SEO News Archive

• Google opens site to register bidders
  July 31, 2004
  SAN FRANCISCO-- Google Inc.'s highly anticipated IPO took a major step toward reaching the stock market late Friday when the online search engine leader opened the Web site where prospective investors must register to bid for the company's shares.
• Rights group accuses Yahoo, Google of aiding Chinese Internet censorship
  Tue Jul 28, 5:55 PM ET
  BEIJING, (AFP) - An international press freedom group has lashed out at Yahoo and Google -- the two most popular Internet search engines -- for allegedly cooperating with the Chinese government to crackdown on web access.
• Overture Releases Search Optimizer
  Updated July 27, 2004
  Overture announced the launch of Search Optimizer, an enhanced campaign optimization product designed to help advertisers maximize the effectiveness of their Overture sponsored search campaigns.
• Google says MyDoom virus caused problems
  Monday, July 27, 2004 Posted: 1:11 PM EDT
  The No. 1 Internet search engine on Monday was unable to provide search results to a number of Web surfers, probably because of a variant of the MyDoom virus.
• N.Y. settles email spam lawsuit
  Updated July 24, 2004
  ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York authorities on Monday settled a lawsuit filed against a Colorado-based electronic mail marketer for allegedly sending unsolicited and deceptive "spam" messages on behalf of clients.
• New Technology Heralds Unlimited Web Sites - ICANN
  Updated July 24, 2004
  KUALA LUMPUR - ICANN, the U.S. body overseeing Web site allocations globally, has launched a new technology that will allow virtually unlimited Internet addresses, its chairman told Reuters on Tuesday.
• Picasa Link On Google Causes Traffic Increase Of 6000%
  2004-07-21
  Google's purchase of Picasa, a company that offers digital photography software, has caused a web traffic to the site to increase by a stunning 6000%. Shortly after the announcement of the purchase was made, Google began featuring a link that directed visitors to Picasa's download page.
• Ask Jeeves Sees 150 Percent Increase In Web Traffic
  With the rights of Interactive Search Holdings properties (Excite.com, iWon.com, myway.com, to name a few) well in hand, Ask.com has seen its overall web traffic increase by 150 percent.
• Google Toolbar Introduces Browse By Name
  Google has introduced a new feature for their popular toolbar. The upgrade, called Browse by Name, allows users to type a name into Internet Explorer's address bar and Google will go to the query's website, provided the site is a strong match.
• Yahoo: Ads, Premium Services Helped Double Earnings
  Yahoo doubled its earnings in the second quarter, continuing a string of record quarters but failing to wow Wall Street on Wednesday.
• Microsoft's new search engine technology
  Updated June 30, 2004 - The company's MSN division on Wednesday launched a technology preview of MSN Search with Web search results delivered from its own Web crawler and search algorithms. It is available as an alpha test from the MSN Sandbox Web site.