Bug gives Gmail users 1Tb space news
A bug in Googles test email system Gmail temporarily gave some users one terabyte of free storage times the one gigabyte the Web search company is currently offering to lure people away from rivals Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp
A Google spokesman said the storage increase was the result of a bug and that the company was working to fix the glitch He did not give additional details but said Gmail which is available through a limited test currently offers one gigabyte of storage
One terabyte is roughly the equivalent of 16 days of continuously running movies...
Google, MS to spar in desktops news
But even as Google aims for the desktop and Microsoft turns to Web search industry experts question just how heated the clash between the No 1 Web search company and the worlds largest software maker will get
Google is reportedly working on a downloadable file and text software search tool codenamed Puffin that will attack a weak spot in Windows which runs on more than 90 percent of the worlds personal computers by making it easier for users to find information stored on their desktops...
Science: NewsFactor Network - - Taking the Internet's Measurements news
NielsenNetRatings translates the activity of its strong panel to the actions and behaviors of 150 million Internet users For example if 45 percent of the panel members go to then NielsenNetRatings extrapolates that 45 percent of million or 675 million people visit
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Bits & Bytes for May 19, 2004 news
For the second year running Microsofts crashed the television upfront with a mob of human butterflies tasked with spreading the gospel of online advertising among the unconverted
Beginning on Monday people costumed in wings and antennae handed out flyers to the hordes of media buyers attending network parties at this years upfront which is expected to set records despite the shift of young men away from television and the unprecedented strength of online media this year
The flyers being handed out by s guerilla butterflies seek to persuade advertisers to diversify their budgets...
Subservientchicken.com - corporate promotions mean clicks in US news
Online promotions proved big winners Burger Kings SubservientChickencom saw nearly 15 million users during the month The site is part of a campaign that features a person in a full chicken suit dancing around a living room
Also General Mills Box Tops for Education promotion contributed to a 37 per cent traffic increase to the food manufacturers sites
NationalGeographiccom was the topgaining property seeing an 86 per cent increase in unique visitors from March to April The site received attention for articles on nearEarth meteors and this summers arrival of cicadas
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Sensis plot to whack Google news
What were trying to do is to build a brand that we currently dont have to appeal to a younger audience of 15 to 24yearolds Ellis says
The launch campaign which is being handled by ad agency Young amp Rubicam and the new brand name are being kept under wraps
But Ellis says the new service will eventually consolidate Sensiss diverse portfolio of search directory and classified advertising properties available in online voice print and mobile media...
Is Google Really Ready to Take on Yahoo and MSN? news
Browse the headlines of any online or printed news source and you would be hard pressed not to hear about Googles upcoming If you were to go home tonight and turn on the to watch your favorite sitcom there is now a chance you might hear something about Google When morning comes around and you check your email I would nearly guarantee that you will hear something about Googles efforts to acquire another company develop another type of service or respond to a recent issue in their search engine The simple fact is Google is everywhere...
comScore Media Metrix Announces Top 50 U.S. Internet Property Rankings for April 2004 news
Easter Froogle Cicadas and a Subservient Chicken Contribute to Major Traffic Shifts in April
Va May 19 47ewswire47 comScore Media Metrix today announced the Top 50 Internet Properties for the month of April In April the active online population across home work and university s totaled million people A wide range of factors including Easter Mothers Day and a number of creative online promotions drove this months major traffic shifts...
Old name Business.com seeks renewed life :: AO news
But its unclear just how to achieve this goal or whether its even ultimately possible After all given societys whimsical nature in an increasingly pluralistic culture makes it a challenge for anyone to know what they want for longer than a nanosecond
To craft the right message at the right time and on the right platform requires precognition which only exists in scifi movies
Of course that wont stop relentless marketers from this pursuit especially now that search is apparently getting us one step closer to the goal
And for better or for worse this goal is giving new life to forgotten names such Business...
Lycos offers 1GB email service news
Lycos has increased the storage limit of its email service to 1 in a bid to usurp its rivals Google and Yahoo
Both Google and Yahoo have recently unveiled plans to launch similar high storage email services but details have remained sketchy
Lycos Mail Personal 1 is ad free offers antispam and antivirus software and a free service for 349 per month
According to Lycos the service will not be using spyware and users privacy is promised as it will not be building up user profiles or storing deleted emails...
SKAGIT VALLEY HERALD.com news
Susan Dumais a senior researcher at Microsoft Corp holds a computer displaying Stuff Ive Seen a new search project being developed by the company at a Microsoft campus in Redmond Wash The background of the screen is displaying the main interface while the foreground shows an implicit query as a result of an email being read is among a number of search projects the company is developing as it turns its attention toward the growing field of search with a broadbased push that extends from its dominant Windows operating system to its online division...
Yahoo Reawakens The Paid Inclusion Debate news
In March Yahoo rolled out its new Site Match paid inclusion program which quickly drew
widespread criticism It was a terrible blow for Yahoo in its quest to win searchers away from Google The move infuriated plenty of advertisers as well
Why the outcry After all paid inclusion is hardly new Its been offered for over two years In this article the first in a series on paid inclusion well examine
why paid inclusion blew up in Yahoos face and will likely remain constantly mentioned by reviewers as a drawback to its search service
What is Yahoo doing How does it impact the advertiser and searcher...
Search Engines Turning Trademark Law Upside Down news
A longer version
of this article with advice for search marketers including specific techniques for eliminating the inadvertent use of trademarks from your ad campaigns and questions to ask yourself if youre considering advertising with a trademark despite potential legal complications is available to Search Engine Watch members
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Many a search marketer has received that dreaded call from the boss complaining that when the company name or trademark is typed into a search engine the first thing that appears on the results page is their 1 competitor...
Google Drives 70% of all Web Traffic! Wake Up MSN, Yahoo! news
Im concerned not that Google is too big but that the other search engines just dont get it dont deliver it and dont want to give it up What is Trafficamp10amp10
I attribute this to one thing Those search engines dont want to give up visitors to search results They are happy to send visitors off if they gain income from that traffic in either ads or advertisements of sort Knowing that those free results will lose the eyeballs of searchers they struggle to deliver both ads and sponsor ads that most closely approximate the search phrase entered by the searcher...
Natural vs. paid search news
The latest search engine survey
conducted by iProspect shows that 605 of Internet users identified natural
search results as most relevant to their query as compared to the 395 who
selected paid search advertisements
iProspect a Massbased search engine
marketing firm released more results this week from its recent Search Engine
User Attitudes Survey that indicate the majority of search engine users find
natural search results to be most relevant to their queries...
Study Shows Paid Search Listings Are More Relevant To Women And The Unemployed news
The latest installment of iProspects Search Engine User Attitudes Survey indicates disparities among various demographic groups in terms of the types of search results each deems most relevant Conducted by the search marketing firm in conjunction with WebSurveyor Strategem Research and Survey Sampling International in March the study suggests that companies that target women and unemployed users should incorporate paid search advertising in their marketing efforts
The survey asked participants whether they use one search engine more than others Those who answered yes and picked either America Online Microsoft Corp...
Linux News: Networks: Lycos Ups E-Mail Ante to 1 Gig news
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There is some demand for larger storage Yankee Group analyst Patrick Mahoney told TechNewsWorld Customers get frustrated when 10 pictures take up 25 percent of their storage In terms of customer satisfaction with these services it will help
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Lycos Trumps Google on e-Mail Storage news
By Ron Miller
Terra Lycos Quote Chart jumped ahead of rivals this week with a new email service in Europe boasting 1 of storage But unlike Googles soontobereleased Gmail Terra Lycos will charge approximately 617 per month for the service
This news comes against a complex backdrop in which Lycos seeks to transform itself from search engine portal to community portal aimed at building social networks
At the same time Terra Lycos has reportedly put its Internet business which includes Lycoscom on the market for significantly less than what it paid...
FeatureXpress - Online News Distribution news
Looking at the gender survey participants the results clearly show that women find paid search advertisements to be more relevant to their online queries than men Looking at the four largest search engines according to market share Google Yahoo and 431 percent of female respondents chose a paid search advertisement as the most relevant result to a sample query compared to just 346 percent of men who selected a paid search ad...
Lycos First With Gigabyte Mailboxes news
Lycos First With Gigabyte Mailboxes
Tuesday May 18
Web portal Lycos has followed Google and Yahoo into the race to provide email users with massive amounts of storage and it claims to be beating these rivals already
Lycos announced Tuesday that it is upgrading its service to give consumers 1 of email storage But unlike some rival services being developed the Lycos service is not free Users will have to pay a monthly fee of 34 pounds 601...
Yahoo takes on Google with extra mail storage news
Not to be outdone by Googles recent bold email offering Yahoo said that it plans to dramatically raise the storage limit given to its free email users while at the same time bumping its premium subscribers up to a virtually unlimited capacity
The storage hikes were announced by Yahoo executives at an analyst meeting last week where the company was keen to show that it is ready to take on rival Google which grabbed headlines with the announcement that it is planning to offer a free email service with a 1 limit dubbed Gmail...
Lycos: We're first with 1GB e-mail news
European Web portal giant Lycos has followed Google and Yahoo into the race to provide email users with massive amounts of storage and it claims to be beating these rivals already
Lycos announced Tuesday that it is upgrading its service to give consumers 1 of email storage But unlike some rival services being developed the Lycos service is not free Users will have to pay a monthly fee of 34 pounds 601...
NewsFactor Network - - Yahoo Beefs Up Messenger news
Instant messaging is not much of a revenue generator But the operation of an network gives Yahoo and Microsoft an edge over the competition that is Google Instant messaging can build brand loyalty and it locks users into services that can generate revenue
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Yahoo! and Google escalate portal wars news
Yahoo and Google escalate portal wars
By DatamonitorPublished Tuesday 18th May
The gloves are off in the battle between onetime friends Google and Yahoo with each of the companies rolling out upgrades feature changes and alliances that indicate both firms are fiercely competing for eyeballs
The portal wars that dominated the Web in the late s are back it seems Google has approached the point where it can no longer be thought of as simply a search firm while Yahoo is striving to become more searchoriented in its strategy...
All Press Releases for May 18, 2004 news
dot launches system to create unlimited range of relevant memorable domain names wwwdotworldsnet
Cymfony Dashboard 30 Launched to Meet Enterprise Demand for Customized Media Measurement and Market Analysis Provides RealTime Market Intelligence and Qualitative Media Analysis
Cymfony Inc today announced the launch of version 30 of its Cymfony Dashboard media measurement and market analysis application The new version provides public relations corporate communications and marketing executives with the first measurement solution that integrates realtime market intelligence with qualitative media analysis...
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When it comes to the latest technology craze Microsoft Corp isnt known for being first or best Its known for being biggest
The software behemoth has used its strength money and reach to go from underdog to top dog on everything from Internet browsers to digital content players
Now its attention turns to the growing field of search with a broadbased push that extends from its dominant Windows operating system to its online division
Google Inc currently dominates Internet search something analysts say could pose problems for Microsoft and not only because Google takes away advertising dollars...
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Google currently dominates Internet search something analysts say could pose problems for Microsoft and not only because Google takes away advertising dollars...
Old names re-emerge amid Net's Holy Grail search news
But its unclear just how to achieve this goal or whether its even ultimately possible After all given societys whimsical nature its a challenge for anyone to know what they want for longer than a nanosecond
To craft the right message at the right time and on the right platform apparently requires precognition which only exists in scifi movies
Of course that wont stop relentless marketers from this pursuit especially now that search is apparently getting us one step closer to the goal
And for better or for worse this goal is giving new life to forgotten names such Business...
Technology: Microsoft Turning Attention To Research news
When it comes to the latest technology craze Microsoft Corp isnt known for being first or best Its known for being biggest The software behemoth has used its strength money and reach to go from underdog to top dog on everything from Internet browsers to digital content players
Now its attention turns to the growing field of search with a broadbased push that extends from its dominant Windows operating system to its online division
Google Inc currently dominates Internet search something analysts say could pose problems for Microsoft and not only because Google takes away advertising dollars...
SouthBendTribune.com: Microsoft sets sights on search news
When it comes to the latest technology craze Microsoft Corp isnt known for being first or best Its known for being biggest
The software behemoth has used its strength money and reach to go from underdog to top dog on everything from Internet browsers to digital content players
Now its attention turns to the growing field of search with a broadbased push that extends from its dominant Windows operating system to its online division
Google Inc currently dominates Internet search something analysts say could pose problems for Microsoft and not only because Google takes away advertising dollars...
Microsoft Turning Attention to Research news
When it comes to the latest technology craze Microsoft Corp isnt known for being first or best Its known for being biggest The software behemoth has used its strength money and reach to go from underdog to top dog on everything from Internet browsers to digital content players
Now its attention turns to the growing field of search with a broadbased push that extends from its dominant Windows operating system to its online division
Google Inc currently dominates Internet search something analysts say could pose problems for Microsoft and not only because Google takes away advertising dollars...
Microsoft turning attention to research news
When it comes to the latest technology craze Microsoft Corp isnt known for being first or best Its known for being biggest The software behemoth has used its strength money and reach to go from underdog to top dog on everything from Internet browsers to digital content players
Now its attention turns to the growing field of search with a broadbased push that extends from its dominant Windows operating system to its online division
Google Inc currently dominates Internet search something analysts say could pose problems for Microsoft and not only because Google takes away advertising dollars...
InformationWeek > Search Engines > Microsoft Looks For Gold In Search > May 17, 2004 news
When it comes to the latest technology craze Microsoft Corp isnt known for being first or best Its known for being biggest
The software behemoth has used its strength money and reach to go from underdog to top dog on everything from Internet browsers to digital content players
Now its attention turns to the growing field of search with a broadbased push that extends from its dominant Windows operating system to its online division
Google Inc currently dominates Internet search something analysts say could pose problems for Microsoftand not only because Google takes away advertising dollars...
Microsoft turns its might to growing field of search :: AO news
The software behemoth has used its strength money and reach to go from underdog to top dog on everything from Internet browsers to digital content players
Now its attention turns to the growing field of search with a broadbased push that extends from its dominant Windows operating system to its online division
Google Inc currently dominates Internet search something analysts say could pose problems for Microsoft and not only because Google takes away advertising dollars...
Microsoft turns its might to growing search market (05-17-2004) news
When it comes to the latest technology craze Microsoft Corp isnt known for being first or best Its known for being biggest
The software behemoth has used its strength money and reach to go from underdog to top dog on everything from Internet browsers to digital content players
Now its attention turns to the growing field of search with a broadbased push that extends from its dominant Windows operating system to its online division
Google Inc currently dominates Internet search something analysts say could pose problems for Microsoft and not only because Google takes away advertising dollars...
Tech Biz: Mamma mia! - May. 17, 2004 news
I dont know who likes Mammacom better the companys investors or the headline writers assigned to top off the spate of recent stories about it
Trading of the Canadian search engines stock on a tear for the past couple of months reached a fever pitch late last week when the company reported a profit of 138 million on 42 million in revenue Thats when the financial press really went to town with such witticisms as Mamma and the Paupers
While the headlines are good for a chuckle Im not sure whats in store for investors...
Internet Advertising Starting to Happen - Horray! news
Internet Advertising Starting to Happen Horray
May 16 Lisa Baertlein writing for Reuters reported that when General Electric turned a Web banner ad into a virtual doodling pad last year it also created a minor Internet sensation
s Etchketchlike ad featuring the tag line All big ideas start with a sketch allowed users to draw with a virtual felttip pen The result was a sketch tool that inspired Web users to begin swapping their doodles via email and spawned online galleries a major branding coup for...
Microsoft Turning Attention to Search news
Google Inc currently dominates Internet search something analysts say could pose problems for Microsoft and not only because Google takes away advertising dollars
The popularity and simple alluring user interfaces of the best search sites threaten to reduce the control that Microsoft maintains over peoples computing experience through popular products like the Windows operating system and Internet Explorer browser...
HOT Off the Press! The Search Engine Strategies Conference news
The Search Engine Strategies Conference is one of the largest and most comprehensive search engine focused conventions of the year Held quarterly in different cities around the world this springs conference is being held at the Metro Toronto Convention Center in the middle of the countrys largest and most diverse city I was fortunate enough to be invited to participate as a speaker at one of the site clinic sessions...
Technology: Microsoft Turning Attention To Research news
When it comes to the latest technology craze Microsoft Corp isnt known for being first or best Its known for being biggest The software behemoth has used its strength money and reach to go from underdog to top dog on everything from Internet browsers to digital content players
Now its attention turns to the growing field of search with a broadbased push that extends from its dominant Windows operating system to its online division
Google Inc currently dominates Internet search something analysts say could pose problems for Microsoft and not only because Google takes away advertising dollars...
Fool.com: Yahoo! Kicks It Up a Notch [The Motley Fool Take] May 17, 2004 news
Sometimes you find out youve infiltrated the highest levels of government in the oddest ways Over the weekend Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich had a garage sale to get rid of the junk piling up at his house And there it was out in the driveway amidst raggedy Christmas wreaths an old Dustbuster a copy of the Illinois state budget the governor was selling an old edition of The Motley Fool Investment Guide for 50 cents
Fifty cents Certainly thats a steal for all the knowledge imparted in that book Governor thanks for reading And if you would like the new edition surely we can get a signed copy to you...
Advertisers coming back to the Web news
Put millions of documents at your fingertips Retrieve data in seconds Digitisation enables you to capture and store physical documents electronically and then easily access any document from anywhere via a simple browser More
Reuters reports that online advertising spend is reaching record levels as advertisers return to the Internet Research firm eMarketer expects online ad sales of 84 billion this year up more than 15 from last year and above the peak of 81 billion
Revenue from Websearch advertising more than doubled to 23 billion in...
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Plus as the amount of digital information explodes Microsoft also recognizes that computing today is not just about creating work documents emails and pictures of your sisters new puppy its also about finding all that later
I think Microsoft has certainly realized that if you cant find it it doesnt do you any good at all said Rob Enderle principal analyst with the Enderle Group
Microsoft efforts are so sweeping that painting its strategy as a simple matchup with Google is a narrow narrow way of looking at it said Jim Desler a Microsoft spokesman...
Corning Leader news
Microsoft efforts are so sweeping that painting its strategy as a simple matchup with Google is a narrow narrow way of looking at it said Jim Desler a Microsoft spokesman
Microsoft has conceded its own missteps in search most notably the decision to rely on an outside company to provide consumer search functions for Building its own may have given it a better competitive edge
About 42 percent of Web users went to Googles search engine in March compared with 31 percent for Yahoo and 29 percent for according to Nielsen47Net Ratings...
Microsoft Turning Attention to Research news
When it comes to the latest technology craze Microsoft Corp isnt known for being first or best Its known for being biggest The software behemoth has used its strength money and reach to go from underdog to top dog on everything from Internet browsers to digital content players
Now its attention turns to the growing field of search with a broadbased push that extends from its dominant Windows operating system to its online division
Google Inc currently dominates Internet search something analysts say could pose problems for Microsoft and not only because Google takes away advertising dollars...
Linux News: Personal Tech: Searching Data: Browsers, Toolbars and the Desktop news
There is little valueadded service derived from desktop searching Leslie Grandy vice president of product management for InfoSpaces Search amp Directory division told TechNewsWorld It remains a challenge figuring out how to drive a business model
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