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Microsoft Live Search Plans Leaked by Employee

Just ahead of the big event scheduled to take place next week in Silicon Valley, Microsoft landed up in a big problem.

Google Looks For URL Suggestions In Search Result!

In a recent thread at WebmasterWorld, some members have reported that Google is asking searchers to suggest some URLs for specific searches. "Help improve search for everyone" is how Google is asking for suggestions. Google asks the users to Click a link to submit a link. The link open a form where you need to login.

Google Testing Search Result Categories

Google appears to be testing categories in its search results, according to reports in a webmaster forum, dividing results under headings like "comparison shopping" and "reviews."

Google Disables Supplemental Results Command

Evidence is mounting that Google is disabling or has disabled the query command that allows webmasters to show pages included in the supplemental results.

Google To Ban Ephedra Ads

Google’s crackin’ down - some AdWords users have received an email stating that the company will soon forbid any advertisements related to the drug ephedra.

PPC Traffic; International YouTube; Safer Results

SERoundtable looks at a WebmasterWorld thread to find out What Type of Traffic Can You Expect from Yahoo Ads Compared to Google Ads.

Google: From Direct Marketing to Branded Ads

Ad Relevancy & Quality Scores Google has again and again touted the value of their targeted marketing, but most of the fortune 500 ad dollars are not spent on targeted marketing. A couple weeks ago in a WebmasterWorld thread many advertisers complained about getting killed by another quality score update.

Is Google Replacing Affiliates With Big Brand Spenders?

Google's search for utmost relevancy is hitting affiliate marketers hard, who are noticing their best converters diminishing as keyword prices raise. Relevancy has been the company's buzzword, but critics say it's more about the Almighty Coin (pr. Kwan).

eBay Live, Paid Search

Steve Lobo, Senior Manager Search Marketing at eBay gave an informative talk on paid search at the eBay Live conference in Boston.

Yahoo Slurps Somewhere Else

The migration of the Slurp is complete, says Yahoo. Over the past few weeks, the search engine has been transitioning its crawler, dubbed (disgustingly) "Slurp," to a new address at crawl.yahoo.net. Adjust your server logs as necessary and join the curmudgeons who are unimpressed.