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Bing, Google to do Twitter Search

Published by: yuga under: Gooooogle , Microsoft , Search , Web 2.0. 10 replies

posted: October 22nd, 2009

Today, Bing and Google announced that they have set an agreement with Twitter to do integrated search. This means you can see Twitter updates on both Bing and Google search pages.

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SemCon 2009

Published by: yuga under: Events , SEO , Search. 5 replies

posted: October 2nd, 2009

We’re on the second day of our Search Engine Marketing Conference today at the Hotel Intercon. It’s been a busy 2-days for me so regular blogging will resume tomorrow. To follow us, check out @semconph on Twitter or the hashtag #semcon and #semcon09.

Last chance to get FREE SemCon ‘09 passes!

Published by: yuga under: Events , SEO , Search. 8 replies

posted: September 14th, 2009

For those who are interested to attend the 3rd Search Engine Marketing Conference for free this October 1 & 2, you only have 36 hours left to join our blog contest here. We already have more than a dozen entries there but you can still participate.

Search Engine Marketing Conference 2009

Published by: yuga under: Events , SEO , Search. 26 replies

posted: August 18th, 2009

For the 3rd year in a row, the Search Engine Marketing Conference 2009 is all set to happen this October 1 & 2, 2009. As usual, we’ll have a whole new line-up of search marketing topics to fill the 2-day conference shared by practicing internet marketing experts.

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Bing wins in Yahoo+Microsoft Search Deal

Published by: yuga under: Microsoft , Search , Yahoo. 19 replies

posted: July 30th, 2009

Bing gets another big score with the recently announced search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo! Microsoft will now power Yahoo! search while Yahoo! will become the exclusive worldwide relationship sales force for both companies’ premium search advertisers.

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Microsoft’s Bing Search Engine

Published by: yuga under: Microsoft , Search. 26 replies

posted: June 2nd, 2009

Microsoft may have found the right formula for their search service. Their Bing search engine gives some pretty promising results.

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The day Google broke the Web

Published by: yuga under: Gooooogle , Search. 19 replies

posted: February 1st, 2009

There was some sort of mass panic last night when Google was spewing a warning “this site may harm your computer” on all their search results. People search on Google were shocked and confused as if the search engine itself was hacked.

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Mahalo Answers: Pays to Answer Questions

Published by: yuga under: Search. 7 replies

posted: December 16th, 2008

The newly launched Mahalo Answers is just like Yahoo! Answers plus a couple bucks of tip. In short, you get paid for the best answers you contribute.

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Google 2001 Search

Published by: yuga under: Gooooogle , Search. 8 replies

posted: October 2nd, 2008

In honor of Google’s 10th year anniversary, they’ve brought back their oldest available index dated 2001. Google only had over 1.3 billion webpages indexed that time and it’s a little nostalgic to do some ego-searching on that year.

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Cuil: new search engine in the block!

Published by: yuga under: Search. 12 replies

posted: July 28th, 2008

Cuil, a new Irish-termed search engine, is out in public. They claim they’re a different kind of search engine — well, at least in background color.

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Yahoo! BOSS: Build your Own Search Service

Published by: yuga under: Search , Yahoo. 5 replies

posted: July 12th, 2008

Yesterday, Yahoo! made an ambitious attempt and opened up their search service to everyone. Called Yahoo! Search BOSS, this initiative is strategy to attract developers to create their own search service on top of Yahoo’s search technology.

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Yahoo brings Panama to the Philippines

Published by: yuga under: Search , Yahoo. 6 replies

posted: May 22nd, 2008

In a press conference this morning at the Hotel Intercon, Yahoo! Philippines General Manager Jojo Anonuevo formally announced Yahoo’s Sponsored Search marketing product (codename: Panama).

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Search for PRC Nursing Exam Results crash servers

Published by: yuga under: Search. 22 replies

posted: August 26th, 2007

Update: PRC Nursing Board Exam Results for November 2008. Copy latest PRC Board Nursing exam results from the website here.

I’ve been struggling with several crashed servers early this evening from what could have been a massive amount of traffic coming in from search engines looking for the 2007 PRC Nursing Exams Results.

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Google, Ask, Yahoo, MS and other Search News

Published by: yuga under: Search. 3 replies

posted: July 22nd, 2007

Google just bought ImageAmerica, their 7th acquisition in the last 2 months alone, which includes Panoramio, Feedburner, geospatial photo-sharing service PeakStream, online presentation software Zenter, DoubleClick, communications security company Postini and VOIP phone aggregation portal Grand Central. ImageAmerica is in the high resolution aerial cameras industry — for higher-quality and better Google Maps, I suppose.
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Google Top 10 Searches for 2006

Published by: yuga under: Search. 1 reply

posted: December 19th, 2006

A recent article from BBC showed that MySpace and Bebo are the top searches for the year 2006. Here’s a complete list of those who made it to the Top 10:

1. Bebo
2. MySpace
3. World Cup
4. Metacafe
5. Radioblog
6. Wikipedia
7. Video
8. Rebelde
9. Mininova
10. Wiki

I was particularly surprised that Rebelde came in at #8. It had 236,164 searches in Yahoo for November alone.

Mexican soap opera Rebelde was the eighth most searched for term on Google over the last 12 months, a sign of the importance of the Spanish language on the net.

Rebelde ended its run on television in June but the actors in the soap opera have formed a popular band, called RBD, which keeps interest in the soap opera alive.

So, this is the reason why I’m getting thousands of hit from an old post about Rebelde.com back in December 2005. Those guys leaving ‘em comments were actually Mexicans looking for the Rebelde TV soap opera website.

MSN Search and Win

Published by: yuga under: Contests , Search. 1 reply

posted: February 17th, 2006

Not to be beaten by Yahoo!, MSN also launches their own incentive program for loyal searchers. Promotion begins at 12:01 a.m. (PT) on February 3, 2006 and ends at 11:59 p.m. (PT) on February 28, 2006 (”promotion period”).

Two ways to enter.

Method #1: Access the MSN Search and Win Promotion website online at http://www.msnsearchandwin.com. Conduct a Web search on the word or phrase that is pre-populated or enter your own word or phrase in the MSN Search module provided on the promotion website. Click the “Search” button to begin the Web search process and to display the results.

Method #2: Conduct a Web Search using the MSN Search module available at http://search.msn.com or other channels of MSN.com. When the Web Results of your Web Search are displayed, click the “MSN Search and Win” link located in the “Sponsored Sites” box on the Web Results page presented to determine if you are a winner. If you receive a message stating, “You are an Instant Winner” you win the prize indicated, subject to prize claim and verification. See rule #3 on how to claim your prize. You may play as often as you wish. Microsoft assumes no responsibility for lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, postage due entries or mail or for any computer, online, telephone, or human error or technical malfunctions that may occur. Incomplete entries are void. The use of any automated launching or entry software or any other mechanical or electronic means that permits the participant to automatically enter or conduct searches repeatedly is prohibited.

Official rules here. Complete list of prizes here.

In this day and age, searching the net need not only be free, you also need to get paid for using it.

How about free internet?

The Search Engine Experiment

Published by: yuga under: Search. 0 reply

posted: January 19th, 2006

Try this neat Search Engine Experiment.

It’s basically a un-branded search which represents Google, MSN and Yahoo search engines. Using a keyword of your choice, you do a search for Brand X, Y, & Z.

You then select which of the search results is the most relevant and it will tell you which search engine it is. Try it for a couple of keywords to see which of the 3 SEs is most relevant for you.

Now, which is the better search?

YM forcing people to use Yahoo Search.

Published by: yuga under: Search , Yahoo. 8 replies

posted: July 7th, 2005

The new installer of Yahoo! Messenger now forces people to use Yahoo Search as its default search engine. Tsk, tsk, quite a sneaky move there, eh?

Note: This happens when I check the Custom install instead of the Typical install.

I just wanted to update to the latest version of YM and during installation, it prompted me an already “checked” checkbox for the search option. Tried to click on it to uncheck to no avail. Darn, that’s no glitch! That was intended. Why the hell would I revert to Yahoo Search from Google?

I can only uncheck it if I use the Typical install, of which by the way also forces users to install the Toolbar and Yahoo! extras. So I am forced to choose between the lesser of two evils. No way.

I pressed “Cancel” instead.

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