Google Testing Alternate Searches

Google is testing a new feature called "Alternate Searches" intended to enhance the user search experience. Other search engines like Yahoo! or AskJeeves have included in their results pages some suggestions of related searches.

Google to SEM Firms: You Don’t Own Your Clients, We Do!

Disturbing news circulating the SEW forums about Google's attitude to search engine marketing firms. We've known this for a long time and it is common knowledge among most SEMs, yet few people realize that Google and Yahoo are constantly trying to "absorb" clients brought to them by an SEM firm.