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Archived blogs for the week of April 18, 2005

838 - Apr. 22, 2005 - 8.42 AM EST

Yahoo launches online photo service

Yahoo said yesterday it has launched an Internet photo service, in partnership with Target Corp. that will enable customers to order prints of their digital pictures and then pick them up at their local Target store.

The service is to be available this fall. The site, Target Yahoo Photos (http://www.target.com/yahoophotos), extends Yahoo's existing online photo site.

The new site gives consumers unlimited photo storage and tools for sharing pictures via e-mail and other means. Users will have the option of picking up their photos, printing them at home or having them delivered by mail.

Posted on Businessblog™

837 - Apr. 22, 2005 - 7.31 AM EST

Google just did a PR update

It's official! Google just finished its long-awaited PR update overnight. Judging from what we are seeing here, it was a good and very welcomed update, with many sites that we're following closely moving up in rankings.

Remember you saw it here first!

Find out more about Google' Page Rank algo here.

Posted on Businessblog™

837 - Apr. 22, 2005 - 7.25 AM EST

Google delivers very strong earnings

After the closing bell yesterday, Google reported very strong first quarter earnings that largely exceeded even the most optimistic Street analysts' predictions.

The company reported a nearly six-fold increase in net income and pro-forma earnings, excluding various charges, that were substantially higher than consensus estimates.

Sales, excluding advertising fees that Google shares with partners (known in the industry as traffic acquisition costs or TAC) came in at $794 million, well above Wall Street's forecast of $731 million. In fact, the highest estimate on the Street was $767 million.

Google's news is further evidence that fears of a slowdown in online advertising earlier this year were way overdone. Google rival Yahoo! (Research) issued a strong first quarter report on Tuesday and issued bullish guidance for the second quarter and remainder of the year.

Posted on Businessblog™

836 - Apr. 21, 2005 - 9.02 AM EST

Google sues Froogles

Froogles yesterday was served a lawsuit by Google, charging it with trademark infringement over Google's rightly-owned Froogle comparison shopping search engine.

Mountain View, Calif.-based Google, the No. 1 search engine, filed a 68-page complaint against Froogles.com in the Eastern District Court of New York.

The complaint alleges that Froogles.com proprietor Richard Wolfe, a New York state resident, illegally traded on Google's famous name and search brand for profit with a "nearly identical" mark.

"Upon information and belief, the defendant selected the mark Froogles with full knowledge of Google's prior rights in its Google name and mark," according to the filing. "As between the parties, Google is the senior user of marks that incorporate the formative--Oogle for Internet search services."

Posted on Businessblog™

835 - Apr. 20, 2005 - 8.29 PM EST

View your search history with Google

Google is always trying to outdo itself as the destination of choice in the search field.

The company is currently experimenting with a new user feature that will enable searchers to see all their past search queries and results, effectively creating a computer "carbon copy" that could prove helpful as well as possibly embarrassing.

Activating Google's My Search History service, unveiled Wednesday afternoon at , requires users to create a personal login with a password. Users of Google's e-mail, discussion groups and answer services can simply use their existing log-ins.

The service allows users to decide if they want Google to automatically recognize them without having to log in each time they use the same computer. Those who prefer to log in on each visit can use a link that will appear in the right-hand corner of Google's home page.

Posted on Businessblog™

834 - Apr. 20, 2005 - 10.59 AM EST

Comparing Google's revenues to Yahoo's

Yahoo posted its first quarter results today, with revenues of $821 million, excluding traffic acquisition costs (TAC).

I just finished my online ad projections and have been looking at the revenue streams of players like Google and Yahoo very closely.

Several financial analysts have projected that half of Yahoo!'s revenues come from search, and another 30% comes from the sale of banner ads.

The inevitable comparisons to Google come up -- Yahoo doesn't have the search traffic and publisher network that Google has, and so lags in search revenues.

Posted on Businessblog™

833 - Apr. 19, 2005 - 8.34 PM EST

FeedPlex outputs results in XML format

FeedPlex is a search engine that returns results in XML format, including RSS and RDF.

FeedPlex, only available in a beta version, was founded in the spring of 2004 by Sid Yadav and was acquired by Web search engine FyberSearch in September of 2004. In November of 2004, FyberSearch has acquired feed search engine FeedPlex, in hopes of integrating it to its portfolio of search tools.

XML files used in FeedPlex are crawled and cataloged by the FyberSearch web crawler FyberSpider.

Posted on Businessblog™

832 - Apr. 19, 2005 - 10.55 AM EST

Google launches local search in the UK

Google is introducing its local search and Google Maps services to the UK which opens up new advertising mediums for companies and Internet marketers.

Google Local UK offers regional information including business listings and related Web pages. Its combines local business data from Yell.com, with local information from Google's index of more than 8 billion Web documents.

This technology enables users to find local information without having to select pre-determined categories.

The service also allows Google AdWords advertisers to reach customers searching for businesses, products and services in their area using locally targeted advertisements.

For example, users in Fulham, London, searching for a fish and chip shop in their neighbourhood can enter the keyword [fish and chips], plus their postcode [SW6] or [Fulham] to receive a list of nearby fish and chip shops.

Posted on Businessblog™

831 - Apr. 18, 2005 - 8.21 PM EST

TiVo in talks with Google and Yahoo

TiVo is apparently in talks with Google and Yahoo over a deal aimed at bridging TV and the Internet.

The talks are still fluid and could result in a number of outcomes, two sources familiar with the negotiations said.

One scenario that's been discussed would see TiVo partner with Google or Yahoo on a new service that would let consumers search for videos on the Web and then watch them on their television sets, according to one person with knowledge of the talks, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

A second person familiar with the talks said TiVo has held talks with both Google and Yahoo about a potential equity investment, including the possibility of an outright acquisition.

Any deal would likely be exclusive, this source said, Nothing has been finalized, however, and the talks could yet fall apart.

"A deal to cooperate could happen quickly, but then the details would have to be worked out," the first source said. "The search companies need to work with companies like TiVo because they have access to the living room, and they own a television interface."

A TiVo representative declined to comment for this report. Jennifer Feikin, director of Google Video, said she could not comment on any TiVo talks at this time. Yahoo spokeswoman Kathryn Kelly said the company does not comment on rumors and speculation.

Posted on Businessblog™

830 - Apr. 18, 2005 - 12.42 PM EST

Infospace adds results from MSN Search

Infospace is to feature MSN Search Results on private-label partner sites and other branded properties.

Infospace Search & Directory, a leading Web search and online directory services provider and a business of InfoSpace, Inc. (NASDAQ:INSP), today announced a two-year agreement to add results from MSN Search, the first-ever search engine built from the ground up by Microsoft, to Infospace's search offering.

Infospace's metasearch product delivers a unique experience by bringing together the top results from the most popular engines in one place.

With the signing of this agreement, Infospace is the only metasearch provider to have direct distribution agreements with all four of the leading Web search algorithms -- MSN Search, Google, Yahoo and Ask Jeeves (Teoma).

"MSN Search is a terrific addition to our metasearch capability. This agreement represents our ongoing commitment to evolve our offering to help partners maximize their revenue and build stronger brands," said Richard Pelly, vice president of search distribution, Infospace Search & Directory.

"As the only provider to have relationships with all four of the most popular algorithms, we are able to offer a search solution uniquely designed to provide end users with the most relevant results and support our partners' business agendas."

Posted on Businessblog™

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