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"Yahoo and Google aren’t holding anything back in their effort to win our hearts minds in the search marketing war. Or rather, Yahoo’s surrender in that war..." - Opinion piece on Techcrunch. read more »
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Google launches Project 10 to the 100th: a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible. Any ideas from the search community? read more »
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Google celebrates their 10 year anniversary and man claiming to be the “third” founder of Google has come out to stake his claim. Is this for real? read more »
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Interesting opinion piece on ReadWriteWeb about Google possibly spreading itself too thin - "Has Boredom Become an Issue Inside the Googleplex?". read more »
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What's the verdict on Cuil (pronounced cool) taking on Google - Mike Moran at Search Engine Guide weighs in... read more »
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Yahoo issues a letter defending their search deal with Google: "If they [Microsoft] want Yahoo’s search milk, they’re going to have to buy the cow." read more »
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Interesting editorial by Kevin Ryan at SEW: "Yahoo wants to be in bed with Google. Google wants to own the bed, the house, and the landing strip in the back yard." read more »
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Patrick Pichette, a Bell Canada executive, will be the new CFO at Google as of August 1st, replacing the role left by George Reyes' departure. At least they didn't hire an exec from Bell's customer service operations. read more »
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Techcrunch compiled a list of former Yahoo executives and where they are now. Seems like a steady flow of key people quietly shuffling out... read more »
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Article discussing 11 search trends that may disrupt Google - "It is possible that Google will not be beaten by one big competitor. It is possible that they will be pecked at by thousands of tiny start-ups using a new outsourced infrastructure." read more »
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Article discussing Google's domination in search.
Good point by Chris Sherman: "The opportunity lies in disruptive technologies that Google probably won't develop because it's perceived as too risky." read more »
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Looks like Yahoo is testing a few new logos. With the new ad deal with Google, perhaps they should test a "blue, red, yellow, blue, green, red" version rather than purple. read more »
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Good overview of the Google AdWords Ad Preview Tool...

"Don’t get hung up trying to determine the universal “true” SERP for a given search phrase. It doesn’t exist." read more »
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