May 3, 2007

From the SEW Blog:

• Ask Brings the Algorithm Mainstream
  Ask.com's recent offline advertising campaign is shifting into high gear to build up buzz around Ask's upcoming Edison algorithm.
• Quintura For Kids: Another Search Engine For Kids
  The space is a tough one and I think possibly one that has overreached itself.
• YouTube Set to Test Marketability of SciFi Film
  YouTube is using a new animated science fiction show, Afterworld, to test their marketing abilities.
• MyQuest: India's Exclusive Local Search Engine
  MyQuest.com is looking to dominate the local search space in one of the world's most populous countries.
• SearchQB.com: A Great Google Custom Search Example
  An innovative use of Google Custom Search - SeachQB.com - launched last week before the NFL Draft. The site plans to be "the search engine of choice for football scouts, GMs, journalists, and gridiron fanatics"
• Wiki Search Adds Jabber Founder to Team
  Jeremie Miller, founder of the open instant messaging service, is joining the Wiki Search project.
• Yahoo Brings Mobile OneSearch to Canada, Europe
  Yahoo today launched its OneSearch mobile search application in Canada and five countries in Europe
• Microsoft Buys Mobile Ad Firm
  Microsoft has acquired Paris-based mobile ad network ScreenTonic, which serves text and display ads to mobile phones and devices in Belgium, France and the U.K.
• Google (but not Google News) indexes Belgian newspapers again
  Copiepresse's Belgian French-language newspapers from are back in Google, but they are still in talks about Google News, one of the main parts of their dispute.

Headlines & News from Elsewhere:

• VW Search Spam: Just Good Design?, Johnon.com
• Google Goes Wireless, Business Week
• Q1 Revenues: Idearc and AOL, Screenwerk
• How Linking Between Documents Could Have Allowed Google to Group Search Results, SEO by the Sea
• Google Buying Wall Street Journal? When Donkeys Fly!, Search Engine Journal
• Why You Should Deep-Link Your Blog, Search Engine Journal
• SEW - Live! Columbus, OH, Search Engine Strategies Blog
• Cabela's Learns Valuable SEO Lesson, WebProNews
• John Scott on Link Building, v7n
• Selling Local to the National Channel: Who Inherits the Wind?, The Kelsey Group Blog
• No Goals - No Analytics!, SiteLogic
• The Algorithm is On The Move, Ask.com blog
• Matching Specific Transactions to Specific Keywords, Google Analytics Blog
• IAC Web Ad Revenue Up as Ask.com Campaign Launches, ClickZ
• Pipes Adds Interactive Yahoo! Maps, KML Support (and More), Yahoo Pipes blog
• Earnings: TWX: AOL Ad Growth For The Rest Of ‘07 Not Expected To Match 1Q’s 40 Percent, paidContent
• Avenue A/Razorfish Measures Rich Internet Applications, ClickZ
• Return To The Search Engine Shoot-Out, Search Engine Land
• The Art Of SEO For Wikipedia & 16 Tips To Gain Respect, Search Engine Land
• SEO Contest: Help People, Get Training, Go to SMX, Bruce Clay Blog
• The Day The Digging Died, Graywolf SEO Blog
• Reader’s Choice Search Marketing Resources, Online Marketing Blog
• Web Design and Marketing for The Folks You Forgot, Cre8pc