The Best Search Engine Marketing Vendor in the World is...

apparently, Oneupweb.com. The site looks decent and it seems like they have a lot of free resources. Still, best in the world?

Google Services

I found a site that summarize services that Google has offered. We learned most of it in class already. It includes: Google Answer, Froggle, Google Groups, Google Image Search, Google News, etc. For complete listing of Google services, click here

From Olga-

One of the sites that my family uses very often is cheaptickets.com. I highly recommend for students to use it and check it; they really have a great deals and tickets.

Another website, extremely helpful, that has had a great impact on my life, Mapquest.com. Websites address is http://www.mapquest.com. It provides maps, directions, even yellow pages.

Doodles on Google

Google is the only search engine that I know off who dresses up their logos for festive occasions, and it all started with the Burning Man Festival. You can read this article for more information on how this tradition came about and view some of the different logos that they've had.

Anti-Gmail Bill

I found some other interesting article so I think I will post again. It is about Anti-Gmail Bill passed by the CA senate that limits Google on scanning their user's email. This is related to my final paper topic on privacy. So here is the link

Google API Website

I found a list of website that is created with Google API, some of them are very entertaining. Please take a loot at it here

Are You Feeling Lucky!

What happens when you type in weapons of mass destruction into Google's search box and then click on I'm feeling Lucky. Well, READ what it has to say! It's Quite Entertaining :)

Google's online photo publisher

If you look on Google's home page, a new feature has been installed which you can download for free. It's Google's Picasa Software. So if you have a digital camera, get CLICKING! Read more about this in the New York Times.

FROM LISA FORD- I have enjoyed taking the Search and The World Wide Web. It has been crazy because my blogger has been bogged down! It wouldn't let me blog! Then the stars and moon lined up and I am in! It has been interesting taking a business class that has been focused on teaching the classmates about terminology for the web.Not having to do the same old thing...RESEARCH!! I have learned about the supply and the demand of cyberspace, about google drills, the invisible web, search and mobile enviroments, and how to imagine what our search engines may look like for the future. As an IAS student I was a little bit scared of taking a web based class. But, Sandeep has made the class room enivorment warm, fun, collaborative, about team work, and my stress and learning has been enjoyable.(and no he didn't pay me to say this!) As a result, I have created a website (thanks Khambee for your help) and I am now doing a blog! For me as a non-business student, this is a major accomplishment! So for anyone wanting to learn more about innovative search engines and the terminology that encapsulates the world weide web, then this is the course to be in! MY HATS OFF TO SEARCH AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB!!

Want GMail? Check your blogger dashboard.

I know many of you are really interested in GMail. Unfortunately, I am out of invites. If you want to get a GMail account, monitor your blogger dashboard. Google is letting in active Blogger users. You may see a link inviting you to open a GMail account on your Blogger dashboard. Use it.

Matthew's page shows up for "Google Course".

Matthew's page ranks higher than my page for a Google search on Google Course.

The Wisdom of Crowds.

This is the web site for the book- "Wisdom of Crowds". I recommend it.

The New Yorker on Google Bombs!

I told you we were working on cutting-edge stuff. :-)

Class web site updated.

Take a look.

Invest in Google !

I was browsing the Newsweek Magazine this week and found an article that has made me want to start investing in search engines...and in one in particular (take a guess). It talked about Google's potential IPO (Initial Public Offerings) and that investing in Google could give you a 450% turnover overnight…if you're lucky enough to be a shareholder! There's another interesting article on CNN where it compares the stocks of other search engines like Yahoo and Ask Jeeves to Google. You can also take an IPO Google Quiz.

Google culture.

Excerpt from an interesting article- The creative culture at Google exhibits all of the hallmarks of a "Great Group"— playfulness, obsessiveness and a sense of mission. But the upcoming IPO will shake up the organization. Can Google retain what made it great in the first place?

A great set of articles about search engines.

Visit ClickZ's articles.

Thumbshots ranking

Google vs. Yahoo vs. Wisenut vs. Alltheweb vs. msn vs. teoma rankings- a visual display.

Our library has a search engine page.

Here it is.