SMX: Pump Up Paid Search

Ask3D Cuts Back On ‘Search Skim’

The product managers for Ask.com's revamped interface and presentation contend their design helps cut back on the wasted effort searchers expend when looking for good search results.

IBM Skates On SEC Charges

Providing misleading financial guidance to analysts in 2005, as the SEC contended IBM did, never turned into anything as the two sides settled the dispute.

Macmillan CEO Lifts Google Laptops

Richard Charkin is the CEO of Macmillan Publishers, and he recently got into a bit of a tiff with Google.  This didn’t involve angry letters or frivolous lawsuits (entertaining as those are); instead, Charkin stole a pair of Google laptops.  And blogged about it.

20 Most Misspelled Words on Yahoo

Yahoo recently published the twenty most commonly misspelled words on their search engine. They are: Wallmart (Wal-Mart) Rachel Ray (Rachael Ray) Amtrack (Amtrak) Hillary Duff (Hilary Duff) Katherine McPhee (Katharine McPhee)