SearchCap: The Day In Search, Dec. 20, 2006
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Topic: Ask.com
Diller Touting Ask And Centrality Of Local
Barry Diller keeps talking about Ask as the “glue” of his empire and more specifically about the importance of local. Ask and the new AskCity are thus in the hot seat. ClickZ has a piece today about the forthcoming introduction of financial and real estate data into AskCity.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, Dec. 19, 2006
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Ask.com Tests New Search Interface With Ask X
The Read Write Web blog first spotted Ask.com testing a new interface they named Ask X. The new interface sports a steel background for the home page with more goodies inside. A search on Ask X for barry schwartz shows a three column pane interface. On the left hand side is the search box, where […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, Dec. 15, 2006
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Search Engine Land Stats: December 2006 Preview
I’ve been trained from internet birth that site stats are a precious thing, never to be shared. Well, not trained, but somehow I got it in my head. It’s somewhat silly, given that any site that carries advertising often reveals this information in their media kit anyway. With Search Engine Land being all new, a […]
AOL Has “Safest” Results & Free Results Safer Than Paid
A new survey from McAfee finds that AOL has the "safest" search results in terms of not listing sites that might be somehow be risky or unsafe for searchers. But most interesting to me was the fact paid results across the board were found far riskier than free, organic results. Let’s do the numbers, some […]
Welcome To Search Engine Land!
It’s official. Search Engine Land has now formally launched. I know, I know — we’ve been posting for over a week here. But now our new design is (mostly) in place, so it’s time to declare ourselves fully operational. For those who are interested, here’s some more background about the site, our name, our look, our […]
Berkowitz Describes Steering Microsoft As Cruise Ship & Ask.com As Rowboat
The NY Times has a great write up named Looking for a Gambit to Win at Google’s Game. In the article, Steve Berkowitz, old CEO of Ask.com, now in charge of Microsoft’s online services unit, describes the differences between running Ask.com and Microsoft. He calls Ask.com a row boat, and Microsoft a cruise ship. Mr. […]