it its going through a new resurgence.
More details can be found directly from NetRatings in their press release (PDF format).
Posted by Danny Sullivan on July 21, 2005, 9:30 AM | Permalink
More London Bombings
News is coming in of further attacks on the London Underground. So far, it seems much smaller than the attacks of two weeks ago. News Sources On London Bombings is a post we did back then providing ways to check on news. I think you'll find all those sources remain helpful in trying to gather news on what's happening today.
Posted by Danny Sullivan on July 21, 2005, 9:29 AM | Permalink
Share Of Surfing Time On Search Still Healthy
OPA: Consumers Spent More Time On Content, Less On Search, In June from MediaPost alerts us to the fact that the Online Publishers Association's Internet Activity Index had the search category with the "biggest loss" of all surfing categories. Are consumers losing their love of search? Reality check time.
Search has always had the lowest share of time online since the index began in June 2004. Content, Communications and Commerce content categories have been in the double-digits, while search has stayed firmly in the 4 percent range.
Huh? Add up all the time people spend surfing web sites. On average as I calculate it, since June 2004, they spend 4.4 percent of their time each month doing searches. Then they spend much more of their time on the sites they reach through search engines, which isn't surprising at all.
And the fact that the share of time on search engines dipped in June 2005 from 4.7 percent the previous month to 4.3 percent? That means June was a just slightly below the average of 4.4 percent month -- where as May was simply an exceptionally strong month for search. In short, no alarm bells ringing in my mind. Search still looks plenty healthy, according to these figures.
Posted by Danny Sullivan on July 21, 2005, 7:21 AM | Permalink
It's All in the Name: IceRocket Will Become BlogScour
Looking for more weblog/feed search news? If the answer is yes, here's a link to the News.com article: Mark Cuban to relaunch IceRocket.
According to the story, IceRocket's new name will be BlogScour. No word as to what will happen to the other search services IceRocket offers. At the moment, BlogScour.com shows the IceRocket home page.
What will set BlogScour apart from the other blog/feed engines out there? Here's what the article has to say:
The revised IceRocket is expected to be unique among the other search engines in that every search entry has a thumbnail of the home page of the listing.
I'm not sure (understatement) that just offering a static image of a home page is going to be enough.
The article doesn't mention if BlogScour will implement any new search technology (improved crawl, improved precision, better relevance, personalization, etc.).
Postscript: Nick reports the BlogScour will be a standalone site and that IceRocket will remain online. However, we still don't know if BlogScour will be something different (in terms of technology, crawl, etc.) or just a new standalone version of the blog/feed search that IceRocket already offers?
Posted by Gary Price on July 20, 2005, 9:02 PM | Permalink
Google Acquires Brazilian Search Tech Company
Nice work by Dirson spotting this press release (in Portuguese) from Google announcing their acquisition of Akwan Information Technologies, a Brazilian search tech provider. Google will use the acquistion to open an R&D center in Latin America.
Here's a mechanical translation of the announcement using Google's translation software, caveat emptor.
Posted by Gary Price on July 20, 2005, 5:52 PM | Permalink
Ask Jeeves CEO Steve Berkowitz To Keynote SES San Jose
I've been busy this week pulling together sessions for our upcoming SES San Jose 2005 show, and we've just confirmed that Ask Jeeves CEO and director Steve Berkowitz will be doing the keynote. This will be in our keynote slot on August 9, the second day of the show.
It's actually going to be a "keynote conversation," rather than the traditional keynotes that some shows have. Over at the SES Blog, I explain more about how we seem to have a tradition growing of these type of keynote Q&As. There's certainly plenty to talk with Steve about, given Ask has just completed being acquired by IAC.
By the way, as I wrap up various sessions for the show, I've been blogging them at the SES Blog to tell everyone a bit more about them and what to expect. You can see what's been covered so far by viewing the SES San Jose 2005 Sessions page.
Posted by Danny Sullivan on July 20, 2005, 5:21 PM | Permalink
Survey Results Show Most Americans Have No Clue About RSS
A new data brief from the Pew Internet & American Life project titled: The average American internet user is not sure what podcasting is, what an RSS feed does, or what the term phishing means, looks at the results of a just completed survey.
The results show only 9% of those surveyed had a "good idea" of what the term RSS means. 65% weren't sure and 26% had never heard of the term.
Only 13% of those surveyed had a "good idea" of what a podcasting is.
Those of us who watch the web, web tools, and web search closely (including myself) often forget that many of the things we talk about all day, everyday (and the services we use) still aren't even close to making it into the vocabulary or onto the desktops of the masses.
As the survey's discussion points out, technology terms and ideas take time to emerge in the mindset of the general public. However, I often wonder if the usefulness that so many leading edge types believe that syndication, feeds, etc. offer are to reach the mainstream, calling it something other than RSS (as see on on many web sites) might be worthy of consideration. Of course, the cynical person in me wonders if the public even cares, will ever care, or really needs to know about RSS and other tools in the first place.
Thanks to SC for the tip.
Postscript: Lee Rainie, Project Director, of the Pew Internet & American Life Project saw my post and sent along a comment. He writes:
I think your take on it [the survey] is perfect. It's useful to remember every once in a while that lots of people don't
obsessively focus on the things that fire the imagination of bleeding edgers.
Posted by Gary Price on July 20, 2005, 5:10 PM | Permalink
Creating Searchable Text from Geographic Coordinates
If you're interested in geotagging, digital maps and related matters, here's a new article by several members of the Stanford Info Lab that you might want to take a look at.
Title: Assigning Textual Names to Sets of Geographic Coordinates
24 pages; PDF.
Abstract:
NameSet is a system that translates a set of geographic coordinates into a textual name based on the geographic regions where the coordinates occur. One possible application of NameSet is to concisely present the geographical scope of a set of geo-referenced observations to a human user. Another application is to generate text to depict a set of coordinates that appear on a web site -- text that could later be used for information retrieval applications. NameSet's computation is based on a simple algorithm, using off-the-shelf and web-based data sources. The system was proven effective in an application that automatically organizes and names sets of geo-referenced digital photographs.
Posted by Gary Price on July 20, 2005, 3:35 PM | Permalink
MSN Updates Start.com Site with New Features
Yesterday, MSN's experimental Start.com customizable homepage received a few updates and bug fixes that you can read about on the Start.com blog.
The most noticeable change comes in the way search results are displayed. Start.com results pages now allow you to quickly move between web results, news results, and RSS results via tab links at the top of the page. RSS results come from feed directory that's powered by Moreover and also used at My MSN.. Also, Start.com now allows you to subscribe to feeds via a link next to each RSS result.
Ok, MSN has a searchable directory of RSS feeds. However, you've got to think that it will be sooner rather than later when MS releases their own fully functioning and standalone RSS engine. We've mentioned that MSN was developing an RSS engine a couple of times on SEW. Once, last November in Chris's original review of MSN Search and again a few weeks later in a blog post by Danny.
Posted by Gary Price on July 20, 2005, 2:01 PM | Permalink
Yahoo Weatherman Tim Mayer Announces Release of New Web Index
Yahoo's Tim Mayer alerts the search community that Yahoo Search released a new index last night. He writes:
The changes will be a little more intense than the second weather report and changes will continue over the next week or two.
If you want to discuss the new Yahoo index, check out this thread in the SEW Forums. Barry (aka RustyBrick) points out other threads here.
Posted by Gary Price on July 20, 2005, 1:16 PM | Permalink
SMS Search Provider 4INFO.net Adds Email Search Service, WiFi Hotspot Search Coming Soon
Two quick news items from Palo Alto's 4INFO.net, an SMS (text messaging) search service.
- For your "what's old is new again" folder...Email Search
- Find WiFi Hotspots
Posted by Gary Price on July 20, 2005, 11:13 AM | Permalink
PubSub Plays Ball with New Feature
The PubSub team released a new feature today that offers pre-built prospective searches to track blogosphere and other syndicated content about Major League Basball teams and players.
By going to PubSub Baseball you can simply click a team or player name and quickly have a professionally built query ready to place into an RSS aggregator or PubSub Sidebar. As the query matches new items from the stream of content entering the PubSub database, you'll be notified almost immediately.
When PubSub released their government info service a few weeks ago, I said that the company was smart to pre-build prospective searches for popular topics. Why? They offer more precise searches while also saving the user time and effort (a good thing). In other words, let PubSub do the heavy lifting so the user can be up and running in a matter of seconds.
Posted by Gary Price on July 20, 2005, 10:30 AM | Permalink
IAC/InterActiveCorp Completes Acquisition of Ask Jeeves
According to a news release and a brief item in the Los Angeles Times (reg. required), IAC/InterActiveCorp has completed its acquisition of Ask Jeeves.
Posted by Gary Price on July 20, 2005, 9:58 AM | Permalink
Google Alerts Now Available for Google Groups
Philipp points to a blog post about the availability of Google Alerts for Google Groups.
It monitors the top 50 most recent Google Groups search results that relate to keywords you're interested in. Any new articles posted that match your criteria will be emailed to you, just like Google News alerts.
Google Groups Alerts are sent via email (no RSS) either immediately (as material enters the database), once a day, or once a week. Since so much content is constantly being generated in Google Groups, it would be a good idea to be very specific with your query terms and/or use some of the advanced search syntax that's available when building your query. You can do this by using the Google Groups advanced search page and then doing a copy and paste of the query string into the Google Alerts form.
Posted by Gary Price on July 20, 2005, 9:53 AM | Permalink
Who's Who in Paid Search
Last week, I reviewed the new Marketing Sherpa Buyer's Guide to Search Engine Optimization Firms, which focused on companies specializing in optimizing sites for organic search results. In today's SearchDay article, A Buyer's Guide to Paid Search Advertising Agencies, I review the companion guide from Marketing Sherpa that focuses exclusively on firms specializing in PPC search marketing campaigns.
Posted by Chris Sherman on July 20, 2005, 9:37 AM | Permalink
The Launch of Google Moon
It was 36 years ago today when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon while Michael Collins circled overhead. I remember it like it was just yesterday. This five year old was glued to his television in suburban Chicago watching history. To celebrate the historic event Google has not only put up a special logo on all of their home pages but they're also releasing Google Moon.
That's right space fans, you're now able to use the same technology that you'll find at Google Maps and Google Earth to wander around the Moon.
In many cases you're unable to zoom-in very close. This is due to NASA providing Google with a limited data set. If you do zoom-in and imagery isn't available, Google Moon does get a bit cheesy. (-:
Btw, the FAQ points out that on July 20, 2069, Google will be ready to integrate local listings into the Google Moon product. It will be interesting to watch and see if another search provider tries to launch a local search product for the moon before 2069.(-:
I wonder if MSN Virtual "Moon" or Yahoo "Solar System" is in the works?
On a related note...Want to learn more about the flight of Apollo 11? You'll find some great material (images, timelines, etc.) here and here. Video clips of the flight here.
Want to learn more about the astronauts? Ask Jeeves has Smart Search results available for Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.
Posted by Gary Price on July 20, 2005, 9:36 AM | Permalink
How Many RSS Feeds Really Matter?
Everyday we read estimates of the total number of blogs and feeds out there. Of course, we rarely get solid definitions of just what a blog is. Does every feed belong to a blog? Do blogs or feeds that haven't been updated in x amount of time count? Do all the sites that post totals use the same criteria? I'm sure you've asked these and other questions. Just like total the database sizes that we see from some web engines, total blog and feed numbers are primarily marketing tools.
Jim Lanzone, Senior Vice President of Search Properties at Ask Jeeves, has just posted some interesting numbers and graphs on the Ask.com Blog that reveal the total number of feeds that have at least one subscriber who access the feed with Bloglines.
Lanzone believes this is a more accurate number of the total amount of feeds since someone has taken the time to subscribe to it. He calls these, "feeds that matter."
According to Bloglines members around the world, 1,121,655 feeds ?matter? to date. Note this includes only content feeds tracked, and not topics tracked via ?saved? or ?persistent? searches using the Bloglines service.
Findory's Greg Linden adds an excellent comment to the post saying that a feed might need more than a single to subscriber to really "matter." He thinks 20 subscribers might be a better number to use. I think Greg makes an excellent point. Lanzone promises more breakdowns in the near future. I would also like to see how many of these 1 million plus feeds are updated at least once or twice a month.
I'll add that in some cases Bloglines has more than one feed listed for the same blog. I can speak from experience on this one since Bloglines currently lists seven feeds (one official, others unofficial, several broken) for my ResourceShelf site. All of these feeds have at least one subscriber.
Bottom Line? This post is worthy of your attention and, at the least, helps to provide a more realistic idea about the number of feeds out there.
Posted by Gary Price on July 19, 2005, 8:58 PM | Permalink
Yahoo Announces Q2 2005 Results
Yahoo released their Q2 earnings this afternoon and the News.com article: Yahoo profit rises, but revenue falls short, has the story.
You'll find all of the numbers in this Yahoo news release (PDF). Also available is an archived copy of today's conference call along with a set of slides (PDF).
Basic Numbers, Q2 2005 (via press release and News.com)
Net Income
- For Q2, 2005 net income of $754.7 million, or 51 cents a share, excluding traffic acquisition costs. Minus $563 million from the sale of an investment, Yahoo reported 13 cents a share, in line with analyst estimates and 5 cents above last year.
Revenues
- Revenues were $1,253 million for the second quarter of 2005, a 51 percent increase compared to $832 million for the same period of 2004.
- Excluding fees paid to marketing partners, the company posted revenue of $875.1 million. Analysts had expected the company to post revenue of $882.7 million, according to a survey by Thomson Financial.
Segments
- United States revenues for the second quarter of 2005 were $870 million, a 39 percent increase from the $624 million reported for the same period of 2004.
- International revenues for the second quarter of 2005 were $383 million, an 84 percent increase from the $208 million reported for the same period of 2004.
More Numbers and Comments
- Via AP: Yahoo ended June with 181 million active registered users, a 23 percent increase from the same time last year. The audience included 10.1 million subscribers, a 58 percent increase from last year...Subscriptions accounted for $158.7 million, or 18 percent, or its second-quarter revenue, minus advertising commission.
- Via AP: Through June, Google 36.9 percent share of the U.S. [search] market, outdistancing Yahoo's 30.4 percent share, according to comScore Networks.
- Via Dow Jones: [CEO Terry Semel] said Yahoo will continue to invest in products for consumers that will encourage them to engage more deeply with the site. And it also will focus on driving more advertising revenue, in particular by reworking its search algorithms in an effort to wring more revenue from consumer Web searches and by upgrading its programs for small Web publishers.
Posted by Gary Price on July 19, 2005, 7:08 PM | Permalink
Microsoft Sues Google Over China Hire
It's time to take the Google vs. Microsoft rivalry to court.
In my post earlier today about Google expanding their presence in China by opening a research lab, I noted that Google had hired Dr. Kai-Fu Lee away from Microsoft where he was serving as a corporate vice president.
Well, it didn't take long for the folks in Redmond to sue Dr. Lee claiming he's breaching the Microsoft employee confidentiality and non-compete agreements by joining Google.
From a ZDNet article:
Microsoft spokeswoman Stacy Drake said in an e-mail. "We are asking the court to require Dr. Lee and Google to honor the confidentiality and non-competition agreements he signed when he began working for Microsoft."
In an email to SEW, Google's David Krane tells us:
"We have reviewed Microsoft's claims and they are completely without merit. Google is focused on building the best place in the world for great innovators to work. We're thrilled to have Dr. Lee on board at Google. We will defend vigorously against these meritless claims and will fully support Dr. Lee."
Postscript: Dirson points to comments about the lawsuit from an ex-Microsoftie now working at Google.
Posted by Gary Price on July 19, 2005, 4:13 PM | Permalink
What's New at Snap.com
Michael Liedtke's AP story: Snap.com Plans to Combat 'Click Fraud', offers a look at what Bill Gross and Snap.com are up to these days including news that the company has just secured more than $10 million in venture capital funding.
Quick takes from the article:
+ ``We feel there is so much more innovation that can take place in search,'' Gross said Monday. ``It's hard to say that little Snap will ever beat Google, but I think we can become a viable alternative.''+ Gross is among those who believe click fraud is a big problem. He aims to change things with a ``cost per action'' system that only charges ad commission when a purchase is actually completed. ``I believe the commercial side of search will evolve toward cost-per-action in the next five to 10 years,'' Gross said.
Posted by Gary Price on July 19, 2005, 3:55 PM | Permalink
A Chat with Rob Solomon from Yahoo Shopping
Brian Smith over at Comparison Engines has published a Q&A interview with Rob Solomon, Yahoo Shopping V.P.
From the interview:
Q: What Makes Yahoo! Shopping Different than the other Shopping Comparison Engines? ?Comprehensiveness in terms of the number of product offerings on Yahoo! Shopping and the number of merchants listed on Yahoo! Shopping. Over time there will be a decent gap that Yahoo and Google will create [with their shopping search engines] because of advanced crawling and search capabilities.?A: ?Looking forward, there will be more focus on personalization and community. Yahoo has 350m users globally and 150m registered users. We?re making a big bet on community with services like Yahoo! 360. We?ll spend the next 2-4 yrs building out community features and it will factor into the shopping experience. Epinions was good. Ratings are pretty good. The next generation [shopping search] has to do with community features and more robust ratings and review. We will focus on bringing more content into the experience. In the past it?s been over-hyped and ended up scaring people, but there will be more and more personalization and customization within Yahoo Shopping!?
Posted by Gary Price on July 19, 2005, 3:32 PM | Permalink
Using E-Mail to Train Customers to Be Unprofitable
So I ordered a bunch of trousers from EddieBauer.com (because every women's store on the planet has a 'petite' section, but it's a law of the universe that 'tall' is online only). Before the order arrives, I start getting e-mail about the EddieBauer.com summer sale. So I click. Most of the stuff I've ordered (which was already on sale) is now more on sale.
I call before even receiving the package (because the online form is broken). They cheerfully refund the price differential - about $30. And I mean cheerfully ("Honey, that's what e-mail is for!").
But wait -- it gets better.
One pair of pants fits so well, I order three more pairs. Then I receive another e-mail touting deeper discounts. Sure enough, new trousers qualify for a $50-plus credit. And because some of the stuff in the first order is now even further reduced, I get another $24 refunded...in addition to the $30 they refunded in Round One.
Over $100 refunded on merchandise I'd demonstrated I was willing to pay full price for!
I'm not only loyal now to EddieBauer.com now, I'm opening their e-mail.
But am I a profitable customer? Not yet, anyway. Jack Aaronson's recent series of columns on loyalty programs really got me thinking about just this sort of thing.
Posted by Rebecca Lieb on July 19, 2005, 3:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
New from Bloglines: Subscription Suggestions and UI Translations
Bloglines has just launched a new service called Quick Pick Subscriptions service that allows users to quickly find blogs that they might be interested in subscribing to.
The Quick Pick Subscriptions page consists of two boxes. One box contains a selected list of blog titles organized into 37 categories. Category titles include:
- Fashionista
- Gadget Freak
- Hard Core Gamer
- News Hound
- Webmaster
The other box provides a list of that day's Top 50 subsciptions. All a user needs to do is select one or more titles of interest from these boxes and a subscription to the blog(s) will be added to their Bloglines account.
Also, translations of the Bloglines UI are now available in Italian and Dutch. You'll find links to them and other UI translations listed under the "Choose your language" header on the on the Bloglines homepage.
Postscript: I checked several relevant categories to see if our blog was listed. Sorry to report, I didn't find a link. Oh well, that's the way it goes sometimes.
Posted by Gary Price on July 19, 2005, 2:47 PM | Permalink
Inquisitor: A New Search Tool for Safari Users
Inquisitor 1.0 is a new search app that those of you who use Safari might want to take a look at.
Here's how the developer describes the tool.
[Iquisitor 1.0 ] is a novel search extension for Apples Safari web browser that adds live, predictive search features to the standard web search field in Safari. As you type, Inquisitor offers suggestions to complete your query based on your own personal search history as well as the search history of every Google user.
You can download Inquisitor here. It's donationware.
Posted by Gary Price on July 19, 2005, 2:19 PM | Permalink
Baidu Removing Links to Pirated Music Files from Database
Last week we blogged about Baidu's IPO announcement and included a link to Matt Marshall's post that included a discussion of possible copyright issues that Baidu might face as a company traded in the US. Apparently copyright concerns were also a major issue for Baidu execs especially after hearing from a music licensing organization. Today, word from Shanghai that Baidu is removing links to as many as 50,000 pirated music files.
R2G Chief Operating Officer Scarlett Li told the newspaper that Baidu had taken out Web links to more than 3,000 music files of a single popular Chinese song alone. She added that the search engine was also looking into links to more than 50,000 files.
Posted by Gary Price on July 19, 2005, 2:01 PM | Permalink
Google Will Open Research Center in China, Hire Microsoft VP to Run China Operation
News from the Googleplex today that the company is increasing their presence in China by opening a product research and development center sometime this quarter.
And now an item for your Google vs. Microsoft file.
Google also announced today that they've hired away Dr. Kai-Fu Lee from Microsoft (ouch!) to run Google's operations in China.
Dr. Lee was most recently an MS corporate vice-president and also the founder of Microsoft's research lab in Beijing. It will be interesting to see if Dr. Lee brings some/many/all of his MS colleagues with him to Google.
Posted by Gary Price on July 19, 2005, 1:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
SEO Roadshow Coming To Edinburgh
Now that the Live8 bunch have cleared out of Edinburgh, it's safe for the SEO bunch to move in. Coming to the city on September 10 is the second annual SEO Roadshow. Agenda? We don't need no stickin' agendas say Roadsters. It's purely a networking event, where people drink and talk and drink. Registration? We don't need no stickin' registration. It's invite only. How to get invited? Well, Nick gives a little advice over at Threadwatch on dropping a quiet word with the right people. Want to discuss? Visit our forum thread, Roadshow Edinburgh. I made it to the one in London next year and am pretty sure I'll shoot up north of the border for the 2005 event. FYI, Copenhagen looks to be the 2006 gathering point.
Posted by Danny Sullivan on July 19, 2005, 12:04 PM | Permalink
Is This Considered Interactive Advertising?
Calvin Klein unveils a bottle full of models in the middle of Times Square today.
With both the temperature and the humidity index spiking into the 90s, isn't it nice to know those of us within walking distance of the spectacle who feel the need to see it can do so online, just as cooly and conveniently as anyone else?
UPDATE: OK, so the event is live and photos are up. Who's not livecasting the bottle? That would be the CK One Billboard site, folks. Nothing comes between me and my Calvins -- except consumer-generated media.
Posted by Rebecca Lieb on July 19, 2005, 9:35 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Become.com Integrates Product Research, Comparison Shopping
As useful as specialized shopping search services are, most of them are focused primarily on comparison shopping, or helping you find the best deal for a product. This means you need to have a fairly clear idea of what you're looking for before they're very useful. Sure, most shopping sites help somewhat with the research process that occurs prior to active shopping, but in many cases you also need to turn to the web or other sources of information to really learn enough to make the best purchase decision.
Become.com, which launched last April as a shopping research engine, has added comparison shopping tools to the search results you get with its 3.2 billion page shopping search index. It's a powerful combination, making it easy to shift between product research and comparison shopping, all in one place. Today's SearchDay article, Become.com Offers Comparison Shopping, takes a closer look.
Posted by Chris Sherman on July 19, 2005, 9:22 AM | Permalink
RSS + Video Search = BlinkxTV SmartFeed
Word of new service from BlinkxTV that was just released named SmartFeed.
Beginning today, you can create an RSS feed (aka SmartFeed) for any BlinkxTV keyword search.
So, as soon as a word or phrase is mentioned in a radio broadcast or television program from one or more of the 30-plus partners that Blinkx offers access to, you'll be notified via RSS. Then, you can click from the feed and listen or view those exact words being spoken. In most cases, Blinkx uses voice recognition technology to create searchable transcripts.
It was just a few weeks ago when we posted that Blinkx was allowing you to keyword search transcripts of podcasts and video blogs. SmartFeeds are also available for this type of material. Now, as soon as your name (or anything else) is mentioned in a podcast, you'll know. Yet another tool for your ego surfing pleasure. (-:
You'll find the SmartFeed/RSS link in a column located on the left side of BlinkxTV results pages.
As far as I know, this is the first time we've seen RSS feeds generated from keyword searches of multimedia content.
FeedRoom, a service that offers streaming clips from local television stations also provides feeds. However, since Feedroom doesn't offer transcript search, you're unable to create a customized RSS feed based on a keyword search. Yahoo Video provides transcript search for content produced by Bloomberg Television. However, RSS feeds from Yahoo Video are not currently available.
Posted by Gary Price on July 19, 2005, 8:05 AM | Permalink
The Best Blog Search Is All Of Them! - Metasearch The Blogosphere With Clusty
There's plenty of talk these days about what's "the best" weblog/RSS engine. Trying to determine which specific engine is "best" would be a difficult, if not an impossible, exercise. What's "best" for me might not work for you. Plus, what's "best" on Monday might be second best on Tuesday since the the blogosphere is changing every minute.
So, instead of continuing this post in search of determining the "best" engine, let's talk about a resource that's currently available that allows you to tap results from most of the big names in weblog search.
When asked where I begin my searches of the blogosphere these days, I have an answer.
I utilize all of them! How's that for diplomacy. (-:
However, I don't go one engine at a time when running searches but instead use the power of metasearching to provide me with what I I often find to be very useful results.
When Chris and I published our overview of Clusty last year, few people seemed to notice that this meta engine also offers a webblog/RSS search tool.
For most of my blogosphere search needs, Clusty Blog Search works well.
So, is Clusty Blog Search tapping a bunch of unknown engines. Hardly!
You'll find results from several well-known blog engines:
- Blogdigger
- Daypop
- Feedster
- Technorati
- Blogpulse
- IceRocket
The advanced Clusty Blog Search interface is where I start most of my blog searching.
Using it allows me to increase the number of results Clusty returns while also offering the option to add or delete specific engines.
Of course, Clusty's well-known dynamic clustering is also part of their blog search tool. In some cases, the dynamic clustering can help you get you to a quality answer more quickly by providing what Clusty's owner, Vivisimo, calls a selective ignorance. Plus, I've found that clustering can also be used as a knowledge discovery. In other words, helping the searcher quickly spot trends, names, etc. that would take hours and hours to do manually.
Another feature I like about Clusty Blog Search is that it allows me to see which database or databases the results are coming from. You'll find the database name listed next to each url. It makes searching even more interesting for people who enjoy comparing results. Items available in multiple databases are grouped together.
Finally, here are a few other features you might find useful.
+ Directly above the dynamically generated clusters on the left side of the page, note the "cluster by" pull-down menu. If you select, "URL" you can quickly see where the results are coming from. Interesting and possibly another way of spotting blogs of possible interest.
+ At the top of results pages you'll see a link labeled "Details." Clicking this link allows you to find out how many results are coming from each engine. I do my best to see at least the first 100 from each engine.
+ Next to each title on a results page you'll notice a few icons. Click the "venn diagram (three circles) icon" and you'll see what cluster(s) contain the item. Items can be in more than one cluster. If you click the magnifying glass icon, you'll open a live version of the result embedded directly into the results page. A real timesaver!
Using Clusty to search the blogosphere offers an easy way to quickly see results from most of the well-known databases while also allowing you to benefit of dynamic clustering. Worth a look!
Posted by Gary Price on July 18, 2005, 3:12 PM | Permalink
Where's My Bus (or Train or Plane)?, Services That Offer Real-Time Info and Maps
If you've never taken a look at the NextBus.com service you should. It's one of those resources that's not only very useful (if it's available in your area) but also very cool. It's also another example of real-time info on the web.
NextBus.com has been available for several years, long before the Google Ride Finder service was announced in March.
NextBus describes precisely what this free service offers. Users can click and find out when the next bus, train, water taxi, etc. will arrive at a specific location. As you've probably already figured out, NextBus uses GPS technology to predict when a vehicle will arrive at a specific location. You can learn more about how the technology works here.
Since online mapping is all the rage these days, you'll be happy to learn that NextBus also provides live maps that allow you to quickly visualize the current location of a vehicle.
I wouldn't doubt that one of these days we'll see one of the large online service like Yahoo, MapQuest, or MSN work with NextBus (and other providers) to make this real-time info available on their map products. Actually, I'm somewhat surprised that we haven't seen this already.
An e-mail alert service is also provided that notifies you when you're bus/train/water taxi is about to arrive. Cool!
Since you might not be always in front of a computer but still want to know when the next vehicle will be arriving, NextBus also offers a mobile version of the service.
Currently, NextBus is available for more than 20 transportation services in the US. The San Francisco Muni, Boulder, CO RTD, New York Water Taxi, and the Portland, OR Streetcar are a few of them.
NextBus is not the only real-time transport info service out there.
The new owner of NextBus, Grey Island Systems, provides similar services elsewhere including this one in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. King County, WA also offers this info.
Finally, I'm sure many of know you can also track aircraft in the US/Canadian system in real-time. For example, this service allows you to track commercial flights from many airlines and then places the info on a map. Simply reload for the latest info. Want to track a plane from a mobile device? Here's one service that I use.
Postscript: On a related note, this CNN article takes a look at a new
SMS (text-messaging) service in the UK that offers real-time flight info. What the article doesn't mention is that both 4info.net and Synfonic are two US-based SMS services that provide real-time flight info.
Posted by Gary Price on July 18, 2005, 11:23 AM | Permalink
Search Forums Roundup: July 18, 2005
Today's SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week's hot topics from search engine forums across the web: How Should Search Engines Protect Privacy? - AdSense Updates Terms & Policies - What Degrees Or Professional Backgrounds Do SEO/SEMers Have? - Optical Character Recognition And Crawlers - Interlinking of Related Sites, and more.
Posted by Chris Sherman on July 18, 2005, 9:43 AM | Permalink
MSN Search Releases More International Versions of Toolbar
A post on MSN Search's WebLog points out that more international versions of the MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search are now available. As of today, the toolbar is available for 37 locales and in 15 languages.
Here's a list of the versions that are now available:
Australia, Austria, Belgium (Dutch & French versions), Brazil, Canada (English & French versions), China (Simplified Chinese), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong SAR (Traditional Chinese), India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korean, Latin America, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Phillipines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (French & German versions), Taiwan (Traditional Chinese), UK, USA (English & Spanish versions), and Global/Worldwide
Versions of the MSN Search Toolbar that were available prior to Friday's release are italicized.
Posted by Gary Price on July 17, 2005, 5:59 PM | Permalink
Drive Around Town with Google
Yes, it's another new item from the Google Store. If you're out and about and want to share your admiration for all things Google with others, check out the new Google License Plate Frame. Btw, it also the lowest priced item available from the Google Store, only $1.20.
Posted by Gary Price on July 17, 2005, 1:10 PM | Permalink
