It is official, the search engine wars are in full swing. On Tuesday, February 01, 2005 MSN officially rolled out its new search solution to all of its websites, including MSN.com.
MSN Search Is the Talk of the Town
The MSN Search story has exploded with over 526 articles about it in Google News. However, much more interesting to me are the comments of the bloggers.
Australian Search Engine Marketing Conference
How come I never get invited to speak at far-off places like Australia? Oh right, I’d never be allowed to go. 😉
Studying Paid Search Growth
eMarketer has some interesting stats on paid search. Some of it, is eMarketers usual “take someone elses work and re-publish it” stuff, but there are some new views on old data.
MSN: The Future of Search?
Yesterday Microsoft announced the release version of its new MSN Search tool, and, as reported by CNet …
Microsoft Officially Launches MSN Search
It’s time to welcome another search engine into the family. This morning at 12:00 am, Microsoft removed the beta designation from MSN Search and officially launched, complete with an improved index and a redesigned MSN.com homepage.
The Editable Search Engine
Ross Mayfield points to a new search engine called Webs Biggest. What makes it unique is that users can add/edit search results.
Searching for Search News
There was lots of search engine news this week. There’s news about Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and much more.
Pew Internet Search Engine User Study Data
Pew / Internet released a report January 23rd about internet search engine users. The title of the report is Internet Searchers Are Confident, satisfied and trusting – but they are also unaware and naive.
Comparison Shopping Search Engines
In the latest issue of Catalog Age, our very own Heather Lloyd-Martin not only provides insight on advertising on shopping comparison sites, but she also manages to get her face on the cover.