Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
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)
Google exposes web surveillance cams
It has been discovered that a pair of simple Google searches permits access to well over 1,000 unprotected surveillance cameras around the world - apparently without their owners' knowledge. [The Register]
New Search Engine Takes Off
Gigablast is the latest entrant in the elite world of Web search engines. The company is setting itself apart with highly customizable search features and now indexes over 1 billion Web pages [Sys-Con]
Yahoo latest in desktop search play
Yahoo followed competitors Google, MSN, Ask Jeeves and HotBot in releasing free consumer software that lets users do keyword searches among multiple file types on their hard drives [InternetNews]
SEC probes Mamma.com over Kott
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is probing possible links between Montreal-based Internet company Mamma.com Inc. and Irving Kott, a legendary Canadian stock promoter with a long history of run-ins with the law.
[Globe and Mail]
Apple's Spotlight aims to put Google in the shade
In a bid to catch up with desktop search applications from MSN and Google, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has highlighted the firm's forthcoming search technology, dubbed Spotlight. [vnunet.com]
An open source Google - without the ads
In the hope of returning the web to its non-commercial roots, a Google watcher has released the source code to a Google scraper. Using this proxy, both Google's text ads and the notorious "2038" cookie can be bypassed - but is it legal?[The Register]
MSN experiments with RSS search results
Microsoft, who will be ramping beta search engine testing, has been found testing RSS search results. The discovery was made by bloggers and Microsoft has said they will keep the alpha stage search engine experiment live as long as no one abuses it.
Yahoo! search and MSN search close with Google
The Yahoo! and MSN search engines are closing the gap with Google by improving the search experience for consumers and that will lead to increased usage for those sites, according to a new study. [TMCNet]
Gmail flaw opens up access to emails
Improperly formatted addresses within Gmail have been found to allow access to emails sent by other users. [ZDnet]
