Articles on search engines and search engine positioning March 2006

Here continues our list of online articles on search engines and search engine positioning Pandia has found interesting.

Go to Part 1: Recommended Search Engine Reading

See also:

• The latest articles (see right hand column of the search engine news page)
• Older articles on search engine positioning,
• Scientific papers on search engine development.
• Pandia's feature articles on search engine marketing

Google's Print Auction Fizzles
The search giant's auction of magazine ad space didn't generate much enthusiasm -- or business, in the case of one successful bidder (BusinessWeek March 24 2006 via A. Beal)

Vast.com and Its Ilk Please Some, Annoy Others
Search engines for classified ads burden servers (ClickZ March 24 2006)

SEOs and Lawyers - It’s a JOKE
Search engine optimization humour (Stuntdubl March 23 2006)

Google Leads Search Engine Choice in UK
Google processes three out of four searches in the UK (SEM Weblog March 24 2006)

SEO Rockstars gets a blog
The search engine optimization podcast gets its own blog (March 2006)

Make $200K+ a Year Running the SEO Scam
Is it fair to say that 80% of the people selling Search Engine Optimization services have neither the knowledge nor ability to deliver good value to their customers? (SEO Blackhat March 23 2006)

Ask.com Italia, the Netherlands and France
The Ask Blog welcomes three new sites (March 2006)

Share Google Reader Feeds
Google RSS reader with sharing of feeds. (Google Blogoscoped March 22 2006)

Library Journal Talks to Gary Price
But you can now call Gary Price is the librarians' go-to-to guy at Ask (Library Journal March 20 2006)

Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Mail disappoints: It doesn’t work with Firefox and the search functionality also didn’t work (Blogscoped)

Video Podcast Search from PodZinger
Podcast search engine search and index the content of video podcasts (SE Journal March 21 2006)

Google Portal Finance Launches
Google is getting into publishing, whether or not it wants to admit it (Battelle March 20 2006)

Paul Flaherty, A Founder Of AltaVista, Passes Away
Search Engine Watch March 20 2006

LJ Talks to Gary Price
Library Journal talks to Ask's search engine expert (March 20 2006)

When Google & Nike Play Soccer
Joga is an online soccer community created by Google and Nike (SE Herald March 20 2006)

Microsoft takes on Web-based focus
Microsoft wants to diversify away from prepackaged software and toward Web-based services (Baltimoresun.com March 20 2006)

Google Launches Google Finance
A nice, fat write-up by Danny Sullivan (SEW March 21 2006)

Googlebot: Keep out!
Matt Cutts on using session IDs to keep a page out of Google (March 17 2006)

Interview with Ammon Johns
seomoz.org talks to SEO expert "Black Knight" (March 2006)

Considering a Career Change? Get in Before the Boom Subsides
Jennifer Laycock on an SEM career (SE Guide March 15 2006)

KinderStart Sues Google Over PageRank
KinderStart claims Google blacklisted its website. It hasn't. (WebProNews March 18 2006)

Google Victorious in DOJ Search Data & URL Ruling
Chalk up a big win for Google and Search and a big loss for Attorney General Gonzales (March 18 2006)

25 Things I Love About Google
How do I love Google? Let me count the 25 ways into my heart (Danny Sullivan March 13 2006)

Targeting Local Audiences With Search, Part 1: MSN
On local search marketing (ClickZ February 2 2006)

Mamma MIVA
MIVA closed out the year with its once-attractive cash balance clocking in 29% lower. (Motley Fool March 14 2006)

Wyse says in talks with Google and Yahoo on thin computing
A Google PC? (SiliconValleyWatcher March 15 2006)

Send. More. Spam reports.
Matt Cutts of Google asks you to report search engine spammers (March 10 2006)

Flashbacks on Google, Yahoo, MSN, and more.
How did the search engine home pages look like in the 90's? (Jim Boykin March 10 2006)

Google Talk Cross-Pollinates with Blackberrys
SearchViews on Google Talk for mobiles (March 10 2006)

Google Brasil summoned on chat room complaint
Brazilian criminals are using Google's Orkut (Reuters March 10 2006). See also next headline.

Bin Laden Fan Clubs Go Online
l-Qaeda sympathizers are using Google's Orkut to rally support for Osama (Newsfactor March 10 2006)

New Toolbar Release: Windows Live Toolbar beta available
MSN Search's WebLog announces new toolbar for the Windows Live search engine (March 10 2006)

Feedster Expanding to Japan Blog Market
Search Engine Journal (March 9 2006)

Meet Joe Spammer - Confessions of a Search Marketer
Chris Pirillo interviews an anonymous spammer at Search Engine Strategies (March 5 2006)

Search Engine Optimization for Podcasts
Grant Crowell at Search Engine Watch (March 9 2006)

Ask.com France: A Fresh Alternative
A Franch version of Ask (without Jeeves) (Ask blog March 7 2006)

Google About to Settle Click Fraud Class Action Suit
On the lawsuit filed in Arkansas by Lanes Collectibles and several other advertisers (Battelle March 8 2006)

Google's gaffe reveals internal secrets
Google plans online file storage service (SFGate.com March 8 2006)

Microsoft search engine gets an overhaul
Microsoft to replace its current search engine with Windows Live Search (The Age March 8 2006)

MSN AdCenter Primer for New Users
WebmasterWorld with some advice on how to use MSN's text ads (March 5 2006)

The MSN Ad Center Experience
searchengineblog signs up with MSN for text ads (March 7 2006)

Google and Yahoo – a tie!
French Professor test search engine result quality (Technologies du Langage March 5 2006 via Battelle)

Google to Fix Supplemental Index Issues in About a Week
Webmasters have seen web pages fall out of the main index. To be fixed, Google says (Se Roundtable March 6 2006)

Yahoo Awarded Two Search Advertising Related Patents
More Search IP for Google and Microsoft Published (ResourceShelf March 7 2006)

How Much Money Did Firefox Make From Google in 2005?
Well, SE Journal does not know, but it is an intriguing question (March 6 2006)

Videos from the Googleplex
Google tech talks and more (via searchengineblog.com March 4 2006)

Is Search Shrinking?
Google growth rates are slowing (Rebecca Lieb, ClickZ March 3 2006)

Google moving search records out of China
Google wants to prevent Beijing government from gaining access to user queries (Computerworld March 1 2006 via Battelle)

Timeline: Employee Headcounts for Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft
Google is growing much faster than Yahoo these days. (Cselle Feb 18 2006 via Battelle)

Customer Focused ... Humble ... Under Promise/Over Deliver ...
MSN did NOT promise to beat Google in six months (MSN Search March 3 2006)

Google Shares Slip on Growth Rate Report
Search Engine Journal March 1 2006

Getting More Out of Article Distribution Websites
How to use article syndication for building links (Wolf Howl March 1 2006 via SE Journal)