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The big new is that Yahoo! simply dropped their blog search feature, just dropped it completely. They did not tell anyone prior that they are doing maintenance or pulling it, they simply just yanked it. Honestly, this seems very strange to me. Yahoo! isn't dumb, if you remove Yahoo! Blog search, it is removed from Yahoo! News, and that means bloggers get less traffic - bloggers are loud and you normally don't want to upset too many of them. Um, Yahoo!, you upset almost all of them! Why won't they give an ETA for a release date? Why remove it if they are going to do an upgrade? Why not leave it and then release a new version when they are ready? The answers I got from Yahoo! to any of these questions were not satisfactory to me. They did not answer the questions. Brian of Yahoo! did say that the speculation that Yahoo! removed blog search due to not being able to handle the blog spam issue, was not true. Honestly, I think something big must of happened. Just not sure yet.

Next, I covered that Google released application for your domain, not just gmail, but Calendar, Talk and Page Creator. GoogleGuy then compared the Pluto update to Pluto's downgrading. eBay signed an ad deal with Google for eBay international. Google is almost done securing office space in Seattle, here we are Microsoft. Oh, Google is getting sued for a patent infringement on personalized search features. Last up on the Google front is a way to view ads as if you are in a different country.

We learned that Microsoft rolled back their update on Friday. We also learned that Philipp Lessen just got married yesterday! Congrats Philipp!

Search Engine Roundtable Topics:

  1. Microsoft Rolls Back MSN Search Update - ouch! But I like the honesty here.
  2. Google Launches Applications for Businesses & Domains - not too into it
  3. Viewing Google AdWords Ads in Other Countries & Languages - this may come in handy
  4. Yahoo! Temporarily Removes Blog Search for Retooling - something very fish about this!
  5. GoogleGuy Downgrades Google Update Pluto - honesty rocks!

Search Engine Watch Topics:

  1. Google Apps for Your Domain Live - diddo
  2. Yahoo Removes Blog Search For Short Term - again, doesn't add up
  3. eBay Signs International Paid Search Deal With Google - nice
  4. Google Blogoscoped's Philipp Lenssen Gets Married - wowee!
  5. Google Seeks Offices In Seattle Again - Microsoft, here we come
  6. Google Sued Over Personalized Search Patent - yawn...