IndustryDaily SearchCast, Aug. 16, 2005: Yahoo & Miva Settle Patent Dispute, Paid Listings Program At Ask Opens Formally, Index Size Wars & More

Daily SearchCast, Aug. 16, 2005: Yahoo & Miva Settle Patent Dispute, Paid Listings Program At Ask Opens Formally, Index Size Wars & More

Today’s search podcast covers Yahoo and Miva settling over a patent dispute about paid listings, the formal opening of the Ask Jeeves sponsored listings program, a written
ruling about trademarks in search ads at Google, how most blog readers have no idea what RSS is, Rupert Murdock’s interest in multimedia search engine Blinkx, how Google and
Yahoo need to step back from the “who’s biggest” debate, a new “block view” map service from A9, a new UC Berkeley center being formed to study search, how to find movie
reviews and more.

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Paid Search & SEM

Blogs & Feeds

  • Nielsen//NetRatings: 11% of Blog Readers use RSS covers how half of those surveyed in the US who are
    blog readers had never heard of RSS before, a further 16 percent had heard of it but had no idea what it does while 23 percent know of RSS but don’t use it. The tiny minority
    left actually use RSS, 6.4 percent to read via a web aggregator and 5 percent to read using software.
  • Feedster Launches Top 500 Blog List on Feedster coming out with a new way
    for bloggers to know if they are hot or not.

Business Moves

  • Murdoch Wants Blinkx covers how Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. apparently wants to purchase multimedia
    search engine Blinkx.
  • Report: Yahoo Will Launch VoIP Service and What About a Google Wi-Fi Net? covers Yahoo perhaps going
    past PC-to-PC calling through Yahoo Messenger and into offering phone-to-phone calling over the internet. And speculation on Google perhaps offering universal, free wi-fi
    access, following on a broadband through power lines investment last month and a statement it sees promoting
    universal access as part of its mission.

Gadgets & Stuff

Resources

The 2023 B2B Superpowers Index
whitepaper | Analytics

The 2023 B2B Superpowers Index

8m
Data Analytics in Marketing
whitepaper | Analytics

Data Analytics in Marketing

10m
The Third-Party Data Deprecation Playbook
whitepaper | Digital Marketing

The Third-Party Data Deprecation Playbook

1y
Utilizing Email To Stop Fraud-eCommerce Client Fraud Case Study
whitepaper | Digital Marketing

Utilizing Email To Stop Fraud-eCommerce Client Fraud Case Study

1y