Yahoo Lands Prime Space on HP PCs 
Yahoo scored another victory in its battle with Google Thursday when Hewlett-Packard said it would pre-install the Web portal’s search engine tools on its desktop and notebook computers. The deal gives Yahoo access to prime real estate inside the machines from the world’s No. 2 PC maker by volume.

Yahoo and Microsoft Announce IM Interoperability
Portal IT, Romania - 3 hours ago… Meanwhile, Google seeks to counter this move with making its Google Talk instant messaging service free for all. Previously, the search engine had restricted …

TrendOne Ltd. and Zunch Communications, Inc. Form Joint Venture 
Leading Interactive agency Zunch Communications will offer its Search Engine Marketing solutions to Europe in partnership with Web marketing specialist TrendOne Ltd. (PRWEB Sep 19, 2006)

The Web 2.0 Transformation
TechNewsWorld - You want a search engine that can be tuned to meet your unique business objectives. Read the white paper from Ultraseek . Find out Zillow.com is a Web site that combines real estate market data with Google mapping to produce an aerial photo of a

SEM Services: Trends And Predictions
WebProNews, KY - Sep 7, 2006… no subsequent increase in business generated from the website. … In general, where Google goes, other engines will … services will continue to optimize for Google …

Microsoft Launches Cross-Platform Advertising Option
E-Commerce Times - In recent months, it has launched AdCenter, its answer to Google’s hugely popular self-service keyword advertising platform, and revamped its search engine under the name “Live Search.” In terms of Web search alone, Microsoft is a distant third behind

Liberal Forum Launches Groundbreaking New SEO Contest with Political
PRWeb - Steven Rangel’s Liberal Forum announces the launching of a groundbreaking new Search Engine Optimization (SEO) contest with a political Contest competition that invites webmasters, SEO experts and bloggers to compete for a top position in Google

Questions to Ask Your Potential Search Engine Optimization Company
ISEDB - If that site gets penalized, your site may get penalized in turn. (Google refers to this type of linking relationship as a “bad neighborhood.”) A good search engine optimization company will concentrate instead on garnering quality inbound-only links

Google Inc. to stop publishing content from Belgian newspapers 
A Belgian court has ordered Google Inc. to stop publishing content from Belgian newspapers without permission or payment of fees. Google spokeswoman Rachel Whetstone said the news service is “entirely consistent” with copyright law and benefits news organizations by referring traffic to their sites. She added that the Belgian newspapers did not need to take the case to court because Google lets

CSI: Spinach - How federal investigators tracked a lethal leafy green
Philadelphia Enquirer - Plantenga, a 30-year-old researcher who had previously tracked contaminated almonds, then punched “spinach and E. coli” into the Google search engine. Bingo. She found a 2003 case in which 13 residents of Sequoias Retirement Village in California’s