Google Search Engine Optimisation News Archive

Previously run news articles


February 18, 2004 Google expands its search empire The net's biggest search engine Google has just got that little bit bigger.
February 13, 2004 Google Updates Index Google will update its index over the Valentine weekend. GoogleGuy stated that is was more of a change to the algorithm than an update of the data although WebmasterWorld have named the update Brandy. Updates will be placed on the Rank-Outsider News Blog
January 6, 2004 Google hire Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs? In preparation of Googles initial public offering they have hired Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. The sale of Google is expected to raise over 4 billion dollars.
December 21, 2003 Winter Trial 2003 Blog The Winter Trial 2004 is nearly underway. Once again txtsolutions will sponsor this site allowing us to post to our blog throughout the rally using sms messaging to bring those interested the most up to date results.
December 19, 2003 Is Google good for you? Technology analyst Bill Thompson wonders why he cannot stay away from Google, even though he has his doubts about it.
December 2, 2003 Update Florida, Googles November Update. Has Google added filters which come into play for high value commercial phrases thus encouraging the take up of Adwords.
November 3, 2003 Microsoft to buy Google? Joking aside? The end of last week, like the week before, was dominated by Google-related news. Only this time instead of the talk being about a mega-IPO re-igniting the tech market it was all about Microsoft approaching the leader in search.
October 24, 2003 Google to Sell Shares Google goes for gold in £9bn float. Google is planning a £9bn float in March next year in a move that will spark a scramble for shares among the public not seen since the dotcom crash in 2000.
October 8, 2003 AOL renews with Google AOL has renewed its agreement with Google for search results in a new multiyear deal. Terms of the deal and its exact length haven't been disclosed.
October 8, 2003 blog.txtsolutins.com have officially launched a product for bloggers allowing them to update their blogs using SMS or MMS from a mobile phone just about anywhere. Find more detail in this article by rank-outsider which describes the new moblogging update service.
September 23, 2003 Google & Alta Vista Test Local Search Search engines are now testing technologies that let you narrow your search to one local geographical area.
September 11, 2003 Mobile Phone Games My-Moby-Games has launched its new mobile phone games portal. They provide mobile phone and java games, polyphonic ringtones, animated graphics and logos.
September 8, 2003 Its High Five for Google Search engine Google turns five this week and is celebrating by riding high on a wave of worldwide popularity and financial success.
August 22, 2003 Microsoft to take on Google Microsoft is "investing heavily" in web search as an important and potentially lucrative market, Christopher Payne, the company's executive in charge of search, said on Thursday.
August 20, 2003 Yahoo! ready to ditch Google. Internet portal giant Yahoo! today gave one of its strongest indications yet that it will soon end its reliance on web search technology provider Google.
August 13, 2003 Google follows in the footsteps of AlltheWeb and turns its search form into a calculator. Earlier this year AlltheWeb added the option of using the search engine search form as a calculator to its many features. Someone in Google took notice, because now you may also use Google for doing your math.
August 12, 2003 Overture to Open Sydney Office Commercial search engine giant Overture has announced plans to expand their Asia Pacific network with the opening of an office in Sydney by the end of the year.
August 11, 2003 txtsolutions.com allows bloggers on the move to easily update their blogs.
August 11, 2003 Searching for the personal touch A stealth start-up out of Stanford University is hoping to raise the heat on one of the toughest problems in Web search and possibly out-Google Google in the process.
August 11, 2003 More new search engine development Just as we thought the world risked ending up with two major search engines, Google and the forthcoming Yahoo!/Inktomi/AltaVista/AlltheWeb search engine, the Web seems full of new search engine projects.
August 4, 2003 Google Targeted by Search Engine Rivals. In five mind-blowing years, Google has blossomed from a nerdy college experiment to a mainstream sensation so ubiquitous that its goofy name is now synonymous with looking things up.
August 3, 2003 HotBot Renames Search Engine References HotBot has clearly decided that “Inktomi”, “AlltheWeb” and “Teoma” are unknown entities to the average searcher, and replaced the names with the names of the search sites that are normally associated with these search engines: Lycos (AlltheWeb) and Ask Jeeves (Teoma).
August 3, 2003 The New WobBot Search Engine. There is a new search engine in town. The child's name is wotbot and the search engine is currently in alpha testing mode.
July 29, 2003 TxtSolutions.com Launches It's New Services. TxtSolutions.Com launches its new SMS based services. They include sending SMS messages from your browser-based Message Centre workspace to a recipients' phone as well as receiving their responses. Create and run your own SMS polls, quizzes and competitions with no technical support requirements. No account creation, service charges or minimum purchase - you only pay for the sms messages you use.
July 29, 2003 Overture Wins Strategic Net Publishing Deal. Overture has signed a deal with Internet publishers Knight Ridder Digital for the exclusive provision of both algorithmic and paid search listings on Knight Ridder Digital's network of media sites, including the San Jose Mercury News and the Miami Herald.
July 27, 2003 TxtSolutions.Com text reminder services are lanched to help companies with client appointment systems (Doctors, Dentists, Hairdressers etc) to avoid missed bookings.
July 25, 2003 TxtSolutions.Com launches its new messaging services for the sports industry.
July 23, 2003 Google Launches Advanced News Search. Google has launched an Advanced News Search service, a comprehensive new search feature that enables users to more accurately pinpoint their news searches to better find the information they need.
July 15, 2003 Yahoo Confirms Overture Buyout Rumor. Search giant Yahoo! today confirmed recent rumors of a take-over bid for pay-per-click search engine Overture, announcing the company would acquire Overture for USD 1.63 billion in cash and shares.
July 9, 2003 Microsoft brains go head-to-head with Google. Microsoft has hired top scientists in a quest for search algorithms that will allow it to compete directly with Google.
June 18, 2003 The Google Dance for June is Underway - Update Esmeralda. Google is currently going through its first dance since update Dominic which introduced a new version of its algorithm.
June 16, 2003 BT folds Openworld into Yahoo! venture BT is abandoning attempts to lure high-speed internet customers with its own content and services and is merging its much-criticised Openworld service into a new venture with Yahoo!.
June 9, 2003 Google muscles into news searching Google has launched its news search facility after months of testing. Officially still in beta mode, the purply-brown liveried Google News has a button on the launch page, which means gazillions will access the service.
June 6, 2003 ODP - Open Directory introduces abuse reporting system. But is it enough for ODP to regain credibility.
June 5, 2003 Google Implements New Dance Strategy, But The Update Format is Still Not Clear Update Dominic as its being called within one of the Webmaster forums is seeing the Google Dance being performed in a completely different way this time.
June 2, 2003 SearchKing vs Google Lawsuit Dismissed An Oklahoma court has granted Google's Motion to Dismiss the case brought against them by disgruntled owner of SearchKing, Bob Massa.
May 21, 2003 Nothing Sticking? Don't Stop Throwing it Against the Wall If over 50% of the market knows that Google is a good place to look, but you can't be found on Google, then there must be something seriously wrong with your marketing strategy.
May 18, 2003 Search Engine Secrets Revealed If you want to find what you are looking for on the web, use a single search engine and get to know its quirks.
May 16, 2003 AskJeeves UK Selects Google as Sponsored Links Provider Ask Jeeves UK, today announced it has selected Google as the exclusive third party provider of its sponsored links on Ask.co.uk.
May 13, 2003 Search engine ratings: Google 55.2 percent global usage share according to OneStat.com. Google is the most popular search engine on the web. Google's global usage share has increased 0.5 percent.
May 13, 2003 Overture Cuts 100 Jobs at Altavista Paid search firm Overture Services, Inc. said last week at its 2003 meeting with financial analysts that it would eliminate 100 jobs as a result of its acquisition of AltaVista.
May 9, 2003 Google To Fix Blog Noise Problem. Google is to create a search tool specifically for weblogs, most likely giving material generated by the self-publishing tools its own tab.
May 7, 2003 Google Dance Begins, But This Is No Ordinary Update. Google has started its almost monthly update, but this time something has radically changed.
May 1, 2003 Jeeves Solutions recognised in Garners Visionary Quadrant among 2003 search engine vendors.
April 27, 2003 Is Google's ASI Deal a Threat to Overture. Article by Chris Sherman.
April 25, 2003 B2C Goes From Rags to Riches. The e-commerce sector, once the face of the protracted dot-com slump, has emerged as a rare bright spot on the Internet with research firms predicting a banner year in 2003. Article by Ryan Naraine.
April 22, 2003 Ask Jeeves Reports First Quarter 2003 Results. Ask Jeeves posts first quarter revenues of $25.2 million, a 57% year over year increase.
April 21, 2003 Overture Completes Acquisition of Web Search Unit of Fast Search & Transfer. Overture, a global leader in commercial search services on the Internet, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Web search unit of Fast Search & Transfer.
April 20, 2003 Ask Jeeves Serves Up New Features. Ask Jeeves introduced several new features today including a streamlined interface, image search, and what the company is calling “smart search” tools and features.
April 15, 2003 Link Popularity and the Myth of the Guestbook Link. Link popularity is crucial for your pages to rank well in search engines, but the value of guestbook links is questionable, at best, and potentially lethal, at worst. Written by Eric Ward.
April 15, 2003 Search Engine Robots - How They Work, What They Do. Automated search engine robots, sometimes called spiders or crawlers, are the seekers of web pages. Written by Daria Goetsch.
April 14, 2003 Yahoo! UK & Ireland widens UK sales net. Yahoo! announces an agreement with Manchester and Scotland based sales house Media-Link.
April 7, 2003 Yahoo alights on new search site. Yahoo! on Monday will phase in a new search site.
April 1, 2003 Scandinavian portal company chooses Google instead of Fast. Eniro Press Release
March 27, 2003 Google tests distributed computing. Google this week introduced Google Compute, a new feature of its toolbar that lets Microsoft Windows users donate their otherwise unused processing power to help solve scientific problems. Article by Stefanie Olsen ZDNet

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