The new, improved Twitter search is here – and Search Engine Land has a great step by step comparision of the old and the new. Take a sneak peek then head over to read the whole post: (Note the new Twitter search box conveniently located at top of page.) “1) “Save This Search” Button & [...]
Twitter Search Has Arrived
September 15th, 2010Yahoo’s European Directories Closing,One by One
June 20th, 2010It was only as recently as 1996 that Yahoo opened their search engine directory in Germany. Now, less than 15 years later, that is shutting down, as well as search directories in several other European countries. According to AnteZeta: Yahoo! has closed some of their European directories sometime this year – their Italian and German [...]
Facebook Causes WHAT?
March 29th, 2010News flash: Facebook causes cancer! Just kidding. A humorous take on search engine suggestions in the search box has come fully alive with an application called Facebook Causes. A former app, perhaps, seeing as how any attempt to access the pages dealing with it on Facebook are now ‘not found’. Anyway, Facebook Causes was supposed [...]
Are Search Engines ‘Threatened’ by Social Networks?
February 19th, 2010Google has released their 10K filing, and surprisingly listed something besides the Microsoft/Yahoo hookup as a very real concern as far as competition is concerned (emphasis added): Our business is characterized by rapid change and converging, as well as new and disruptive, technologies. We face formidable competition in every aspect of our business, particularly from [...]
Microhoo is a Go
February 18th, 2010Yahoo and Microsoft have finally received the go ahead on their deal for Microsoft to power search and ads for Yahoo. According to Yahoo! Finance, the deal is finally greenlighted: Microsoft and Yahoo! announced today that they have received clearance for their search agreement, without restrictions, from both the U.S. Department of Justice and the [...]