Industry News

SingingFish pushes multimedia search
Singingfish will reach out to consumers for the first time when it launches a revamped multimedia search engine on its Web site with the intention of promoting it aggressively. [Digit]

Google opens Tokyo research centre
Search-engine provider Google has opened a research and development centre at its Tokyo offices this week. [ComputerWeekly]

Fanfare for new search launch
Former American president Bill Clinton typed the first words into a new enterprise search engine on Monday night in New York - but what those words were is left to the imagination. [ZDnet]

Online retailers see black, search marketers see red
Consumers may have been shopping in droves over Thanksgiving weekend, but search marketers were shopping less. [Media Daily News]

SearchTHIS: How Important is the Pole Position?
Somewhere between the time when paid search first got recognized as a marketing tool and, well, last week, advertisers asked in vain about the importance of being in the first position in search. [iMedia Connection]

Friendster and Eurekster launch personalized search
Friendster Search, powered by Eurekster, shows search results that have the added relevance of ranking based on preferences of Friendster members and their friends.

Microsoft blog service sparks censorship dodging
MSN Spaces, Microsoft's new blogging service, has sparked a new game -- trying to circumvent its censorship controls. [ZDNet AU]

Geico going to trial with Google
Geico's legal battle, to keep Google from letting rival insurers attach their ads onto Web searches for information about Geico, is due for trial next Monday in federal court, an attorney for the insurer said. [National Underwriter]

Yahoo joins desktop search party
Yahoo will launch a test version of its alternative to Google's desktop search early next year. [ZdNet]

FindWhat.com: A Year Later
FindWhat expects to earn between $0.60 and $0.63 a share this year. If you back out the amortization expenses of its acquisitions, those sums clock in a dime per share higher. [Motley Fool]