Here are some of the search related articles we have found interesting lately:

• Google Offers Up Gears Geolocation API To Make Web Sites Location Aware

  Google thinks it would be valuable to have any Web site you visit — whether on your phone or PC — know where you are. (Information Week Aug 22 2008)

• Google’s speech-to-text technology is huge search advance

  A new speech-to-text technology from Google in which you type in a word or a phrase and it searches through YouTube videos to find all the instances where someone said it. (Stamford Times undated Aug 2008)

• Survey Says: Google Leads In Consumer Satisfaction

  dAge.com reports that Google not only is leading in the University of Michigan and ForeSee Results in American Consumer Satisfaction Index, but is also “surging” in growth. (SE Land Aug 19 2008)

• Google Launches Enhanced 404 Widget

  Google has launched a new tool within Google Webmaster Tools that allows Webmasters to create custom 404 pages. (SE Land Aug 19 2008)

• Shopping Search Tactics

  Learn how content from your e-commerce or merchant site can – and should! – be included in shopping search engines. (SE Roundtable Aug 19 2008)

• Google Tops Nielsen’s July Search Share Rankings

  Google once again leads the pack garnering around 4.8 billion searches of the total 8 billion searches conducted for July in the U.S. (SE Journal Aug 20 2008)

• Yahoo Search Launches iPhone Safari Version

  In short, the mobile Safari version gives you almost all of the features the normal Yahoo Search gives you (SE Land Aug 21 2008)

• Duplicate Content & Multiple Site Issues

  Search Roundtable reports from the SES conference (Aug 20 2008)

• SES San Jose: Social Media Marketing

  Social media marketing is fast emerging as a must-have in search strategies (Online Marketing Aug 20 2008)

• Blog SEO Tips from SES San Jose

  Tips on making blogs more search visible (Online Marketing Aug 21 2008)

• How Microsoft Can Improve My Live Search Experience

  Microsoft should improve the help function and provide more info on search (SEO Theory Aug 22 2008)

• iNet Acquires Search Marketing Standard Magazine!

  On the future of the search engine marketing magazine (PageTraffic Aug 20 2008)

• Google Finally Speaks About the Ranking Software Blockade!

  Matt Cutts on Google blocking rank checking tools (PageRank Aug 18 2008)

• Yahoo Site Explorer Gets a Makeover

  Yahoo redesigns its toolbox for webmasters. The new interface also includes a new Site Summary page to provide statistics for authenticated sites. (Y Search Blog Aug 21 2008)

• The 8 SEO Essential Plugins to Optimize Your WordPress With!

  Plug-ins for search engine optimization for WordPress blogs (PageTraffic Aug 22 2008)

• The Future of Search? It’s Here.

  Stephen Arnold: I’m on record for my assertion, “Enterprise search is dead.� Web search is now a monopoly resting firmly in the claws of Googzilla. (Alt Search Engines Aug 17 2008)

• Mygazines copyright infringement or good idea?

  Mygazines which is a social website that allows access to magazines. (Phil Bradley Aug 18 2008)

• Google, 10 years in: big, friendly giant or a greedy Goliath?

  Just as we seek knowledge from Google, so Google gleans secrets from us. (Guardian Aug 17 2008)

• delizzy – del.icio.us Bookmarks Search Engine

  delizzy will grab all your delicious bookmarks, create a small little universe of the content and allow you to search through it (Phil Bradley Aug 21 2008)

• Powerset as Antigen: Can Google Resist Microsoft’s New Threat?

  Microsoft will use the Powerset / Xerox PARC technology to exploit Google’s inability to deal with tailoring a search experience to deliver a better search experience a user. (Beyond Search Aug 20 2008)

• What’s your website worth? (And why librarians want to know)

  Phil Bradley presents tools that helps you value your site (Aug 21 2008)

• Is Google really the best search engine?

  Wendy Boswell presents alternative search engines for special needs (About Aug 20 2008)

• Ask TV – a great search engine strategy unveiled at SES-San Jose!

  Ask.com’s newest application of semantic search technology, searchable TV listings