57 bloggers/online experts gathered in Redmond yesterday at the 'MSN Search Champs' event were invited to discuss with senior MSN management the recent news and concerns around the data MSN Search, Yahoo and AOL provided to the US government. The precise nature of the information hadn'

IBM today announced that it has made new open source technology available that will enhance knowledge discovery capabilities across multiple industries and applications and provide developers with tools to support a new breed of software for the analysis of information.

Escom, LLC, today announced the acquisition of the domain name Sex.com, from entrepreneur and Internet personality Gary Kremen, the CEO of Grant Media, LLC and founder of Match.com. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. It is believed to be among the most significant domain sal

According to a smallish sample of just 2500 voters, the world's top brand is Google. Last year it was Apple.

Redknee has announced the availability of its Enhanced Messaging Gateway (EMG). Redknee's EMG is a next generation messaging platform that combines an innovative rating and charging engine along with advanced message profiling, routing, and delivery functions over and above standard S

Splunk (http://www.splunk.com/), creators of the first search software for fast moving IT data, today announced the launch of its OEM partnership program, Splunk Powered. Software companies, data center device and appliance vendors, and hosted service providers can now integrate advan

Is Google Pack the end or the beginning of Google's intrusion into the traditional desktop software market that's been dominated by Microsoft for as long as most people can remember? Offering several free applications via download, the announcement was practically invisible in the glar

Google announced the planned opening of the Google Video Store, the first open video marketplace enabling consumers to buy and rent a wide range of video content from a major television network, a professional sports league, cable programmers, independent producers and film makers. 'Go

Yahoo CEO Terry Semel outlined the company's vision and new agreements in a wide-ranging keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and now a vidcast of this speech is available online.

Go Mobile is designed to combine real-time connectivity with community, information and content services from across the web, Semel said. 'It integrates the company's familiar communications services with the phone's built-in e-mail, messaging, address book and calendar applications, g

Speculation about the announcement of a $200 PC from Google that won't be running Windows is setting technology industry speculation into the highest gear it's seen since, uh, Google's IPO. One analyst has emerged from the pack to make a bubblesque prediction of Google's stock going to

A six-month investigation into 'pay-per- click' programs by Kessler International has revealed shocking results.

'Real-time communication solutions like instant messaging are powerful collaboration tools that create a new attack vector for threats to enter an enterprise network and new forms of digital communication with the same government, legal, and business requirements to retain and retrieve

The Cyber Giving Week sponsored by Yahoo had collected $2.7 million as of 7pm west coast time on January 30. By the week's end, the final tally rose to more than $4.1 million. Although that specific program has now ended, the Network for Good remains open to donations, and sponsors a w

McAfee has been providing security services to MSN since 2002, and recently announced that it was extending its agreement dial-up users. Both MSN and AOL now offer McAfee VirusScan and Personal Firewall products, and AOL offers two versions of McAfee's firewall products: Firewall Expre

New Year's Eve 2006 revelers from all around the world now have the opportunity to experience nonstop streams covering New York City's Times Square New Year's Eve countdown event in real time via an exclusive webcast from MSN(R) Video. MSN Video is the exclusive online provider of the

'McAfee is delighted to work with MSN to help protect a new set of customers using MSN Dial-Up,' said Todd Gebhart, senior vice president of worldwide consumer and mobile sales at McAfee. 'Security remains a troublesome issue for consumers, but with McAfee's award-winning VirusScan and

Since Google is being sued by RTI, they were likely approached by Rates Technology and refused to pay the requested amount. It should be noted that company spokesperson Jerry Weinberger says that RTI does not negotiate, for if they negotiated their fees it would not be fair to the othe

Rates Technology Inc. (RTI), a company 'with a patent portfolio currently being used to persuade VoIP equipment and service vendors to pay a fee in exchange for protection from a patent infringement lawsuit,' according to telephony commentator Rich Tehrani, is suing Google in its lates

Yahoo said that is kicked off what it calls 'Cybergiving Week' on Christmas Day. The company said its search engine will work with the Network for Good, an online charitable resource, and launch a site that provides donation links to a number of charities as well as resources about how

The new 'alliance' between Google and AOL is moving forward, to the apparent chagrin of suitor Microsoft, but the early analysis of the deal shows a concern by at least one major AOL investor over what the deal portends. Is this a disaster?

A detailed agreement between Google and AOL hinges on Google acquiring 5% of the Time Warner subsidiary for $1 billion. Early analysis shows Google the winner in this round of its battle with Microsoft over search leadership. But the story appears to be more complex than that.

iProspect, the Original Search Engine Marketing Firm, revealed that online shopping conversion rates and conversion volumes for the holiday season peak ten days prior to Christmas. As a result, online retailers are advised to adjust their paid search advertising bidding strategies acco

WebSourced, a subsidiary of CGI Holding Corporation, and the world leader in search engine optimization, has signed a yearlong pro bono agreement with Laughlin Marinaccio and Owens Advertising, Arlington, Va., to significantly improve the Army National Guard's presence and recruiting e

Alexa notes that 'the first and perhaps most difficult and expensive piece of (developing a new search idea) is a good Web crawl. Your crawl will need to access a high-speed internet connection, it will need to pull down thousands of pages per second. It will need to manage thousands o

MSN Search has announced its intention to launch MSN Book Search, which will support MSN Search?s efforts to help people find exactly what they?re looking for on the Web, including the content from books, academic materials, periodicals and other print resources. MSN Search intends to

The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) today announced that MSN has become a Platinum sponsor for the next fiscal year's activities. 'MSN values SEMPO's mission to provide current, relevant information about search engine marketing to the advertising community,'

Prime Visibility, a leading search engine optimization firm specializing in achieving top rankings and increasing online visibility, revenue and traffic to clients' websites, introduces a new Client Center as part of their new value-added website design. This free online service provid

In a recent survey of British air passengers commissioned by Google and conducted by independent market research firm Tickbox.net, 50% of those surveyed said they had nothing better to do in airport terminals than eat, drink and shop. However, 71% of respondents stated that they would

Oneupweb, the trusted leader in search engine optimization and marketing, has announced the launch of StraightUpSearch.com, the company's blog. StraightUpSearch is a forum for Oneupweb's SEO and SEM inside experts to provide industry insight and present a clear view of search engine op

SEO in China will never be the same as Google's James Mi, Adverted's Stephen Noton and IBM's Bill Hunt teamed up at Ad-Tech Shanghai. For the first time in China both SEO experts and the industry leader, Google, came together for a combined presentation on Search Engine Optimization.

Google has announced the launch of Google Base, a free online service where users can submit all types of online and offline content that Google will host and make searchable online. Google Base is an extension of Google's existing content collection efforts.

These seem to be coming out quicker that I can blog them! This one is called J2MEMap and you can get the JAR from here, and the jar from here.

EasyNet Search Engine Marketing has added to its client base two major brands.

Who's Calling, a leading provider of customer intelligence, has announced that its ClickPath solution has been selected by 4 of the industry's leading search engine marketing firms.

SearchForce, a provider of on-demand paid search marketing solutions, has formally launched its flagship product that optimizes online advertising campaigns.

Pro Design Labs, a technology-based solutions firm specializing in web design, search engine optimization, and strategic marketing, redesigned and launched Website for Bandit Lures.

Oneupweb, a provider of search engine optimization and marketing solutions, has announced growth across many departments.

Convera has announced that its Excalibur Web search technology is set to launch as the index now contains more than 4 billion pages.

The loose diamonds search engine was designed to give consumers an easy way to compare available diamonds with similar, and in many cases, identical specifications.