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October 26, 2005 Highlights from the SEW Blog: Oct 26, 2005 By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor Source: www.clickz.com Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary search headlines from around the web. If you're not familiar with our blog, click on any of the links below, or visit the blog's home page at http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/. Talk of Sun-Google Hosted Productivity Suite: "Way off Base" The eWeek article: Rumors of Sun-Google Hosted Desktop Suite Quashed, offers a look at the constant (the article users the word "rampant") specultation about a Sun-Google hosted desktop productivity suite and common operating system, "is way off base." From the article: Insiders with knowledge of the joint plans to promote and enhance the OpenOffice.org desktop productivity suite say it is far

October 25, 2005 Shopping Search and Merchant Reputations By Shari Thurow, Guest Writer Source: www.clickz.com Consumers often look to merchant reputations on shopping search engines when deciding to make a purchase. But who determines these reputations? And can you trust them? A special report from the Search Engine Strategies conference, August 8-11, 2005, San Jose, CA. Many shopping search sites carry ratings and reviews from shoppers, as well as third party sources. The Shopping Search and Merchant Reputations session looked at how merchant reviews may impact shopping search listings, and panelists offered recommendations for merchants to ensure that they maintain a good reputation. How shoppers can rate merchants At PriceGrabber, shoppers can rate merchants via two methods: filling out a merchant review directly at Pricegrabber.com or by participating in a shopper satisfaction survey. To rate a merchant,

October 24, 2005 Inside the Internet Movie Database By Gary Price, News Editor Source: www.clickz.com The Internet Movie Database is a standard and respected reference database for film and TV information, but for film, TV and pop-culture fans it's also a great deal of fun. The (IMDB), owned by Amazon.com, is more than just a "enter a movie title or actor's name and get results" type of service. While you usually get great info from that type of search, it only scratches the surface of what IMDB offers. Buried deep (and I mean deep) within the IMDB web site is this amazing power Search page search interface that can help you find an incredible amount of movie/TV info within seconds. I learned what this power search interface can do when a news librarian asked for a solid list of movies filmed in Denver. IMDB got

October 20, 2005 Copyrights, Trademarks and Search Engines By Grant Crowell, Guest Writer Source: www.clickz.com Web site owners must be on constant guard with copyrighted and trademarked materials, both to make sure competitors don't "borrow" content and to avoid provoking search engines in legal gray areas. A special report from the Search Engine Strategies conference, August 8-11, 2005, San Jose, CA. A longer version of this story for Search Engine Watch members goes into more detail about various methods to protect your intellectual content, including how to safeguard images from being copied, and a checklist for taking action if you've found that your content has been stolen and illicitly used elsewhere on the web. Click here to learn more about becoming a member. A panel of experts debated a number of hot legal issues during the Copyrights & Trademarks panel at SES. How can web site owners get links to