Ask.com shuts down after over 25 years
The turn down web page says, "Jeeves’ spirit endures."
Topic: Internet History
This day in search marketing history: March 17
Google AdWords further dilutes exact match, plus: DMOZ officially closes, Matt Cutts hints at HTTPS ranking signal and more.
A eulogy for Mapquest
Once the dominant mapping site, the decline of Mapquest is a story of disruptive competition and corporate complacency.
Yes, Steve Scalise, There Was A Google In 2002
US House of Representatives majority whip says Google not being "available" in 2002 prevented vetting his speaking to group of white supremacists. But Google and other popular search engines did exist.
Yahoo Directory Closes, Five Days Early
The core service that launched Yahoo as an internet company -- the Yahoo Directory -- finally closes 20 years after it began.
2002 In Review: Google Powers AOL; AdWords Go Cost-Per-Click
This article is part of a series, a review of the 2000 decade and search developments. Below, major events from the year 2002 in consumer search. For the complete series, see the introduction, The Google Decade: Search In Review, 2000 To 2009. Google Powers AOL Search The deal for Google to provide search results for […]
Michael Jackson’s Death: An Inside Look At How Google, Yahoo, & Bing Handled An Extraordinary Day In Search
An extraordinary day of breaking news on Thursday led to record-breaking traffic spikes as people searched online for information about the deaths of Farrah Fawcett and, especially, Michael Jackson. And just like their counterparts in traditional media, the news divisions of Google, Yahoo, and Bing responded with sometimes extraordinary measures to ensure they were giving […]
Google: Let’s Query Like It’s 2001
As part of its birthday celebration, Google is letting users search an old version of its index — and the results show just how much things have changed over the years. You can step back in time to search Google’s index from January 2001. What was happening that month? George W. Bush first took office, […]
Search Engine Land’s Most Popular Stories Of 2007
Below are Search Engine Land’s 25 most popular stories, in terms of pageviews, during the 2007 calendar year.
The Link Saboteurs, And Why They Will Ultimately Fail
There’s an interesting thread over at SEOmoz about how some unscrupulous marketers will try to sabotage a competitor’s web site by engaging in social media communications and link seeding/spamming tactics that they hope will spark a rash of bad publicity and maybe even trigger some sort of rankings and/or reputational search penalty against their competitor. […]