Collecta, a new search engine, launched today with a unique twist… they’re one of the first real-time search engines.
Searching with Collecta, you get real-time results from blogs, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, social sites and various news outlets.
Real-Time Site Previews, Faster Search from Yahoo
Yahoo has introduced a new version of the Yahoo Toolbar today. It runs on Internet Explorer 6+ and Firefox (as a beta).
"The new Yahoo! Toolbar now offers greater customization and more immediate access to the information you care about most from across the entire web – not just Yahoo! sites," says Burke Culligan, Senior Director of Yahoo Front Doors.
eCommerce Concerns Regarding Blended Search
The SEO industry has only seen one constant — change. The well known proverb, "change is the only constant" should be stenciled somewhere near all our desks. Sometimes the change is wanted, and sometimes not.
A specific aspect of SEO that has seen a lot of change is blended search. Jill Kocher of Practical-eCommerce wrote about her concern regarding blended search and e-commerce…
LinkedIn Updates Search Tool For Recruiting
Popular professional social network LinkedIn has launched some improvements to the search feature of LinkedIn Recruiter, its tool for recruiting passive job candidates. The search feature now comes with a new dynamnic refinement tool, which gives users the ability to more quickly break down candidates according to the precise expertise, geography, education, and industry background you’re looking for.
How Much is The Prohibition of Online Gambling Costing The Search Engines?
Normal 0 June 10, 2009, was the day when opposing forces clashed over the future of online gambling. First, U.S. authorities froze the online bank accounts belonging to some 27,000 online gamers as part of a general crackdown against illegal gaming and money laundering. Almost at the exact same moment, the European Union accused the […]
Yahoo Giving Out $20K in Search Marketing Credits
Yahoo is launching a campaign with Bank of America this week, which a spokesperson for Yahoo tells Murdok is essentially "a big online push for BofA to build visibility and facilitate dialogue in the small business community."
Yahoo’s Small Business Answers Center is designed for small business owners with "great ideas and good questions," who don’t always get credible answers.
VideoSurf Claims Next Level of Video Search Relevancy
VideoSurf is a video search engine I’ve written about in the past. Today, the company unveiled its latest release.
Murdok received an email from them, and a spokesperson tells us, "VideoSurf is taking video search to the next level." He mentioned the following highlights:
Killing Bad Search Results with Reputation Management
A company called Visible Technologies has just released a new online reputation management solution. It’s called TruRepuation, and aims to provide individuals and companies alike an effective way to manage their reputation in search engine results.
Google Lets Mac Users Quickly Search Outside the Browser
Earlier in the year, Google gave developers a preview of a new open-source quick search box for Mac outside of the browser. The company has now made this available to everyone.
Are Local Businesses Trying Hard Enough with Paid Search?
On Friday, the Interactive Advertising Bureau announced that the US had reached $5.5 billion in online ad revenue for the first quarter. This was down a bit from last year, but that’s not too bad considering the state of the economy. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find other ways to advertise your business that are as cost-effective.