Search engine strategies conference coverage by seroundtable.com

Barry of seroundtable.com has an excellent coverage of the latest SES conference in chicago, It is very interesting to see the various discussions happening,

Please visit this site for more information on the various topics on this,

www.seroundtable.com

Speegle launched as first talking search engine

A SCOTTISH computer speech technology company has launched what it claims to be the world’s first talking search engine. CEC Systems, which operates from Edinburgh, has based its Speegle search engine on the look of Google and on its own PanaVox computer speech technology, which it launched last year. While the results of a search on Speegle are spoken with voice of an American girl, newsfeeds from the BBC, the New York Times, Reuters and MSN are heard in a Scottish accent.

More here – theherald.co.uk/business/27350.html

Netbooster, Absolute Référencement, CVFM, Ability Référencement 1ere Position Banned

Some Leading European search engine marketing and search engine optimization companies were banned by google, The main reason for their sites removal and their client sites removal seems to be the use of excessive doorway pages ( pages stuffed with keywords and redirects to the desired landing page ) and excessive keyword stuffing, Google always frowns on these type of tactics and not they removed the sites from google’s index,

Following companies were penalized Netbooster, Absolute Référencement, CVFM, Ability Référencement 1ere Position.

Source of news here ,

Ask Jeeves Launches Japanese-Language Search

Ask Jeeves has launched a beta version of a new Japanese-language search engine. Based on the Emeryville-Calif. search vendor’s Ask.com search portal, Ask.jp was developed by Ask Jeeves Japan Co. Ltd, a joint venture of Ask Jeeves and Japan-based transcosmos.

With the launch, Ask Jeeves joins Google and Yahoo as one of only three search portals in Japan that provide their own search technology.

Source: Yahoo News

Seekport european search engine takes on Google, Yahoo and other top search engine gaints

Google rules the world today but there is serious competition coming up for the search engine in European markets especially the non-English speaking ones. Not too happy with the US-centric search engines are the Germans and they are looking for alternatives that would be more relevant to them, says Ranjit Dhuru, chairman and CEO of Aftek Infosys. Source: financialexpress.com

AnooX — New Search Engine released, Anoox Not for Profit Search Engine

MSN New beta search engine review now closed,

Search engine startup gets funds

An Overland Park startup that is developing new technology to challenge search engine giants Google and Yahoo has lined up $3 million in financing from investors.

Kozoru Inc. is working to develop new search engine technology that would allow Internet searchers to ask a question in plain language and get an answer — rather than hundreds of Web sites — in return. Read more….

Google Search engine IPO – Auction to Open on Friday, August 13

Google IPO – Auction to Open on Friday, August 13, 2004Pricing of IPO Expected to be Announced During the Week of August 16, 2004

August 12, 2004

Please be advised that Google and its underwriters expect to open the auction for the shares of Google’s Class A common stock at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) on Friday, August 13, 2004. You must already have a bidder ID if you intend to submit a bid in the auction for Google’s Class A common stock.

Google and its underwriters expect to announce the initial public offering price for Google’s Class A common stock during the week of August 16, 2004.

To access a copy of the preliminary prospectus, please click here.

https://www.ipo.google.com/press-release-20040812-1.html