The public will get its first chance Monday to test a search engine from start-up Powerset that eschews conventional keyword technology and instead is designed to understand the meaning of Web pages.

Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia (RCOG) has hired TwentySix2 Marketing to provide search engine optimization and search engine marketing services. RCOG is an outpatient radiation therapy best known for pioneering the ProstRcision treatment for prostate cancer. RCOG has seven radiation therapy clinics...

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Google Reader is one of the most active projects at Google as far as adding new features and creating interfaces that work well on other devices. They even have Google Reader designed specifically for the Wii. Now they have released a brand new interface for the iPhone for us to play with. Reader ...

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In a newly-opened online showcase , search engine specialist Powerset is now previewing a contextual search engine seen by some as a possible threat to Google, Yahoo and other major players through its support for "conversational phrasing."

Oh, it’s linky, and it’s good. And it’s Monday, so I know you need it. Unless it’s Tuesday by the time you read this, I guess. Look out, Rome. Here comes StreetView. BusinessWeek asks: Is Yahoo a ‘Buy’? Or should we wait to see if it drops some more? And is t...

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First MySpace announced data portability, then Facebook announced Connect, and now Google has Friend Connect. Each is making it easier to share profile information from one social networking site to other web sites (and hoping to be place you go to do that). Google’s Friend Connect was announc...

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INSURER Suncorp continues to press ahead with technology projects and will create a Google-type search engine to index customer data.

Good Monday morning Pilgrims! I trust you had a good weekend and were nice to your mom. Now that you’re back at work, it’s time to catch up on the latest internet marketing news Picks: TechCrunch is reporting a rumor that Google will launch a new set of APIs today called "Friend Con...

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There’s a buzz in the blogosphere over the launch of Powerset, a natural language processing search engine that uses Wikipedia for its index. Either I’ve not had enough coffee this morning or I’m the only one that’s asking these pointed questions. Didn’t Ask.com try na...

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Is Microsoft now interesting in buying Facebook? Live Search gets a new look. Yahoo tests blended search "glue" pages in India. The Internet Archive fends off the FBI and more.

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When Powerset, a widely hyped new search engine, launches today, few people are going to view it as a real competitor to Google.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa----Travel search engine and trip planner toureagle.com started its global destination roll-out today. The company added Ireland and Northern Ireland to the service.

I love Friendfeed. However, I am far more enthusiastic about the platform's robust RSS and search capabilities than its current value proposition as a universal social aggregator. I find it generates too much noise at times, but when you tap...

After the devastating typhoon that struck Myanmar, their government is being extremely difficult by not letting the world help. This nightmare will hopefully end soon — but in the mean time, Google has started accepting donations for Unicef and Direct Relief International on this special page...

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I?m sure it comes as no surprise that everyone and their dog is talking about the fact that Microsoft is ?officially? not interested in Yahoo! but it this actually a scenario people believe? Given the way things have unfolded up until this point, I?d definitely say that it is not the case. Basically...

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INSERT, the Information Security Research Team, has sucessfully created a proof of concept exploiting the “trust hierarchy” that exists between mail service providers. Taking advantage of the way Gmail forwards messages, the team was able to send 4000 messages in a short period of time ...

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Postini, a company acquired by Google, is now offering enterprise web security. All traffic is routed through Google, and they take care of making sure traffic meets your corporate policies. The interesting part of all this though is how it secures computers, even when they aren’t in the off...

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Yahoo plunges, uh, well drops 15% after Microsoft cans the deal -- far better than many were expecting.  Ranting, yelling, singing -- and more. Google loses its PR chief to Facebook. Will the Brits revolt over Google's new trademark policy? And more, in today's show.

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It happens... even to the most accomplished SEO professionals. Last August Dan Thies revealed the amazing story about how Brad Fallon, Stompernet founder and owner of MyWeddingFavors.com was kicked out of Google, because of people exploiting bugs in Google. For many people the "proxy hacking" expl...

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Ok, Twitter and Google Reader aren’t exactly apples to apples, but the new “Notes” feature in Google Reader feels a lot like posting status updates in Twitter. When you type a note, it’s automatically shared with all your friends unless you unshare, and it appears almost as ...

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It appears that Google has mastered time travel — either that, or the privacy policy for Google Desktop in the UK doesn’t take effect until later this year. Of course, it could just be a mistake, but i doubt it. [Thanks Denny]

Microsoft walks away from the proposed deal with Yahoo. Who was right? Who was wrong? What's next for Yahoo? What's next for Microsoft? Ranting, yelling, singing -- and more.

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 KISSKeep It Simple, Sweetheart Microsoft has finally said its courtship of Yahoo! is over. Perhaps it was never meant to be. Danny Sullivan has a very fine analysis of the whole saga and wonders whether walking away is perhaps Microsoft’s $5 Billion Mistake? There is still the same co...

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Yahoo may sign a deal with Google on ads. Microsoft unveils Indiana Jones Search. Google News comes to the iPhone. And More!

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Microsoft sets aside $1.5 billion for retaining Microsoft employees, if they manage to get Yahoo. Google's PageRank update has people talking. Google adds street-level photography to driving directions. And more!

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In a press release from Microsoft yesterday, Steve Ballmer said that it officially withdrawals it’s bid for the acquisition of Yahoo, and cites the deal with Google as the main contributing factor for his decision. “In our view, such an arrangement with [Google] would make an acquisition...

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Dan Farber wrote about some downtime he experienced at YouTube this morning — it lasted 20 minutes, and was then restored. The part that got me thinking about his post was his reference to why the internet isn’t like TV — TV is much more reliable, but content on the internet is us...

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Google just released a new interface for the iPhone/iPod Touch that lets Google Apps users easily access everything they need in an integrated environment. This new interface lets you use applications like Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and other services that aren’t associated with Goog...

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