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October 2, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 2, 2006: Halloween Costume Search Engine; Yahoo Hack Day Gets Buzz; Google Buys Birthplace Garage & More!

Yahoo's coming to HP computers; Yahoo's open hack day gets tons of attendees and buzz; that amazingly long court ruling posted on Google Belgium might unbelievably not have been visible enough for the plaintiff in the case; Google gets more Flickr like; a costume search engine for Halloween; Google buys its birthplace garage and more!

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October 3, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 3, 2006: Google Launches SearchMash; Amazon Shutters Many A9 Features; Doing Digg & More!

SearchMash Home Page

Google launches new SearchMash test site and purposely leaves off Google branding; Amazon's A9 pulls back from search; all your stores belong to Google Base Store Connector; gaming Digg and getting traffic from it; Matt Cutts on PageRank questions and more!

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October 4, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 4, 2006: Put Google Gadgets Anywhere; Google's Schmidt Warns Politicos About Web Lie Detector; Yahoo's Mobile Ads; Make Your Own Googlesque Logo & More!

Customized Google Logo

Google Gadgets are now available for your web site, along with a search box requiring no clickthrough; Google's Eric Schmidt warns politicians about the internet as lie detector; could the new Google Literacy Project be doing more that pushing Google products?; Yahoo's getting mobile ads; put your own name on Google's home page with new logo generator and more!

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October 5, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 5, 2006: Google Code Search Launches; Natural Language Search Not Next Leap Forward & More!

Google Code Search Logo

Google's new Code Search service allows programmers to find computer code. Google Groups gets new features. Natural language search as the next leap forward? Rant say no. Ask gets some attention and more!

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October 9, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 9, 2006: Google Buying YouTube?; Google Easing Off On Product Releases; Google Blog Hacked; Google News Nudity & More!

Google News - Porn Edition

Rumors say Google's looking at buying YouTube, just the latest in a ton of video search news; Microsoft cuts a mobile search ads deal with Ingenio; Google slows the product train to focus on improving existing products; Google's official blog gets hacked; a nude woman appears in Google News and more!

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October 10, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 10, 2006: Google To Buy YouTube; Farmers Using Google Earth; Instant Answers On Ask & More!

GooTube LogoWhat's with the two logos? I couldn't decide which I liked better to describe Google buying YouTube! That's covered on today's show, along with using Google Earth to support farmers' rights, Yahoo's Time Capsule project, "forgotten" Google pages and more!

Google New Logo For YouTube :)

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October 11, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 11, 2006: Digesting GooTube; Wither Yahoo?; "Free Stuff" Ads On Google Under Attack; Google's Master Plan Erased & More!

Google Master Plan

Will the Google purchase of YouTube make Google partner MySpace upset? Is Yahoo unable to complete? Is Google allowing misleading ads about "free" products on its service? Who erased Google's master plan, and what will they do now? Praise from Matt Cutts and Robert Scoble for the Daily SearchCast on the same dayand more!

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October 12, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 12, 2006: Ask.com Gets Mobile Search; Google To Certify Teachers; Microsoft Warns Content Owners About Google & More!

Ask.com Mobile Home Page

Ask.com rolls out a new site for your mobile phone; Microsoft tells you how to roll your own search engine; bugs stop Yahoo ads from being changed; where's Google Blogspot gone?; Google's teacher certification program; Microsoft swipes at Google the content value robber and more!

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October 16, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 16, 2006: Google Is Everywhere; Dogpile Gets Top Search Satisfaction Score; YouTube To Face Time Warner Wrath? & More!

Stephen Colbert Demands His Share Of YouTube Cash

The New York Times looks at Google seemingly everywhere and unstoppable; Dogpile and Ask get top search satisfaction scores; Time Warner to go after YouTube?; being stuck in the Google ranking doldrums of minus 30; Yahoo's push with TV commercials and more!

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October 17, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 17, 2006: Belgium Papers Target Microsoft; Windows Live's New linkfromdomain Command; Googleplex Going Solar & More!

Stephen Colbert Demands His Share Of YouTube Cash

Belgium newspapers go after Microsoft in the latest indexing dispute; Yahoo snaps up two ad companies; Windows Live gains a new backlink command; Google's going gaga for solar panels at the Googleplex and more!

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October 18, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 18, 2006: Yahoo's Panama Ad Platform Live; Google To Own 25% Of Online Ad Spend; Cool Webmaster Tools From Google & More!

Close Up Of Yahoo's Panama Pricing Feature

At last, Yahoo's new ad platform "Panama" goes live for advertisers, invite-only to begin and mandatory switchover after the new year. Yahoo's earnings are in, and investors (as well as CEO Terry Semel) aren't pleased. Where's the money gone? Perhaps to Google, on target to capture 25 percent of all online ad spend this year. Plus, Google releases new tools for site owners and much more!

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October 19, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 19, 2006: The Search Fight Within Internet Explorer 7; UPI Selling Links; Google's New Conversion Testing Tool & More!

Internet Explorer 7 Logo

Internet Explorer 7 is now out, and the show spends time talking about the fight to be the default search provider within it; United Press International is merrily selling links for those looking for more PageRank; Google's got a free new tool that lets you test how well page changes work to convert and much more!

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October 23, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 23, 2006: Google 3rd Quarter Earnings Report; YouTube Deletes 30,000 Files; Google's NetPac, SpacShipOne & More!

Google 3rd Quarter Earnings Report is now out, and the show kicks off talking about reaction on the street; YouTube deletes 30,000 files after Japanese media companies complain about copyright; Google's got a spaceship, SpaceShipOne to be exact in building 43 at the GooglePlex and much more!

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October 24, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 24, 2006: Jason Calacanis Keynoting SES Chicago; Danny Renewing With Incisive On SES; Google Customized Site Search & More!

Netscape's Jason Calacanis keynoting SES Chicago, and the show kicks off talking about Danny renewing With Incisive on SES through 2007; Litigation, Google And Copyright; Google's got a spaceship, Google Offers customized site search with a social twist and much more!

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October 25, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 25, 2006: New Toolbar And Bookmarks From Yahoo; Yahoo Adds NOODP Support & Weather Report; Google Maps Adding "More Info" Link & More!

Daily SearchCast, October 25, 2006: New Toolbar And Bookmarks From Yahoo; Yahoo Adds NOODP Support & Weather Report; Google Maps Adding "More Info" Link & More!

New Toolbar and Bookmarks from Yahoo, and the show spends time talking about Yahoo Adds NOODP Support & Weather Report Update; Google Maps Adding "More Info" Link & Expand/Collapse Result; Face Found On Google Maps and much more!

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October 26, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 26, 2006: Google 3rd Most Valuable Technology Company; Charting Google's Growth By Employees; Yahoo To Add No Yahoo Directory Tag & More!

Google 3rd Most Valuable Technology Company, and the show spends time talking about Google's Valuation; Charting Google's Growth By Employees; Yahoo To Add No Yahoo Directory Tag and much more!

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October 30, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 30, 2006: Page or Brin Purchase NY City Apartment For $30 Million?; Google Testing Newspaper Print Ads Again; Mazda 'Craves' Clicks From Honda & More!

Page or Brin Purchase NY City Apartment For $30 Million?, and the show spends time talking about Google Testing Newspaper Print Ads Again Plus They May Try Audio For AdSense; Mazda 'Craves' Clicks From Honda; Buying Keywords As Trademark Use and much more!

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October 31, 2006

Daily SearchCast, October 31, 2006: Page or Brin Purchase NY City Apartment For $30 Million; Google Testing Newspaper Print Ads Again; Buying Keywords As Trademark Use & More!

Page or Brin Purchase NY City Apartment For $30 Million?, and the show spends time talking about Google Testing Newspaper Print Ads Again Plus They May Try Audio For AdSense; Mazda 'Craves' Clicks From Honda; Buying Keywords As Trademark Use and much more!

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