Reducing Information Overkill
(September 30, 2004 - Search Day)
Vivisimo has launched Clusty, a meta search engine with an impressive array of tools that helps you quickly find relevant results from a variety of information sources.

Why Search is Slowing
(September 28, 2004 - iMedia Connection)
As with the initial enthusiasm surrounding online marketing, when the party was over, the ensuing hyper mediocrity meant it was time to get down to business and begin to get smart. Let’s look at the numbers and a couple of smart movers that might just keep search leading the way.

Yahoo! Redesigns Home Page, My Yahoo!
(September 28, 2004 - ClickZ)
Yahoo! has redesigned its popular home page to de-emphasize display advertising and encourage use of its search property. The company's My Yahoo! personalized section has also gotten a revamp, which gives more prominence to RSS feeds and improves the user interface.

You Got Mail (& Ads)
(September 27, 2004 - E-Commerce Times)
Analysts predict Google will have greater earnings from Gmail ads than from its search engine ads since they are more direct and concentrated.

Google Bows to Chinese Censorship
(September 27, 2004 - CNN.com)
Google Inc.'s recently launched news service in China doesn't display results from Web sites blocked by that country's authorities, raising prickly questions for an online search engine that has famously promised to "do no evil."

Happy Birthday Danny Sullivan!
(September 24, 2004 - SEW Forums)
Danny Sullivan, widely known as the "search engine guru" of the world, celebrates his birthday today. Be sure to stop by the Search Engine Watch Forums and wish him a happy birthday. I am sure I speak for many SEOs and SEMs when I say that we appreciate all that he has done and continues to do for the search engine industry. I can't think of a single person who has done more to promote search engine marketing to the world.

Google Gets Local in Canada
(September 23, 2004 - ClickZ)
These new services offer Canadian users similar local information available on its U.S.-focused Google Local, including business listings, maps, directions and related Web pages. Google Local Canada offers both French and English interfaces.

Looksmart Acquires Furl.net
(September 23, 2004 - Search Day)
Looksmart has thrown its hat into the 'personal web' ring, with the acquisition of Furl.net, a web page clipping and archiving service.

Ask Jeeves Serves It Your Way
(September 21, 2004 - Search Day)
It's a busy day at Ask Jeeves with the announcement of several new services and enhancements, including the launch of a new personalized search tool and a major upgrade of the company's Teoma search engine.

Blinkx and the Future of Search
(September 17, 2004 - MediaPost)
Blinkx takes the idea of search a step farther than the keyword bound interface used by Google and every other engine. Rather than asking the user to interpret what they're looking for into a string of keywords and then launch a query, Blinkx examines the context of their current activity and tries to distill the desired concept from it.

FindWhat Inks Local Search Distribution Deal
(September 16, 2004 - ClickZ)
FindWhat.com will provide locally targeted pay-per-click and pay-per-call advertising on the 41 Bizjournals.com business news sites.

Amazon Takes A9 Out of Beta
(September 15, 2004 - ClickZ)
Amazon.com subsidiary A9.com today launched its A9 site and accompanying toolbar, adding new features to the search service that has been in beta testing since April.

ThomasB2B Launches Paid Search
(September 14, 2004 - ClickZ)
ThomasB2B.com is launching its new global online advertising network this week, featuring bid-for-position and pay-per-click pricing for advertisers wishing to reach business-to-business buyers. The Thomas Global Register Directory encompasses approximately 10,000 product categories.

Lycos Revamps Email With ‘Virtual Hardrive’
(September 10, 2004 - Netimperative)
Lycos UK is to launch a "virtual hardrive" for its email customers, as the portal upgrades its webmail service in a shift away from personal computers towards internet-based services.

Traffic Problems
(September 09, 2004 - Las Vegas City Life)
Vegas-based Web outfit (Traffic Power) manipulates Google, costing its clients big. ... Traffic Power, which has earned over $7 million, has also racked up 27 complaints with the Southern Nevada Better Business Bureau in the last three months. And more keep coming in. Although the BBB's president, Silvia Campbell, can't comment on the number pending, she does admit its high.

Who's Protecting Your Name?
(September 7, 2004 - iMedia Connection)
A new study from the digital brand protection and intelligence company Name Protect suggests the relationship with brands and their search terms is not all sherry and giggles.

FAST Debuts Local Search Tool
(September 3, 2004 - ClickZ)
AdVisor allows companies with an existing database of advertisers to expose that content to the Web, and add to that content from third-party directories or advertisers' own Web sites. It also provides users with advanced navigation, linguistics, and multi-level sorting capabilities.

Geico Gets Green Light to Sue Google, Overture
(September 3, 2004 - News.com)
Insurance giant Geico can sue Google and Overture Services for allegedly selling advertisements linked to its trademarks, a federal judge has ruled.

Overture Shifting To Default Broad Match
(September 2, 2004 - ClickZ)
Within the next few weeks, Overture will make a major switch to matching terms on a broad basis, rather than the traditional exact match default it has followed since the company's launch.

Lessons from Google's IPO
(September 1, 2004 - News.com)
After more than more than three months of filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, public miscues, pricing changes and enough legalese to make a lawyer dizzy, Google's initial public offering is one for the record books.

Blinkx Set To Challenge Google
(September 1, 2004 - This Is Money)
The difference between Blinkx and other search engines is that it does not just search the web, it combs everything from personal emails on your desktop through to video clips from TV stations such as the BBC.