Industry News

File-sorting software coming of age
The holidays are done at last - time to get back to normal. Well, perhaps not entirely normal... Our computers, after all, are usually in a state of chaos, cluttered with once-cherished files that we can't even find anymore. [Boston.com]

ACS takes legal action against Google
The American Chemical Society contend that Google's use of the trademark "Scholar" for its Google Scholar literature-search engine constitutes trademark infringement and unfair competition. [ACS]

Web logs aid disaster recovery
Some of the most vivid descriptions of the devastation in southern Asia are on the internet - in the form of web logs or blogs. [BBC]

Google, Yahoo Ride Upgrades Higher
Both Google and Yahoo started 2005 in the green say Goldman Sachs, the two companies benefiting from strong online advertising spending trends. [InternetNews]

Which search engines do search engine employees use?
Company loyalty takes a hit - or so suggests new research on actual search engine usage by their own employees. [Blog News Channel]

Pricegrabber unveils travel search engine
Pricegrabber.com, one of the leading US price comparison shopping sites, has unveiled a travel search engine - a move that could send more tremors into an industry already in flux. (Financial Times)

Six Apart buys LiveJournal
The rumours are true. Movable Type owners, Six Apart, are buying the hugely popular LiveJournal blogging site.

Search engines look at the big picture

Searching the internet for images or videos often leads to deceitful advertisers or unsuitable content. Researchers are developing technologies that can "see" inside images. (Wired.com)

Story search reveals Google glitch
When Kraft Foods Inc. learned that its company name and Web address appeared as a sponsored link after a search on a pro-white Web site, company officials said they were appalled. [Zwire]

Google's new ad policy to affect affiliate marketers
Google is making changes to its AdWords program that will limit the number of sponsored links on results pages that point to the same URL, a move which have the most significant impact on online merchants and their affiliates. (ClickZ)