Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Invasion of the Googlebug
As reports sweep in from across the world wide web, bigmouthmedia takes a look at the new Mozilla Googlebot
eBay backs up community values with cash
Online reseller eBay buys a 10% stake in Meetup.com and suddenly there's 2.0 in the air
[Businessweek]
Mozilla's Google millions - a tax dodge?
The Mozilla Foundation's commercial wing, Mozilla Corp., is awash with cash, its accounts reveal. It's just that in the spirit of openness and full disclosure - it er, ... doesn't like to talk about it.
[El Reg]
Reputation is everything for search engine leader
Google Base gets a 'seller reputation' for users but critics have to ask questions of Google's future.
Google Desktop 3 out of beta
Google's new Desktop application is now out of Beta testing, and incorporates a new 'quick search' tool which sits on the desktop and comes live when you hit CTRL twice.
[Google Desktop Blog]
Google wins Usenet copyright case
Google has won a legal action brought over a Usenet posting that the search giant archived and partially displayed in search results.
[Vulture Central]
Europe seeks to find its way as taxes pay for maps but not directions
We might be paying for cartographers to map the world, but our governments aren't quite so happy to share the information. Step forward Google Maps.
[Guardian]
Microsoft to net online sharks with 'phishing' lawsuits
Over 100 lawsuits are planned in a major move by Microsoft to combat the growing problem of identity theft by 'phishing'.
[ZDNet]
Alexa knows where you live
Alexa offers new 'other sites owned' feature in its traffic rankings section. While still buggy, it could be a great new tool for competitor evaluation.
[Alexa]
Phone a friend or just log on and ask the world. It's your call
Lycos unveils the beta of its - remarkably similar to Google Answers - 'human search' project, IQ, and we ask the ultimate question: have you got what it takes to be a search engine?
