Search News Desk

For a while there it looked like there was something Google couldn't find, namely its own three-foot pet python Kaiser, which it managed lose somewhere in its 300,000-square-foot New York City offices. The maintenance staff finally found the little guy safe and sound and he was sent home with his pet engineer. The mice and rats of New York can breath a sigh of relief. Google Carries Coal to Newcastle There is now a free beta Google Desktop available for the Mac that basically does what Apple's Spotlight already does and that's to index the user's drive and make it searchable. One thing it does that Spotlight doesn't is search your Gmail account if you have one. Sun Quarter Believed Weak Sun's recent flirtation with profitability may be short-lived. Sanford Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi downgraded the company Monday saying, "Our channel checks suggest that Sun's thi... (more)

Yahoo! Hits the Wall; 1000 Jobs To Go!

Weaker-than-expected ad spending in the financial, travel and retail areas led to a 23% decline in fourth-quarter net income for Yahoo! to $205.7 million, or 15 cents a share, from $268.7 million, or 19 cents, a year earlier, the company said yesterday. It announced its first layoffs since 2001: 7% of its workforce will need to go! By restructuring in this way, the company hopes - according to chairman Jerry Wang - to return to growth in 2009. Yang said in a conference call. "This is a pivotal time for Yahoo's business and we have a unique window of opportunity right now to make t... (more)

Katrina Is "Most-Searched News Event" Since 9/11, Says Lycos

Lycos yesterday announced details from The Lycos 50, the 50 most popular Internet search results for the week ending Sept. 3, 2005. 'Hurricane Katrina' is the most-searched news event since September 11 attacks. No other hurricane, says Lycos, with the exception of Hurricane Floyd, which hit number one in Sept. 1999, has generated the amount of search activity that Katrina currently sees. The Lycos 50 Top 10 Search Terms for the Week Ending Sept. 3, 2005: 1) Hurricane Katrina 2) Poker  3) Labor Day 4) Britney Spears 5) Pamela Anderson  6) NFL 7) New Orleans  8) Paris Hilton 9) Neope... (more)

Thetus Delivers Integrated Knowledge Visualization

Thetus Corporation, a developer of knowledge discovery software, has announced a collaborative integration with Spotfire, a leading provider of interactive visual analytics solutions, that will enable joint customers to dramatically improve their ability to discover and exploit actionable knowledge from non-text data collected from satellites, sensors, and other devices. The integrated solution will combine Thetus Publisher's metadata management and semantic search engine functionality with the interactive visual analysis features of Spotfire DecisionSite. Thetus and Spotfire cus... (more)

Search Engine Optimization Firm Increases Depth Company-Wide

Oneupweb, a provider of search engine optimization (SEO) and marketing (SEM) solutions, has announced growth across many departments. Accordingly, Oneupweb plans to add square footage to its new headquarters. “The search marketing industry is growing rapidly, but we’re growing even faster,” says Lisa Wehr, Oneupweb CEO. “We have more business from our current clients. They are referring us to other companies. And we’re getting more new clients from our reputation for integrity and best practices.” “As a result,” Wehr adds, “we&r... (more)