May 28, 2008

China Real Estate Search Engine Launches in English Before Beijing Olympics

Jipingmi.com, a real estate search engine in China, officially launched an English version of the site yesterday. English.Jipingmi.com collects real estate property listings from a variety of English property listing sources and organizes the results into a single search platform.

The sophistication of the search engine falls somewhere between Craigslist and Craigslist, with a 2-D Google Maps thrown in. Tremendous opportunity remains in the Chinese real estate market online.

Since the launch of Jipingmi.com (Mandarin for "How many square meters?" or "A few square meters") in late 2007, Jipingmi.com has become the stripped-down Zillow or Trulia of the Chinese real estate search engine market. Jipingmi.com now hopes to open the platform to international users.

Jipingmi Co-founder and VP Strategic Development, Alex Farfurnik said English.Jipingmi.com will organize the foreign real estate market in China:

"There are over 6 million foreigners living in China, and the number is constantly growing. All these people need housing solutions and often turn to the internet to look for related information. The number of websites that provide real estate listings is increasing rapidly as well. There are more and more Chinese and foreign companies aiming to target foreign clients.

"Currently the foreign real estate market in China is very fragmented and there is a growing need to organize this market. Altogether, this makes it a perfect time for Jipingmi to come in and assist the market by using its superior technology and industry knowledge to help and connect all sides: home seekers, foreign targeted companies and English websites in China." Mr. Farfurnik said.

Jipingmi Co-founder and Co-CEO, Guy Sivan said English Jipingmi.com is designed specially to suit the unique needs of the foreign real estate market in China.

"The English version of Jipingmi.com was designed with the target market in mind. Understanding that the local knowledge of many foreigners is limited, English.jipingmi.com provides several creative features to assist home seekers including map-based navigation and housing complex information for housing complexes that are most relevant to foreigners. The Interface of English.Jipingmi.com was completely redesigned and looks entirely different from the Chinese website in order to answer the unique needs of the foreigners In China." Mr. Sivan said.

English.Jipingmi.com is plans to provide special features for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, such as short-term rentals. An estimated 500,000 foreigners will stay in Beijing during the Olympics.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 2:08 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

May 22, 2007

Marchex Teams with Fox for Latin Web Sites

The potential of the Latin market is obviously not lost on the Marchex team, as they have partnered with Fox’s Latin American Channels division to jointly develop a set of Spanish-language Web sites owned by Marchex.

Sites include the Spanish-language equivalent dot-com domains for “Cook,� "Photos," "Sports," "Movies" and more than 100 other domains that Marchex recently acquired for $10 million. As it does with its English-language network of direct navigation domains, Marchex will monetize those sites with display ads and pay-per-click text ads.

“It is a key step in our ongoing strategy of acquiring Web sites and developing them into high quality destinations which, over time, will continue to build our base of global and local traffic,� Peter Christothoulou, Marchex's chief strategy officer, said in a statement.

The Marchex company includes search engine Enhance and GoClick, as well as vertical content advertising source Industry Brains. This should provide some increased interest in the Latin market.

Posted by Frank Watson at 4:21 PM | Permalink

January 3, 2007

China Fines Sohu For Posting US Movies Online

In another victory against media piracy, the Chinese courts fined search engine and portal Sohu for allowing the distribution of American films online. US movies do not all open in China and many of the titles mentioned in the Adotas article were of films not yet released in China.

Sohu was fined nearly $139,000.

Posted by Frank Watson at 12:44 PM | Permalink

December 27, 2006

Image Search Engine in Beta

PolarRose.com is beta testing their photo recognition software that they have implemented into an image search engine. Their annoucement has stirred a little controversy as far as privacy and security goes.

The engine could address a solid niche on the web. Obviously use of robots.txt files can block people's personal info, or just wait until someone in Australia uses the system to find you and sue (see the story below about the court ruling).

Using what Tim O'Reilly calls 'bionic software', "Polar Rose relies on a combination of our unique face recognition algorithms and the collective intelligence of our users.

The face recognition technology used was originally developed by CTO Jan Erik Solem during his M.Sc and Ph.D. stints at the universities of Lund and Malmö in southern Sweden. It's unique in that we are able to extract 3D information from regular 2D images, an approach that radically improves the short-comings of existing face recognition approaches.

However, we don't and can't rely exclusively on face recognition, but also harness the collective intelligence of our users who help train our software and tag names on people we haven't seen before" according to their website.

Posted by Frank Watson at 2:50 PM | Permalink

December 21, 2006

Germans Drop Quaero Partnership With France

Seems the Germans can't get along with the French - what a surprise. The joint venture to create a European search engine to take on Google - Quaero - is now left in the hands of the French alone.

No one is openly stating what has happened but the Germans have been working on another search project - Theseus - the king in Greek mythology who found his way through the labyrinth. A skill anyone in search needs.

Neither the French or the Germans have openly admitted the reasons for the split - or in some cases that a split has even occurred. While France spokespeople have said there are people in Germany who are still working on the project.

Both efforts are being made to tilt at the European dominance of Google. Obviously the nationalism that motivated the efforts initially have only become tighter with each wanting to do their own.

The German contributions included work on voice recognition.

Posted by Frank Watson at 3:18 PM | Permalink

November 14, 2006

AskTheLocal UK Shopping Search Engine

AskTheLocal is a shopping search engine with a subtle difference; rather than find websites that offer particular products it matches the search query with a postcode to enable shoppers to visit a shop in person to buy the product. Another important difference is the reference to 'postcode' rather than zip code, because AskTheLocal is a UK resource.

The concept is very simple - retailers list their products with the search engine and users input their location and then search for products using free text terms rather than a listing or menu approach. The results screen then usually displays a photograph of the product, a description, the option of comparing prices or linking into Technorati in the hope that someone will have written about it, other items from that retailer and of course the price. Information is also given with respect to the physical location of the shop offering the product, the opening hours and telephone number. Finally there is a link to a map - the emphasis with AskTheLocal really is on locating products and then going and physically buying them.

It's a simple idea and well executed; while I have a few (minor) reservations about the service it makes a real change to find a local search engine for local people, and it is certainly worth exploring if you're in the UK. A similar service (not associated with AskTheLocal) is ShopLocal, so American readers need not feel left out.

AskTheLocal has already got a number of high profile retailers on board, such as Marks and Spencer, Argos, ToysRus and JJB which is helpful, given that searchers are almost bound to find some results for their searches. There are as yet only a very small number of local shops or chains, which limits the value of the service and I suspect areas of the country that are not well represented; I ran a search for a product and got results from shops that were up to 28 miles away and then the next result was for a shop that was over 200 miles away, so coverage is patchy at the moment, though hopefully it will increase in due course.

I would have liked to have seen a link to a retailers website as well - while I appreciate the emphasis of the search engine is on providing physical locations for products a link to a website is to be expected. Most of the items did have good descriptions, but I found a few cases when the result was limited to the title of a product while didn't actually help very much, though to be fair this is a criticism of the retailer and not the search engine itself.

While the service is still quite basic additional functionality is being introduced; the option of being able to check availability and the option of including discount coupons makes a lot of sense.

All in all, it's a search engine and concept that I think shows great promise, and once it has more large retailers signed up, and especially a lot more small niche specialised shops getting involved this could prove to be a very useful resource indeed.

Postscript from Greg: In addition to ShopLocal in the U.S., NearbyNow and StepUp (acquired by Intuit) are putting local business inventory online.

Posted by Phil Bradley at 9:40 AM | Permalink

June 14, 2006

Japan To Build Own Search Engine With 30 Japanese Companies & Government Help

The Mainichi Daily show that Japan is going to be building out their own search engine after conducting a focus group on the idea. Thirty organizations in Japan and the University of Tokyo will be working to develop the Japanese based search engine. Part of the group includes big brands such as Hitachi, Fujitsu and Nippon. The Japanese government plans on providing a subsidy for the project. Why? "Many people in Japan fear that the domination of the three firms will prevent Japanese companies from entering the market." The European Union, led by France, is doing something very similar.

Posted by Barry Schwartz at 9:40 AM | Permalink

Japan To Build Own Search Engine With 30 Japanese Companies & Government Help

The Mainichi Daily show that Japan is going to be building out their own search engine after conducting a focus group on the idea. Thirty organizations in Japan and the University of Tokyo will be working to develop the Japanese based search engine. Part of the group includes big brands such as Hitachi, Fujitsu and Nippon. The Japanese government plans on providing a subsidy for the project. Why? "Many people in Japan fear that the domination of the three firms will prevent Japanese companies from entering the market." The European Union, led by France, is doing something very similar.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:40 AM | Permalink

Japan To Build Own Search Engine With 30 Japanese Companies & Government Help

The Mainichi Daily show that Japan is going to be building out their own search engine after conducting a focus group on the idea. Thirty organizations in Japan and the University of Tokyo will be working to develop the Japanese based search engine. Part of the group includes big brands such as Hitachi, Fujitsu and Nippon. The Japanese government plans on providing a subsidy for the project. Why? "Many people in Japan fear that the domination of the three firms will prevent Japanese companies from entering the market." The European Union, led by France, is doing something very similar.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:40 AM | Permalink

Japan To Build Own Search Engine With 30 Japanese Companies & Government Help

The Mainichi Daily show that Japan is going to be building out their own search engine after conducting a focus group on the idea. Thirty organizations in Japan and the University of Tokyo will be working to develop the Japanese based search engine. Part of the group includes big brands such as Hitachi, Fujitsu and Nippon. The Japanese government plans on providing a subsidy for the project. Why? "Many people in Japan fear that the domination of the three firms will prevent Japanese companies from entering the market." The European Union, led by France, is doing something very similar.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:40 AM | Permalink

April 26, 2006

Arabic Language Search Engine ETA Q4 2006

News.com reports on plans to building an Arabic language search engine called "Sawafi" by the end of this year. This will be reportedly the first search engine (non-directory) to search the web, for Arabic content. They believe that adding this search engine will not boost Arab internet usage and increase the Arabic online advertising market to $150 million in 2008 from $10 million, as of today.

Posted by Barry Schwartz at 9:11 AM | Permalink

Arabic Language Search Engine ETA Q4 2006

News.com reports on plans to building an Arabic language search engine called "Sawafi" by the end of this year. This will be reportedly the first search engine (non-directory) to search the web, for Arabic content. They believe that adding this search engine will not boost Arab internet usage and increase the Arabic online advertising market to $150 million in 2008 from $10 million, as of today.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:11 AM | Permalink

Arabic Language Search Engine ETA Q4 2006

News.com reports on plans to building an Arabic language search engine called "Sawafi" by the end of this year. This will be reportedly the first search engine (non-directory) to search the web, for Arabic content. They believe that adding this search engine will not boost Arab internet usage and increase the Arabic online advertising market to $150 million in 2008 from $10 million, as of today.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:11 AM | Permalink

Arabic Language Search Engine ETA Q4 2006

News.com reports on plans to building an Arabic language search engine called "Sawafi" by the end of this year. This will be reportedly the first search engine (non-directory) to search the web, for Arabic content. They believe that adding this search engine will not boost Arab internet usage and increase the Arabic online advertising market to $150 million in 2008 from $10 million, as of today.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:11 AM | Permalink

March 30, 2006

China Search Market Usage To Expect Decline In Growth

Shak informed me about this article that shows the growth of China's search engine market is expected to slow down over the next 18-months. Edward Yu, CEO of Analysys International, blames the expected decline in growth of search usage to "poor user experience, unstable advertising effects, and some irregular channel operations."

The China search market is considered to be in the "initiation stage," and the search results do not meet searchers' expectations.

According to Analysys International's research of 1500 samples, only 20% search engine advertisers obtained results that exceeded their expectations, while about 29% didn't get the results they had expected and were considering reducing or suspending their search engine marketing expenses.

Posted by Barry Schwartz at 9:15 AM | Permalink

China Search Market Usage To Expect Decline In Growth

Shak informed me about this article that shows the growth of China's search engine market is expected to slow down over the next 18-months. Edward Yu, CEO of Analysys International, blames the expected decline in growth of search usage to "poor user experience, unstable advertising effects, and some irregular channel operations."

The China search market is considered to be in the "initiation stage," and the search results do not meet searchers' expectations.

According to Analysys International's research of 1500 samples, only 20% search engine advertisers obtained results that exceeded their expectations, while about 29% didn't get the results they had expected and were considering reducing or suspending their search engine marketing expenses.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:15 AM | Permalink

China Search Market Usage To Expect Decline In Growth

Shak informed me about this article that shows the growth of China's search engine market is expected to slow down over the next 18-months. Edward Yu, CEO of Analysys International, blames the expected decline in growth of search usage to "poor user experience, unstable advertising effects, and some irregular channel operations."

The China search market is considered to be in the "initiation stage," and the search results do not meet searchers' expectations.

According to Analysys International's research of 1500 samples, only 20% search engine advertisers obtained results that exceeded their expectations, while about 29% didn't get the results they had expected and were considering reducing or suspending their search engine marketing expenses.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:15 AM | Permalink

China Search Market Usage To Expect Decline In Growth

Shak informed me about this article that shows the growth of China's search engine market is expected to slow down over the next 18-months. Edward Yu, CEO of Analysys International, blames the expected decline in growth of search usage to "poor user experience, unstable advertising effects, and some irregular channel operations."

The China search market is considered to be in the "initiation stage," and the search results do not meet searchers' expectations.

According to Analysys International's research of 1500 samples, only 20% search engine advertisers obtained results that exceeded their expectations, while about 29% didn't get the results they had expected and were considering reducing or suspending their search engine marketing expenses.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:15 AM | Permalink

March 23, 2006

Yandex, Popular Russian Search Engine, To IPO

Nick Wilsdon notes that Yandex is set to IPO shortly. Yandex is Russia's most popular search engines with 62% market share. The Moscow Times reports that they have spoken with Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank. They may be listed on the NASDAQ, where Yandex’s "international peers trade".

Posted by Barry Schwartz at 9:09 AM | Permalink

Yandex, Popular Russian Search Engine, To IPO

Nick Wilsdon notes that Yandex is set to IPO shortly. Yandex is Russia's most popular search engines with 62% market share. The Moscow Times reports that they have spoken with Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank. They may be listed on the NASDAQ, where Yandex’s "international peers trade".

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:09 AM | Permalink

Yandex, Popular Russian Search Engine, To IPO

Nick Wilsdon notes that Yandex is set to IPO shortly. Yandex is Russia's most popular search engines with 62% market share. The Moscow Times reports that they have spoken with Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank. They may be listed on the NASDAQ, where Yandex’s "international peers trade".

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:09 AM | Permalink

Yandex, Popular Russian Search Engine, To IPO

Nick Wilsdon notes that Yandex is set to IPO shortly. Yandex is Russia's most popular search engines with 62% market share. The Moscow Times reports that they have spoken with Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank. They may be listed on the NASDAQ, where Yandex’s "international peers trade".

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:09 AM | Permalink

January 18, 2006

Report: Chinese Searchers Prefer Google Over Homegrown Baidu

Keynote Systems, a research firm that does annual studies of North American searchers and their satisfaction with search engines, has released its first report on the preferences of Chinese searchers. Looking at a number of different criteria the study ranked user satisfaction with four major search players in China: Alibaba/Yahoo!, Baidu, Google China and Sohu/Sogou, and concluded that Google was the favorite, despite trailing Baidu in market share. Today's SearchDay article, Study: Google #1 in China, has the details.

Posted by Chris Sherman at 11:02 AM | Permalink

Report: Chinese Searchers Prefer Google Over Homegrown Baidu

Keynote Systems, a research firm that does annual studies of North American searchers and their satisfaction with search engines, has released its first report on the preferences of Chinese searchers. Looking at a number of different criteria the study ranked user satisfaction with four major search players in China: Alibaba/Yahoo!, Baidu, Google China and Sohu/Sogou, and concluded that Google was the favorite, despite trailing Baidu in market share. Today's SearchDay article, Study: Google #1 in China, has the details.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 11:02 AM | Permalink

Report: Chinese Searchers Prefer Google Over Homegrown Baidu

Keynote Systems, a research firm that does annual studies of North American searchers and their satisfaction with search engines, has released its first report on the preferences of Chinese searchers. Looking at a number of different criteria the study ranked user satisfaction with four major search players in China: Alibaba/Yahoo!, Baidu, Google China and Sohu/Sogou, and concluded that Google was the favorite, despite trailing Baidu in market share. Today's SearchDay article, Study: Google #1 in China, has the details.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 11:02 AM | Permalink

Report: Chinese Searchers Prefer Google Over Homegrown Baidu

Keynote Systems, a research firm that does annual studies of North American searchers and their satisfaction with search engines, has released its first report on the preferences of Chinese searchers. Looking at a number of different criteria the study ranked user satisfaction with four major search players in China: Alibaba/Yahoo!, Baidu, Google China and Sohu/Sogou, and concluded that Google was the favorite, despite trailing Baidu in market share. Today's SearchDay article, Study: Google #1 in China, has the details.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 11:02 AM | Permalink

October 22, 2005

Exalead Part Deux: An Intro to "Smart Bookmarks"

When I wrote my post about Exalead releasing a new home page the other day I mentioned that you can add up "favorites" to your Exalead home page. Shortcuts allow you to view a hyperlinked static images of up to 18 pages to the Exalead home page.

OK, that's cool but why mention this again? Because it gets cooler. You can turn these "favorites" into direct links that allow you to run the a search in other engines like Google, MSN Search, whatever engines you like, without having to reenter your search terms. With some extra "hacking" you could create all sorts of interersting "specialty" searches. Technically, Exalead calls these "Smart Bookmarks." Setting them up is easy. I've prepared a page of step-by-step instructions here.

Unfortunately, at least for now, your shortcuts are only available on one specific computer. Hopefully, this will change soon and Exalead can initiate a login procedure to let you move your favorites from one computer to the next.

Posted by Gary Price at 10:55 PM | Permalink

Exalead Part Deux: An Intro to "Smart Bookmarks"

When I wrote my post about Exalead releasing a new home page the other day I mentioned that you can add up "favorites" to your Exalead home page. Shortcuts allow you to view a hyperlinked static images of up to 18 pages to the Exalead home page.

OK, that's cool but why mention this again? Because it gets cooler. You can turn these "favorites" into direct links that allow you to run the a search in other engines like Google, MSN Search, whatever engines you like, without having to reenter your search terms. With some extra "hacking" you could create all sorts of interersting "specialty" searches. Technically, Exalead calls these "Smart Bookmarks." Setting them up is easy. I've prepared a page of step-by-step instructions here.

Unfortunately, at least for now, your shortcuts are only available on one specific computer. Hopefully, this will change soon and Exalead can initiate a login procedure to let you move your favorites from one computer to the next.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 10:55 PM | Permalink

Exalead Part Deux: An Intro to "Smart Bookmarks"

When I wrote my post about Exalead releasing a new home page the other day I mentioned that you can add up "favorites" to your Exalead home page. Shortcuts allow you to view a hyperlinked static images of up to 18 pages to the Exalead home page.

OK, that's cool but why mention this again? Because it gets cooler. You can turn these "favorites" into direct links that allow you to run the a search in other engines like Google, MSN Search, whatever engines you like, without having to reenter your search terms. With some extra "hacking" you could create all sorts of interersting "specialty" searches. Technically, Exalead calls these "Smart Bookmarks." Setting them up is easy. I've prepared a page of step-by-step instructions here.

Unfortunately, at least for now, your shortcuts are only available on one specific computer. Hopefully, this will change soon and Exalead can initiate a login procedure to let you move your favorites from one computer to the next.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 10:55 PM | Permalink

Exalead Part Deux: An Intro to "Smart Bookmarks"

When I wrote my post about Exalead releasing a new home page the other day I mentioned that you can add up "favorites" to your Exalead home page. Shortcuts allow you to view a hyperlinked static images of up to 18 pages to the Exalead home page.

OK, that's cool but why mention this again? Because it gets cooler. You can turn these "favorites" into direct links that allow you to run the a search in other engines like Google, MSN Search, whatever engines you like, without having to reenter your search terms. With some extra "hacking" you could create all sorts of interersting "specialty" searches. Technically, Exalead calls these "Smart Bookmarks." Setting them up is easy. I've prepared a page of step-by-step instructions here.

Unfortunately, at least for now, your shortcuts are only available on one specific computer. Hopefully, this will change soon and Exalead can initiate a login procedure to let you move your favorites from one computer to the next.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 10:55 PM | Permalink

October 13, 2005

Hitwise: Google Leads in UK Search Race

According to new research from Hitwise, Google powers 7 in 10 UK searches. The study also reported that 94% of all UK searches come from the top four engines.

Overall ...Google, Ask, Yahoo Search, and MSN Search powered nearly 19 out of 20 (94%) UK internet searches. This equates to 14% of search engines (8 out of 57) powering 94% of searches, and the trend for consolidation is increasing, the research revealed.

October 2004 vs. October 2005 Comparing the four weeks ending 1 October 2005 and the four weeks ending 2 October 2004, the volume of searches powered by the combined UK and .com properties of Google, MSN Search, Yahoo! Search and Ask has increased by 70%. "These gains have been driven by growth in searches performed on Google UK and MSN.co.uk Search", said Heather Hopkins, director of research for Hitwise UK. Hopkins added, "MSN and Google have been extremely successful at promoting their search toolbars, driving up the volume of UK searches they power. MSN has also likely benefited from the default search page on Internet Explorer."

Google UK Domination Google UK continues to dominate the search engine market in the UK, powering 63% of all internet searches in the four-week period ending 1 October 2005. Collectively Google UK and Google.com power 70% of UK Internet searches.

MSN.co.uk placed second with 8% of all UK searches for the same four week time frame.

More in the Netimperative article: Google powers 7 in 10 UK searches.

Posted by Gary Price at 8:34 PM | Permalink

Hitwise: Google Leads in UK Search Race

According to new research from Hitwise, Google powers 7 in 10 UK searches. The study also reported that 94% of all UK searches come from the top four engines.

Overall ...Google, Ask, Yahoo Search, and MSN Search powered nearly 19 out of 20 (94%) UK internet searches. This equates to 14% of search engines (8 out of 57) powering 94% of searches, and the trend for consolidation is increasing, the research revealed.

October 2004 vs. October 2005 Comparing the four weeks ending 1 October 2005 and the four weeks ending 2 October 2004, the volume of searches powered by the combined UK and .com properties of Google, MSN Search, Yahoo! Search and Ask has increased by 70%. "These gains have been driven by growth in searches performed on Google UK and MSN.co.uk Search", said Heather Hopkins, director of research for Hitwise UK. Hopkins added, "MSN and Google have been extremely successful at promoting their search toolbars, driving up the volume of UK searches they power. MSN has also likely benefited from the default search page on Internet Explorer."

Google UK Domination Google UK continues to dominate the search engine market in the UK, powering 63% of all internet searches in the four-week period ending 1 October 2005. Collectively Google UK and Google.com power 70% of UK Internet searches.

MSN.co.uk placed second with 8% of all UK searches for the same four week time frame.

More in the Netimperative article: Google powers 7 in 10 UK searches.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 8:34 PM | Permalink

Hitwise: Google Leads in UK Search Race

According to new research from Hitwise, Google powers 7 in 10 UK searches. The study also reported that 94% of all UK searches come from the top four engines.

Overall ...Google, Ask, Yahoo Search, and MSN Search powered nearly 19 out of 20 (94%) UK internet searches. This equates to 14% of search engines (8 out of 57) powering 94% of searches, and the trend for consolidation is increasing, the research revealed.

October 2004 vs. October 2005 Comparing the four weeks ending 1 October 2005 and the four weeks ending 2 October 2004, the volume of searches powered by the combined UK and .com properties of Google, MSN Search, Yahoo! Search and Ask has increased by 70%. "These gains have been driven by growth in searches performed on Google UK and MSN.co.uk Search", said Heather Hopkins, director of research for Hitwise UK. Hopkins added, "MSN and Google have been extremely successful at promoting their search toolbars, driving up the volume of UK searches they power. MSN has also likely benefited from the default search page on Internet Explorer."

Google UK Domination Google UK continues to dominate the search engine market in the UK, powering 63% of all internet searches in the four-week period ending 1 October 2005. Collectively Google UK and Google.com power 70% of UK Internet searches.

MSN.co.uk placed second with 8% of all UK searches for the same four week time frame.

More in the Netimperative article: Google powers 7 in 10 UK searches.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 8:34 PM | Permalink

Hitwise: Google Leads in UK Search Race

According to new research from Hitwise, Google powers 7 in 10 UK searches. The study also reported that 94% of all UK searches come from the top four engines.

Overall ...Google, Ask, Yahoo Search, and MSN Search powered nearly 19 out of 20 (94%) UK internet searches. This equates to 14% of search engines (8 out of 57) powering 94% of searches, and the trend for consolidation is increasing, the research revealed.

October 2004 vs. October 2005 Comparing the four weeks ending 1 October 2005 and the four weeks ending 2 October 2004, the volume of searches powered by the combined UK and .com properties of Google, MSN Search, Yahoo! Search and Ask has increased by 70%. "These gains have been driven by growth in searches performed on Google UK and MSN.co.uk Search", said Heather Hopkins, director of research for Hitwise UK. Hopkins added, "MSN and Google have been extremely successful at promoting their search toolbars, driving up the volume of UK searches they power. MSN has also likely benefited from the default search page on Internet Explorer."

Google UK Domination Google UK continues to dominate the search engine market in the UK, powering 63% of all internet searches in the four-week period ending 1 October 2005. Collectively Google UK and Google.com power 70% of UK Internet searches.

MSN.co.uk placed second with 8% of all UK searches for the same four week time frame.

More in the Netimperative article: Google powers 7 in 10 UK searches.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 8:34 PM | Permalink

September 29, 2005

Infospace & Seekport Announce Partnership as InfoSpace President Leaves Company

Netimperative reports that European engine Seekport and Infospace will partner. The partnership will have Infospace providing paid listings on Seekport results pages.

This has been a busy week for InfoSpace news. On Monday, we blogged about a new mobile search tool that InfoSpace plans to launch in October. Then, on Tuesday, we learned that Kathleen Rae, president and chief operating officer of InfoSpace, will be retiring from the company.

Posted by Gary Price at 2:24 PM | Permalink

Infospace & Seekport Announce Partnership as InfoSpace President Leaves Company

Netimperative reports that European engine Seekport and Infospace will partner. The partnership will have Infospace providing paid listings on Seekport results pages.

This has been a busy week for InfoSpace news. On Monday, we blogged about a new mobile search tool that InfoSpace plans to launch in October. Then, on Tuesday, we learned that Kathleen Rae, president and chief operating officer of InfoSpace, will be retiring from the company.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 2:24 PM | Permalink

Infospace & Seekport Announce Partnership as InfoSpace President Leaves Company

Netimperative reports that European engine Seekport and Infospace will partner. The partnership will have Infospace providing paid listings on Seekport results pages.

This has been a busy week for InfoSpace news. On Monday, we blogged about a new mobile search tool that InfoSpace plans to launch in October. Then, on Tuesday, we learned that Kathleen Rae, president and chief operating officer of InfoSpace, will be retiring from the company.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 2:24 PM | Permalink

Infospace & Seekport Announce Partnership as InfoSpace President Leaves Company

Netimperative reports that European engine Seekport and Infospace will partner. The partnership will have Infospace providing paid listings on Seekport results pages.

This has been a busy week for InfoSpace news. On Monday, we blogged about a new mobile search tool that InfoSpace plans to launch in October. Then, on Tuesday, we learned that Kathleen Rae, president and chief operating officer of InfoSpace, will be retiring from the company.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 2:24 PM | Permalink

July 6, 2005

eTools.ch Swiss Meta Search Engine Redesigns

eTools.ch is a meta search engine that hits major global and Swiss search engines, now out with a new look and design.

Posted by Danny Sullivan at 11:22 AM | Permalink

eTools.ch Swiss Meta Search Engine Redesigns

eTools.ch is a meta search engine that hits major global and Swiss search engines, now out with a new look and design.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 11:22 AM | Permalink

eTools.ch Swiss Meta Search Engine Redesigns

eTools.ch is a meta search engine that hits major global and Swiss search engines, now out with a new look and design.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 11:22 AM | Permalink

eTools.ch Swiss Meta Search Engine Redesigns

eTools.ch is a meta search engine that hits major global and Swiss search engines, now out with a new look and design.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 11:22 AM | Permalink

July 5, 2005

A New Web Engine From France: Mozbot

We've learned that last week Mozbot, a new web engine from France, launched in beta.

Mozbot has a partnership with Google to provide web results and offers a number of value-added features. Here's a list of a few of them:

• Personal Black List
• Direct Links to The Wayback Machine
• Information about the Site (Whois, etc.)
• Related Searches
• Dictionary Definitions
• Send Pages and Results via E-Mail
• Options to "Skin" Mozbot

Look for versions of Mozbot aimed at users in US and UK to go live in September.

Posted by Gary Price at 5:42 PM | Permalink

A New Web Engine From France: Mozbot

We've learned that last week Mozbot, a new web engine from France, launched in beta.

Mozbot has a partnership with Google to provide web results and offers a number of value-added features. Here's a list of a few of them:

• Personal Black List
• Direct Links to The Wayback Machine
• Information about the Site (Whois, etc.)
• Related Searches
• Dictionary Definitions
• Send Pages and Results via E-Mail
• Options to "Skin" Mozbot

Look for versions of Mozbot aimed at users in US and UK to go live in September.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 5:42 PM | Permalink

A New Web Engine From France: Mozbot

We've learned that last week Mozbot, a new web engine from France, launched in beta.

Mozbot has a partnership with Google to provide web results and offers a number of value-added features. Here's a list of a few of them:

• Personal Black List
• Direct Links to The Wayback Machine
• Information about the Site (Whois, etc.)
• Related Searches
• Dictionary Definitions
• Send Pages and Results via E-Mail
• Options to "Skin" Mozbot

Look for versions of Mozbot aimed at users in US and UK to go live in September.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 5:42 PM | Permalink

A New Web Engine From France: Mozbot

We've learned that last week Mozbot, a new web engine from France, launched in beta.

Mozbot has a partnership with Google to provide web results and offers a number of value-added features. Here's a list of a few of them:

• Personal Black List
• Direct Links to The Wayback Machine
• Information about the Site (Whois, etc.)
• Related Searches
• Dictionary Definitions
• Send Pages and Results via E-Mail
• Options to "Skin" Mozbot

Look for versions of Mozbot aimed at users in US and UK to go live in September.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 5:42 PM | Permalink

June 29, 2005

Spanish Company Prepares to Launch New Web Engine

AFX News has a very brief item today about a web engine from Spain that's preparing to launch.

According to the article, Telefonica Publicidad e Informacion SA (TPI), a leading provider of telephone directories in Spanish and Portuguese, will launch an algorithmically built engine named Noxtrum. The article goes on to say that Noxtrum will utilize technology developed by TPI. The company has a presence in Spain, Brazil, Chile and Peru. Here's a recent WMW thread about visits from the Noxtrum crawler.

Posted by Gary Price at 12:16 PM | Permalink

Spanish Company Prepares to Launch New Web Engine

AFX News has a very brief item today about a web engine from Spain that's preparing to launch.

According to the article, Telefonica Publicidad e Informacion SA (TPI), a leading provider of telephone directories in Spanish and Portuguese, will launch an algorithmically built engine named Noxtrum. The article goes on to say that Noxtrum will utilize technology developed by TPI. The company has a presence in Spain, Brazil, Chile and Peru. Here's a recent WMW thread about visits from the Noxtrum crawler.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 12:16 PM | Permalink

Spanish Company Prepares to Launch New Web Engine

AFX News has a very brief item today about a web engine from Spain that's preparing to launch.

According to the article, Telefonica Publicidad e Informacion SA (TPI), a leading provider of telephone directories in Spanish and Portuguese, will launch an algorithmically built engine named Noxtrum. The article goes on to say that Noxtrum will utilize technology developed by TPI. The company has a presence in Spain, Brazil, Chile and Peru. Here's a recent WMW thread about visits from the Noxtrum crawler.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 12:16 PM | Permalink

Spanish Company Prepares to Launch New Web Engine

AFX News has a very brief item today about a web engine from Spain that's preparing to launch.

According to the article, Telefonica Publicidad e Informacion SA (TPI), a leading provider of telephone directories in Spanish and Portuguese, will launch an algorithmically built engine named Noxtrum. The article goes on to say that Noxtrum will utilize technology developed by TPI. The company has a presence in Spain, Brazil, Chile and Peru. Here's a recent WMW thread about visits from the Noxtrum crawler.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 12:16 PM | Permalink

Topix.net Expands to Canada

Just in time for Canada Day, Topix.net, has expanded their service to Canada. Beginning today, Topix now offers a news page for Canada as well as local "news channels" (pages continuosly updated with local news and info) for over 4,200 Canadian cities and towns.

Here's a complete list of the Canadian cities and towns that have local news channels. You can also access a local news channel by simply entering a Canadian postal code into a search box. Topix.net has also added about 700 (and growing) Canadian news sources to its crawl.

Overall, Topix.net currently crawls and aggregates content from over 10,000 sources. More than 300,000 "news channels" are available including one for every US and Canadian public company and Zip Code. Every channel also has an RSS feed. In March of 2005, three large newspaper publishers acquired 75% of Topix net. The company also has partnerships with Ask Jeeves, CitySearch, AOL, Wondir, and Findory.

Posted by Gary Price at 9:22 AM | Permalink

Topix.net Expands to Canada

Just in time for Canada Day, Topix.net, has expanded their service to Canada. Beginning today, Topix now offers a news page for Canada as well as local "news channels" (pages continuosly updated with local news and info) for over 4,200 Canadian cities and towns.

Here's a complete list of the Canadian cities and towns that have local news channels. You can also access a local news channel by simply entering a Canadian postal code into a search box. Topix.net has also added about 700 (and growing) Canadian news sources to its crawl.

Overall, Topix.net currently crawls and aggregates content from over 10,000 sources. More than 300,000 "news channels" are available including one for every US and Canadian public company and Zip Code. Every channel also has an RSS feed. In March of 2005, three large newspaper publishers acquired 75% of Topix net. The company also has partnerships with Ask Jeeves, CitySearch, AOL, Wondir, and Findory.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:22 AM | Permalink

Topix.net Expands to Canada

Just in time for Canada Day, Topix.net, has expanded their service to Canada. Beginning today, Topix now offers a news page for Canada as well as local "news channels" (pages continuosly updated with local news and info) for over 4,200 Canadian cities and towns.

Here's a complete list of the Canadian cities and towns that have local news channels. You can also access a local news channel by simply entering a Canadian postal code into a search box. Topix.net has also added about 700 (and growing) Canadian news sources to its crawl.

Overall, Topix.net currently crawls and aggregates content from over 10,000 sources. More than 300,000 "news channels" are available including one for every US and Canadian public company and Zip Code. Every channel also has an RSS feed. In March of 2005, three large newspaper publishers acquired 75% of Topix net. The company also has partnerships with Ask Jeeves, CitySearch, AOL, Wondir, and Findory.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:22 AM | Permalink

Topix.net Expands to Canada

Just in time for Canada Day, Topix.net, has expanded their service to Canada. Beginning today, Topix now offers a news page for Canada as well as local "news channels" (pages continuosly updated with local news and info) for over 4,200 Canadian cities and towns.

Here's a complete list of the Canadian cities and towns that have local news channels. You can also access a local news channel by simply entering a Canadian postal code into a search box. Topix.net has also added about 700 (and growing) Canadian news sources to its crawl.

Overall, Topix.net currently crawls and aggregates content from over 10,000 sources. More than 300,000 "news channels" are available including one for every US and Canadian public company and Zip Code. Every channel also has an RSS feed. In March of 2005, three large newspaper publishers acquired 75% of Topix net. The company also has partnerships with Ask Jeeves, CitySearch, AOL, Wondir, and Findory.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:22 AM | Permalink

June 21, 2005

Search Engine Domain Seizures In Australia

Misspelled Google case may end up in court from ZDNet Australia covers how Australian search engine marketer Peter Bojanac is considering a lawsuit against the au Domain Administration (auDA) for the domain googl.com.au that he registered but was "confiscated" by auDA.

The regulator's chief executive Chris Disspain said it was an obvious misspelling of Google and therefore its registration was against his organisation's domain policy..."They're in the process of deleting that domain name," he said. "I've requested the return of it, otherwise I'll take legal action against them." "Google have a trademark on 'Google'. They don't have a trademark on 'Googl'," he pointed out.

Earlier this month, auDA seized more than 1,000 domains from the Ansearch Australian search engine. More on that in this article from ZDNet Australia, auDA confiscates dodgy Ansearch domains. Our forum thread Beta Search Engine to be launched in Australia had some discussion and criticism of the registrations back in November.

Posted by Gary Price at 11:45 AM | Permalink

Search Engine Domain Seizures In Australia

Misspelled Google case may end up in court from ZDNet Australia covers how Australian search engine marketer Peter Bojanac is considering a lawsuit against the au Domain Administration (auDA) for the domain googl.com.au that he registered but was "confiscated" by auDA.

The regulator's chief executive Chris Disspain said it was an obvious misspelling of Google and therefore its registration was against his organisation's domain policy..."They're in the process of deleting that domain name," he said. "I've requested the return of it, otherwise I'll take legal action against them." "Google have a trademark on 'Google'. They don't have a trademark on 'Googl'," he pointed out.

Earlier this month, auDA seized more than 1,000 domains from the Ansearch Australian search engine. More on that in this article from ZDNet Australia, auDA confiscates dodgy Ansearch domains. Our forum thread Beta Search Engine to be launched in Australia had some discussion and criticism of the registrations back in November.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 11:45 AM | Permalink

Search Engine Domain Seizures In Australia

Misspelled Google case may end up in court from ZDNet Australia covers how Australian search engine marketer Peter Bojanac is considering a lawsuit against the au Domain Administration (auDA) for the domain googl.com.au that he registered but was "confiscated" by auDA.

The regulator's chief executive Chris Disspain said it was an obvious misspelling of Google and therefore its registration was against his organisation's domain policy..."They're in the process of deleting that domain name," he said. "I've requested the return of it, otherwise I'll take legal action against them." "Google have a trademark on 'Google'. They don't have a trademark on 'Googl'," he pointed out.

Earlier this month, auDA seized more than 1,000 domains from the Ansearch Australian search engine. More on that in this article from ZDNet Australia, auDA confiscates dodgy Ansearch domains. Our forum thread Beta Search Engine to be launched in Australia had some discussion and criticism of the registrations back in November.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 11:45 AM | Permalink

Search Engine Domain Seizures In Australia

Misspelled Google case may end up in court from ZDNet Australia covers how Australian search engine marketer Peter Bojanac is considering a lawsuit against the au Domain Administration (auDA) for the domain googl.com.au that he registered but was "confiscated" by auDA.

The regulator's chief executive Chris Disspain said it was an obvious misspelling of Google and therefore its registration was against his organisation's domain policy..."They're in the process of deleting that domain name," he said. "I've requested the return of it, otherwise I'll take legal action against them." "Google have a trademark on 'Google'. They don't have a trademark on 'Googl'," he pointed out.

Earlier this month, auDA seized more than 1,000 domains from the Ansearch Australian search engine. More on that in this article from ZDNet Australia, auDA confiscates dodgy Ansearch domains. Our forum thread Beta Search Engine to be launched in Australia had some discussion and criticism of the registrations back in November.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 11:45 AM | Permalink

June 8, 2005

New Korean Search Service Now Available

The Korea Herald reports on a new search service from Empas (it sounds like a metasearch tool) that launched last week in Korea.

Empas Corp., the operator of search engine Empas, launched a new search tool early last week that allows users to access content from rival search engines such as Naver, Daum, and Yahoo! Korea. "Our new search tool is the industry's first product to be developed using algorithms for searching content from Weblogs and other user-created content. The search results provide the users links to the Web sites where the information can be found, benefiting both Internet users and Web companies," said Empas chief executive Park Seok-bong...Korean Internet companies, including NHN [the provider of leading engine Naver], reacted nervously to the move, accusing Empas of being a freeloader. NHN said it will block Empas from accessing its database and even hinted at filling a lawsuit."

Google is also trying to increase market share in Korea. Recently, Googler's hit the road in Korea visiting universities aboard the Google Bus.

Posted by Gary Price at 9:22 AM | Permalink

New Korean Search Service Now Available

The Korea Herald reports on a new search service from Empas (it sounds like a metasearch tool) that launched last week in Korea.

Empas Corp., the operator of search engine Empas, launched a new search tool early last week that allows users to access content from rival search engines such as Naver, Daum, and Yahoo! Korea. "Our new search tool is the industry's first product to be developed using algorithms for searching content from Weblogs and other user-created content. The search results provide the users links to the Web sites where the information can be found, benefiting both Internet users and Web companies," said Empas chief executive Park Seok-bong...Korean Internet companies, including NHN [the provider of leading engine Naver], reacted nervously to the move, accusing Empas of being a freeloader. NHN said it will block Empas from accessing its database and even hinted at filling a lawsuit."

Google is also trying to increase market share in Korea. Recently, Googler's hit the road in Korea visiting universities aboard the Google Bus.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:22 AM | Permalink

New Korean Search Service Now Available

The Korea Herald reports on a new search service from Empas (it sounds like a metasearch tool) that launched last week in Korea.

Empas Corp., the operator of search engine Empas, launched a new search tool early last week that allows users to access content from rival search engines such as Naver, Daum, and Yahoo! Korea. "Our new search tool is the industry's first product to be developed using algorithms for searching content from Weblogs and other user-created content. The search results provide the users links to the Web sites where the information can be found, benefiting both Internet users and Web companies," said Empas chief executive Park Seok-bong...Korean Internet companies, including NHN [the provider of leading engine Naver], reacted nervously to the move, accusing Empas of being a freeloader. NHN said it will block Empas from accessing its database and even hinted at filling a lawsuit."

Google is also trying to increase market share in Korea. Recently, Googler's hit the road in Korea visiting universities aboard the Google Bus.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:22 AM | Permalink

New Korean Search Service Now Available

The Korea Herald reports on a new search service from Empas (it sounds like a metasearch tool) that launched last week in Korea.

Empas Corp., the operator of search engine Empas, launched a new search tool early last week that allows users to access content from rival search engines such as Naver, Daum, and Yahoo! Korea. "Our new search tool is the industry's first product to be developed using algorithms for searching content from Weblogs and other user-created content. The search results provide the users links to the Web sites where the information can be found, benefiting both Internet users and Web companies," said Empas chief executive Park Seok-bong...Korean Internet companies, including NHN [the provider of leading engine Naver], reacted nervously to the move, accusing Empas of being a freeloader. NHN said it will block Empas from accessing its database and even hinted at filling a lawsuit."

Google is also trying to increase market share in Korea. Recently, Googler's hit the road in Korea visiting universities aboard the Google Bus.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:22 AM | Permalink

June 2, 2005

Seekport UK Offers New Refinement Service; Announces Contest

An article from Netimperative reports that Seekport's UK engine has released a new service that tries to identify homographs (words with the he exact same spelling but two different meanings) and then allow the searcher to clarify their search by simply clicking.

For example, a search for the word "tear" asks if I'm looking for material about a "muscle tear" or a "tear drop." If yes, I can then click and run a new, more focused search. Interesting idea that if nothing else might help remind searchers that using precise search terms can help deliver better results.

First prize of an Apple iPod photo will be awarded to the entrant who submits the most homographs, second prize of an iPod mini will be awarded to the most unusual homograph as decided by Seekport’s UK index team. In addition, iPod shuffles will be presented to five random contestants who submit at least one homograph. Homographs that are already listed on the Seekport search engine will not be admissible.

Google offers a feature to include synonyms (words with the same or nearly the same meaning) in your search. I've also found that using the dynamic clusters that Clusty provides can sometimes help with these types of issues.

Posted by Gary Price at 9:48 AM | Permalink

Seekport UK Offers New Refinement Service; Announces Contest

An article from Netimperative reports that Seekport's UK engine has released a new service that tries to identify homographs (words with the he exact same spelling but two different meanings) and then allow the searcher to clarify their search by simply clicking.

For example, a search for the word "tear" asks if I'm looking for material about a "muscle tear" or a "tear drop." If yes, I can then click and run a new, more focused search. Interesting idea that if nothing else might help remind searchers that using precise search terms can help deliver better results.

First prize of an Apple iPod photo will be awarded to the entrant who submits the most homographs, second prize of an iPod mini will be awarded to the most unusual homograph as decided by Seekport’s UK index team. In addition, iPod shuffles will be presented to five random contestants who submit at least one homograph. Homographs that are already listed on the Seekport search engine will not be admissible.

Google offers a feature to include synonyms (words with the same or nearly the same meaning) in your search. I've also found that using the dynamic clusters that Clusty provides can sometimes help with these types of issues.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:48 AM | Permalink

Seekport UK Offers New Refinement Service; Announces Contest

An article from Netimperative reports that Seekport's UK engine has released a new service that tries to identify homographs (words with the he exact same spelling but two different meanings) and then allow the searcher to clarify their search by simply clicking.

For example, a search for the word "tear" asks if I'm looking for material about a "muscle tear" or a "tear drop." If yes, I can then click and run a new, more focused search. Interesting idea that if nothing else might help remind searchers that using precise search terms can help deliver better results.

First prize of an Apple iPod photo will be awarded to the entrant who submits the most homographs, second prize of an iPod mini will be awarded to the most unusual homograph as decided by Seekport’s UK index team. In addition, iPod shuffles will be presented to five random contestants who submit at least one homograph. Homographs that are already listed on the Seekport search engine will not be admissible.

Google offers a feature to include synonyms (words with the same or nearly the same meaning) in your search. I've also found that using the dynamic clusters that Clusty provides can sometimes help with these types of issues.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:48 AM | Permalink

Seekport UK Offers New Refinement Service; Announces Contest

An article from Netimperative reports that Seekport's UK engine has released a new service that tries to identify homographs (words with the he exact same spelling but two different meanings) and then allow the searcher to clarify their search by simply clicking.

For example, a search for the word "tear" asks if I'm looking for material about a "muscle tear" or a "tear drop." If yes, I can then click and run a new, more focused search. Interesting idea that if nothing else might help remind searchers that using precise search terms can help deliver better results.

First prize of an Apple iPod photo will be awarded to the entrant who submits the most homographs, second prize of an iPod mini will be awarded to the most unusual homograph as decided by Seekport’s UK index team. In addition, iPod shuffles will be presented to five random contestants who submit at least one homograph. Homographs that are already listed on the Seekport search engine will not be admissible.

Google offers a feature to include synonyms (words with the same or nearly the same meaning) in your search. I've also found that using the dynamic clusters that Clusty provides can sometimes help with these types of issues.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:48 AM | Permalink

May 22, 2005

New South African Web Engine Now Online

If you track regional search engines you might be interested in a new service that searches only pages from the South Africa named Funnel. The Mail and Guardian article, New SA search engine promises relevant results, provided a brief introduction.

Funnel has also introduced the country's first "pay-per-click" advertising programme. "The key reason behind starting another search engine is guided by the fact that South Africa requires a more advanced and efficient channel through which business and non-business people can acquire information at the click of a button," Funnel MD Gideon Galloway said.

Like Google, main search interface offers a second search button labeled, "Hot Spot" that takes the searcher direct to the first result, bypassing the results page. Web results entries included links to cached copy of page, similar pages, and a link to open the result in a new browser window. An advanced interface is also available that provides limiting by file format and site, backlink searching, and tweak the number of results visible on a results page. A url submission link is also provided.

Posted by Gary Price at 2:48 PM | Permalink

New South African Web Engine Now Online

If you track regional search engines you might be interested in a new service that searches only pages from the South Africa named Funnel. The Mail and Guardian article, New SA search engine promises relevant results, provided a brief introduction.

Funnel has also introduced the country's first "pay-per-click" advertising programme. "The key reason behind starting another search engine is guided by the fact that South Africa requires a more advanced and efficient channel through which business and non-business people can acquire information at the click of a button," Funnel MD Gideon Galloway said.

Like Google, main search interface offers a second search button labeled, "Hot Spot" that takes the searcher direct to the first result, bypassing the results page. Web results entries included links to cached copy of page, similar pages, and a link to open the result in a new browser window. An advanced interface is also available that provides limiting by file format and site, backlink searching, and tweak the number of results visible on a results page. A url submission link is also provided.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 2:48 PM | Permalink

New South African Web Engine Now Online

If you track regional search engines you might be interested in a new service that searches only pages from the South Africa named Funnel. The Mail and Guardian article, New SA search engine promises relevant results, provided a brief introduction.

Funnel has also introduced the country's first "pay-per-click" advertising programme. "The key reason behind starting another search engine is guided by the fact that South Africa requires a more advanced and efficient channel through which business and non-business people can acquire information at the click of a button," Funnel MD Gideon Galloway said.

Like Google, main search interface offers a second search button labeled, "Hot Spot" that takes the searcher direct to the first result, bypassing the results page. Web results entries included links to cached copy of page, similar pages, and a link to open the result in a new browser window. An advanced interface is also available that provides limiting by file format and site, backlink searching, and tweak the number of results visible on a results page. A url submission link is also provided.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 2:48 PM | Permalink

New South African Web Engine Now Online

If you track regional search engines you might be interested in a new service that searches only pages from the South Africa named Funnel. The Mail and Guardian article, New SA search engine promises relevant results, provided a brief introduction.

Funnel has also introduced the country's first "pay-per-click" advertising programme. "The key reason behind starting another search engine is guided by the fact that South Africa requires a more advanced and efficient channel through which business and non-business people can acquire information at the click of a button," Funnel MD Gideon Galloway said.

Like Google, main search interface offers a second search button labeled, "Hot Spot" that takes the searcher direct to the first result, bypassing the results page. Web results entries included links to cached copy of page, similar pages, and a link to open the result in a new browser window. An advanced interface is also available that provides limiting by file format and site, backlink searching, and tweak the number of results visible on a results page. A url submission link is also provided.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 2:48 PM | Permalink

April 13, 2005

Australia: Enhancements in the Works at Sensis

Several sources including ZDNet Australia and the Sydney Morning Herald have articles about some enhancements coming to Australian web search engine, Sensis, by the end of this month. What's up with Sensis?

+ Larger Index (20% bigger) with a focus on Australian content

"We are not going out with big banners saying we are the best search engine," he [Henry Ruiz, senior producer at Sensis] told ZDNet Australia. "But we do want to be the best place for Australians to search within Australia".

+ Working with Australian universities to crawl material + Making deals to crawl hidden Australian content + New user interface. The two search boxes now visible will be reduced to a single search box + Integrating proprietary content from other Sensis site including advertising from the Trading Post.

Media analysts suggest that Sensis could also be interested in expanding its classifieds database even further by acquiring a newspaper group such as Fairfax or News Corp's papers, if cross-media ownership laws are relaxed.

Posted by Gary Price at 1:18 PM | Permalink | TrackBack

Australia: Enhancements in the Works at Sensis

Several sources including ZDNet Australia and the Sydney Morning Herald have articles about some enhancements coming to Australian web search engine, Sensis, by the end of this month. What's up with Sensis?

+ Larger Index (20% bigger) with a focus on Australian content

"We are not going out with big banners saying we are the best search engine," he [Henry Ruiz, senior producer at Sensis] told ZDNet Australia. "But we do want to be the best place for Australians to search within Australia".

+ Working with Australian universities to crawl material + Making deals to crawl hidden Australian content + New user interface. The two search boxes now visible will be reduced to a single search box + Integrating proprietary content from other Sensis site including advertising from the Trading Post.

Media analysts suggest that Sensis could also be interested in expanding its classifieds database even further by acquiring a newspaper group such as Fairfax or News Corp's papers, if cross-media ownership laws are relaxed.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 1:18 PM | Permalink | TrackBack

Australia: Enhancements in the Works at Sensis

Several sources including ZDNet Australia and the Sydney Morning Herald have articles about some enhancements coming to Australian web search engine, Sensis, by the end of this month. What's up with Sensis?

+ Larger Index (20% bigger) with a focus on Australian content

"We are not going out with big banners saying we are the best search engine," he [Henry Ruiz, senior producer at Sensis] told ZDNet Australia. "But we do want to be the best place for Australians to search within Australia".

+ Working with Australian universities to crawl material + Making deals to crawl hidden Australian content + New user interface. The two search boxes now visible will be reduced to a single search box + Integrating proprietary content from other Sensis site including advertising from the Trading Post.

Media analysts suggest that Sensis could also be interested in expanding its classifieds database even further by acquiring a newspaper group such as Fairfax or News Corp's papers, if cross-media ownership laws are relaxed.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 1:18 PM | Permalink | TrackBack

Australia: Enhancements in the Works at Sensis

Several sources including ZDNet Australia and the Sydney Morning Herald have articles about some enhancements coming to Australian web search engine, Sensis, by the end of this month. What's up with Sensis?

+ Larger Index (20% bigger) with a focus on Australian content

"We are not going out with big banners saying we are the best search engine," he [Henry Ruiz, senior producer at Sensis] told ZDNet Australia. "But we do want to be the best place for Australians to search within Australia".

+ Working with Australian universities to crawl material + Making deals to crawl hidden Australian content + New user interface. The two search boxes now visible will be reduced to a single search box + Integrating proprietary content from other Sensis site including advertising from the Trading Post.

Media analysts suggest that Sensis could also be interested in expanding its classifieds database even further by acquiring a newspaper group such as Fairfax or News Corp's papers, if cross-media ownership laws are relaxed.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 1:18 PM | Permalink | TrackBack

April 12, 2005

Yahoo Acquires TeRespondo Latin American PPC Search Network

Yahoo has acquired TeRespondo, a Brazillan PPC search network that plays in the Latin American market.

Clickz's Kevin Newcomb writes in the article: Yahoo! Buys Brazilian PPC Search Network, that the terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Overture opened an office in Brazil in October 2004 and has built a distribution network that includes Yahoo, Cadê?, IBest and Bondfaro. It will now include all the sites in TeRespondo's network, including MSN Brazil, UOL, IG and Buscapé audience. The company provides each advertiser with a full-service account manager to translate and review client keywords and phrases to make sure they are relevant and effective for a Spanish-speaking audience.

Posted by Gary Price at 4:52 PM | Permalink | TrackBack

Yahoo Acquires TeRespondo Latin American PPC Search Network

Yahoo has acquired TeRespondo, a Brazillan PPC search network that plays in the Latin American market.

Clickz's Kevin Newcomb writes in the article: Yahoo! Buys Brazilian PPC Search Network, that the terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Overture opened an office in Brazil in October 2004 and has built a distribution network that includes Yahoo, Cadê?, IBest and Bondfaro. It will now include all the sites in TeRespondo's network, including MSN Brazil, UOL, IG and Buscapé audience. The company provides each advertiser with a full-service account manager to translate and review client keywords and phrases to make sure they are relevant and effective for a Spanish-speaking audience.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 4:52 PM | Permalink | TrackBack

Yahoo Acquires TeRespondo Latin American PPC Search Network

Yahoo has acquired TeRespondo, a Brazillan PPC search network that plays in the Latin American market.

Clickz's Kevin Newcomb writes in the article: Yahoo! Buys Brazilian PPC Search Network, that the terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Overture opened an office in Brazil in October 2004 and has built a distribution network that includes Yahoo, Cadê?, IBest and Bondfaro. It will now include all the sites in TeRespondo's network, including MSN Brazil, UOL, IG and Buscapé audience. The company provides each advertiser with a full-service account manager to translate and review client keywords and phrases to make sure they are relevant and effective for a Spanish-speaking audience.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 4:52 PM | Permalink | TrackBack

Yahoo Acquires TeRespondo Latin American PPC Search Network

Yahoo has acquired TeRespondo, a Brazillan PPC search network that plays in the Latin American market.

Clickz's Kevin Newcomb writes in the article: Yahoo! Buys Brazilian PPC Search Network, that the terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Overture opened an office in Brazil in October 2004 and has built a distribution network that includes Yahoo, Cadê?, IBest and Bondfaro. It will now include all the sites in TeRespondo's network, including MSN Brazil, UOL, IG and Buscapé audience. The company provides each advertiser with a full-service account manager to translate and review client keywords and phrases to make sure they are relevant and effective for a Spanish-speaking audience.

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March 7, 2005

Australia's Ansearch Will Use Overture Ads

Ansearch, the new Australia web engine that is set to formally launch on March 31 (we've been blogging about it since November) has signed a two-year deal with Overture (aka Yahoo! Search Marketing Solutions) to provide pay-per-click ads. Additional info in the ZDNet Austalia article: Ansearch signs pay-per-click ad deal. The article also touches on a couple of "new" features that will be available when Ansearch launches.

For its formal launch on March 31, Ansearch will introduce a new features including returning search results based firstly on the relevancy of Web sites to a keyword search and then ranking relevant Web sites according to their popularity with Australian users. Ansearch will also display search results as single Web sites, not single web pages, reducing the number of results (and clutter) but increasing the amount of information available to the user on each Web site.

Btw, I've noticed that Ansearch is now providing some cached content, detailed info about pages, and a page with direct links (aka "site map") to various parts of a web site.

Posted by Gary Price at 10:13 AM | Permalink | TrackBack

Australia's Ansearch Will Use Overture Ads

Ansearch, the new Australia web engine that is set to formally launch on March 31 (we've been blogging about it since November) has signed a two-year deal with Overture (aka Yahoo! Search Marketing Solutions) to provide pay-per-click ads. Additional info in the ZDNet Austalia article: Ansearch signs pay-per-click ad deal. The article also touches on a couple of "new" features that will be available when Ansearch launches.

For its formal launch on March 31, Ansearch will introduce a new features including returning search results based firstly on the relevancy of Web sites to a keyword search and then ranking relevant Web sites according to their popularity with Australian users. Ansearch will also display search results as single Web sites, not single web pages, reducing the number of results (and clutter) but increasing the amount of information available to the user on each Web site.

Btw, I've noticed that Ansearch is now providing some cached content, detailed info about pages, and a page with direct links (aka "site map") to various parts of a web site.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 10:13 AM | Permalink | TrackBack

Australia's Ansearch Will Use Overture Ads

Ansearch, the new Australia web engine that is set to formally launch on March 31 (we've been blogging about it since November) has signed a two-year deal with Overture (aka Yahoo! Search Marketing Solutions) to provide pay-per-click ads. Additional info in the ZDNet Austalia article: Ansearch signs pay-per-click ad deal. The article also touches on a couple of "new" features that will be available when Ansearch launches.

For its formal launch on March 31, Ansearch will introduce a new features including returning search results based firstly on the relevancy of Web sites to a keyword search and then ranking relevant Web sites according to their popularity with Australian users. Ansearch will also display search results as single Web sites, not single web pages, reducing the number of results (and clutter) but increasing the amount of information available to the user on each Web site.

Btw, I've noticed that Ansearch is now providing some cached content, detailed info about pages, and a page with direct links (aka "site map") to various parts of a web site.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 10:13 AM | Permalink | TrackBack

Australia's Ansearch Will Use Overture Ads

Ansearch, the new Australia web engine that is set to formally launch on March 31 (we've been blogging about it since November) has signed a two-year deal with Overture (aka Yahoo! Search Marketing Solutions) to provide pay-per-click ads. Additional info in the ZDNet Austalia article: Ansearch signs pay-per-click ad deal. The article also touches on a couple of "new" features that will be available when Ansearch launches.

For its formal launch on March 31, Ansearch will introduce a new features including returning search results based firstly on the relevancy of Web sites to a keyword search and then ranking relevant Web sites according to their popularity with Australian users. Ansearch will also display search results as single Web sites, not single web pages, reducing the number of results (and clutter) but increasing the amount of information available to the user on each Web site.

Btw, I've noticed that Ansearch is now providing some cached content, detailed info about pages, and a page with direct links (aka "site map") to various parts of a web site.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 10:13 AM | Permalink | TrackBack

February 9, 2005

The Aussie Search Scene

Although some of the article: The changing world of the search engine, includes extended sections about Google, Yahoo, and MSN (you've heard most of it before) it also includes comments about Australian web search players Mooter, Ansearch, and Sensis.

Posted by Gary Price at 9:20 AM | Permalink | TrackBack

The Aussie Search Scene

Although some of the article: The changing world of the search engine, includes extended sections about Google, Yahoo, and MSN (you've heard most of it before) it also includes comments about Australian web search players Mooter, Ansearch, and Sensis.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:20 AM | Permalink | TrackBack

The Aussie Search Scene

Although some of the article: The changing world of the search engine, includes extended sections about Google, Yahoo, and MSN (you've heard most of it before) it also includes comments about Australian web search players Mooter, Ansearch, and Sensis.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:20 AM | Permalink | TrackBack

The Aussie Search Scene

Although some of the article: The changing world of the search engine, includes extended sections about Google, Yahoo, and MSN (you've heard most of it before) it also includes comments about Australian web search players Mooter, Ansearch, and Sensis.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:20 AM | Permalink | TrackBack

January 26, 2005

Germany's Seekport Profiled

Business Standard (an Indian newspaper) has published a profile of German web search company Seekport in the article: Seek and you shall find.

About a month ago, I blogged about Seekport releasing a version for the UK. At about the same time, Pandia published this overview about what Seekport has to offer the web searcher.

Posted by Gary Price at 5:28 PM | Permalink | TrackBack

Germany's Seekport Profiled

Business Standard (an Indian newspaper) has published a profile of German web search company Seekport in the article: Seek and you shall find.

About a month ago, I blogged about Seekport releasing a version for the UK. At about the same time, Pandia published this overview about what Seekport has to offer the web searcher.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 5:28 PM | Permalink | TrackBack

Germany's Seekport Profiled

Business Standard (an Indian newspaper) has published a profile of German web search company Seekport in the article: Seek and you shall find.

About a month ago, I blogged about Seekport releasing a version for the UK. At about the same time, Pandia published this overview about what Seekport has to offer the web searcher.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 5:28 PM | Permalink | TrackBack

Germany's Seekport Profiled

Business Standard (an Indian newspaper) has published a profile of German web search company Seekport in the article: Seek and you shall find.

About a month ago, I blogged about Seekport releasing a version for the UK. At about the same time, Pandia published this overview about what Seekport has to offer the web searcher.

Posted by Kevin Heisler at 5:28 PM | Permalink |