Pandia moves its email online and asks Google for more storage space. Then there are the headlines of the week, of course.

Pandia moves over to Gmail

Given our need to get access to our Pandia mail from various offices and all over the world, we have moved all our mail over to Gmail. I can hear you word of warning: “What about your privacy, man? Google can read all your mail!”

I know, although I doubt very much that they will do so. If that was discovered the headlines generated would seriously damage the company, and that sort of thing will get out.

Although we are a little nervous about the lack of private back-ups. There should definitely be a market for a Gmail back-up program.

It was purely technical reasons that made us choose Gmail. Using the Google desktop for Mac we can now search our hardrive at the same time as the Google email account.

As a matter of fact, Google is lagging behind in the online emal race. Below you will find a link that says that Yahoo! has passed Google as regards user satisfaction. The reason is not that Yahoo! has a better search engine — it has not — but that the new version of Yahoo! Mail is so good.

And here is a news item that probably has passed most of us by: Windows Live Hotmail will now give free users 5GB of storage. Yahoo! promises unlimited storage!

Google, which started the race, “only” provides 2.9 GB, although you may pay to get more. Come on, Google!

The most popular stories at Pandia this week

Using honey pots and sleepers to get higher search engine rankings. This is actually not a new story, but a post over at Sphinn led to several links from other sites and a lot of traffic from Stumbleupon.

Fast Search & Transfer lets go of 148 employees. It helps to be the only search engine journalists that read Norwegian.

Say hello to Think - the Google car. We were not 100% certain that Pandia should cover the car industry, but the connections to Google and Norway made the story irresistible.

Ms. Dewey presents a new sexy search engine. This article is from October last year, and it still brings us a lot of visitors. Hm, that’s strange isn’t it

And now: Some interesting stories found on the web

5 Must Attend Sessions at SES San Jose 2007
Search Engine Strategies takes place in San Jose next week (Search Engine Journal Aug 17 2007)

Accoona Launching IPO, Concerned?
The recent IPO announcement of Accoona has brought interest and skepticism. (Adotas vis SE Watch Aug 17 2007)

Google develops website to address Click Fraud
Google developed the new Ad Traffic Quality Resource Center primarily to give its advertisers a single place to find Google's information about click fraud. (Frost Fire Buzz Aug 18 2007)

Create a Sneeze Page and Propel Readers Deep Within Your Blog
How to guide readers to older blog posts (Problogger Aug 18 2007)

Google adds the word "excessive" in regards to reciprocal links
SEO old timer Massa has got his own blog and in this post he takes a look at Google's link policy (Aug 16 2007)

Wikipedia Scanner exposes self-edits in online encyclopedia
Search tool that traces the IP address of people who make edits to the online encyclopedia (InfoWorld Aug 16 2007)

Google Pulls Plug, Everyone Misses Point
The company is killing Google Video's DTO/DTR program. (PC Magazine 14 Aug 2007)

10 Questions With Michael Gray
Interesting interview SEO guru Graywolf (SEO Honolulu Aug 15 2007)

Gaming Google - It Really Is That Easy…
MyWebStats is embedding links to paying sponsors in their hidden free stats counters (Blogoscoped Aug 13 2007)

It’s Not Just SEO’s who Have Issues with the Wiki
Errors repeated surface as facts (GrayWolf Aug 10 with link to Webb Alert)

Squidoo for Traffic & Link Building
Squidoo is a collection of web pages that users can build on any topic. Build a good one for your topic and add some links. (BigOak Aug 12 2007)

8 Tips for Avoiding an SEO Fraudster
The SEO industry is full of consultants that are either incompetent or crooked. (Marketing Pilgrim Aug 14 2007)

Google and Microsoft Look to Change Health Care
Both companies are betting they can enable people to make smarter choices about their health habits and medical care. (NYT Aug 14 2007)

First Google Health Screenshots
Google Health, codename “Weaver�, is Google’s planned health information storage program. (Blogoscoped Aug 14 2007)

Link Building's Cult Of Reciprocity
The more nichified your subject matter, the more likely it is you will have 100% link reciprocity with other sites with that same subject matter. (Eric Ward at Search Engine Land Aug 13 2007)

Whitehat SEO tips for bloggers
Matt Cutts of Google helps blogger along (Aug 10 2007)

How Personality Plays a Role in Link Baiting
Embedded from birth, our personalities influence the way we write and come across through the screen. (obuweb Aug 10 2007 via Sphinn)

New Ways to Browse in Blogger
You can click on one of the elements of the profile page and browse all other profiles that also contain that same element. (Researchbuzz Aug 12 2007)

The Top 10 Alternative Music Search Engines
"I hope to be able to show you that you will get slightly different results depending on which one of these - all excellent - search engines you select." (AltSearchEngines Aug 13 2007)

Yahoo Just Beats Out Google in Customer Satisfaction
A major University of Michigan user study puts Yahoo on top for e-business/search/news sites for the first time. (PC World Aug 13 2007)

Ask.com on the Upswing
Ask shows the biggest gain in the latest American Consumer Satisfaction Index (New York Times via SE Land Aug 14 2007)

And the Search Engine Most Protective of User Privacy Is….
CNET News declares Ask the winner (Searchviews Aug 13 2007)

7 Social Browsing Services That Will Kill Digg and SEO 1.0
Stumble Upon, similar “missing link� services like Spotback (not Spotplex!) and the new wave of social browsing start ups is the next big thing (SEO 2.0 Aug 2007)

Google Key to Latest ITunes Challenge
Under the program, gBox will get referrals through ads Universal will buy through search leader Google (Forbes Aug 10 2007 via Sphinn)

Who Does Blended Search Better?
Lisa Barone tests Ask, Yahoo and Google (The Bruce Clay blog August 13 2007)

Advanced Link Building - An Interview With Fantomaster
Interesting interview with SEO oldtimer Ralph Tegtmeier (LinkJuicy via Sphinn Aug 9 2007)