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As the influence of the internet continues to grown, moving into all areas of society, there is speculation that we may soon see a new entrant to the massive search engine market - a competitor for the all conquering Google?

Rumour has it that France Telecom, Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom, Hutchinson Whampoa, Telecom Italia, Cingular and Vodafone have all arranged to meet up at a major forthcoming mobile telecom show in Barcelona.  It appears that they are looking to discuss the creation of their own search engine service for mobiles, something that may well have a long term impact on the traditional search engine companies such as Google, MSN and Yahoo.

While the idea of a new service has been mooted, many believe that this is the first in a series of bargaining tools and the opportunity to open up discussions with the likes of Google.  If the major mobile phone network companies act together, they have the combined power to stand their ground against Google, etc.

As the merger of mobile communications and the internet continues, many in the industry are seeing the potential for a very lucrative new market.  While Google have dictated the online market of late, they may have met their match with the mobile network leaders.

To many it may sound like a gimmick, but the launch of a music search engine called Midomi (Midomi.com) has the potential to break into new areas of voice recognition. Recently released in beta form by Melodis (Melodis.com), Midomi is a voice activated recognition system geared towards the music market.

The website allows you to either sing, hum or whistle your favourite song, and the search engine will analyse the tune, words, etc and search its vast database of songs to find a match.  While you may believe that it is impossible to search on the above criteria, the system is built around a very powerful recognition system called the Multimodal Adaptive Recognition System (MARS). 

The high tech MARS system actually strips down the sound input to words, pitch, tempo, etc.  The system is then capable of ignoring the speech element if the user hums or sings the song, allowing for a more defined search criteria.

The site is part of a social network which allows users to tag and store their favourite songs, which are then automatically added to the search engine database.  As the database of songs is ever growing, the array of songs will always be changing with the times.

The algorithms and filtering system behind this venture can be used in a variety of areas of business in the future.  This is no gimmick and could literally change the way we search for information on the internet.

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Amid pressure from the other two companies that make up the big three, Yahoo has made a play that they hope will pay off.  Feeling the heat from the big ones like Google and Microsoft, Yahoo decided to strike a deal with huge computer maker HP to pre install the Yahoo search engine on each new computer that is sold.  This comes as an effort by one of the oldest internet companies to answer calls that they are falling behind in the rankings with the bold moves made by their biggest competitors.  There is also the fall out from the loss of several top executives to newbie’s like Youtube.com and the like.

Yahoo has struggled for many years, though they are still making money.  They seem to be lagging behind in the ratings because they are no longer on the cutting edge of the technology as they were when they first began.  Of course Yahoo mail is still one of the top services for free web based email accounts, but concerns over spammers have made that a not so bright future.  Then the fact that they took years to release the first version of their own advertising service, Yahoo Ads, when Google was already making a fortune in the area.

Once again Google has shown that it is completely dedicated to being the number one search engine in the entire world.  The launch of Google Code Search is the newest weapon that Google has given to the many web developers in the world and the reviews are all very positive.  Using this new search possibility a web developer can now scour the web for source codes to aid them in their developing duties.  This new search connects the user with millions of web sites and documents scattered all over the web and allows them to be used and found in a much easier fashion.

This is the newest thing that Google has announced and is part of the growing trend where the massive engine company looks to be a presence in every field on the web.  They are moving to all the emerging markets and have made some very positive moves in this area.

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If you are into SEO, then you should take advantage of forums.  Forums are places to meet and chat about certain topics and issues.  There are plenty of SEO forums available for people that want to learn more about the industry and meet people that are into the same interests.

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If you have just started creating web sites, it is important that you know about links.  Links are hypertext listed on one web site that refers a visitor or search engine spider to another web site.  Links are extremely important in the SEO game.  In fact, Google takes links very seriously.  Your web site can be directly affected by what is on another web site. Here are some tips about links.

Most search engine optimizers have come to realize that the days of building computer generated sites and instantly making money off of them are over.  Today’s search engine algorithms are more in tune with true content sites.  If you want to be successful for the long term, then you will need to look into true content sites.

If you are into search engine optimization, then you have probably heard that blogs are excellent resource at helping the search engines both find your site and indexing it.  While most search engines are now putting less importance on blogs, it still can be a very resourceful tool.  Here are some tips on getting indexed fast with the help of blogs.

If you are just starting out in search engine optimization or have been doing SEO for a while, you just can’t beat forums for the latest information and tools in the SEO community.  Forums are an indispensable part of learning and keeping up to date on advances and news in the SEO community.  There are plenty of forums available, no matter what type of information you need.  Here are some great ways to use forums to your advantage.

If you are looking to optimize your web site, here are a few tips that can help you get on your way to appearing high in the search rankings. There are a few parts in the search engine optimization puzzle; keywords, content, and links are some of the keys to developing a profitable web site.

If you are a search engine optimizer and you are looking to grow your web development business, then it is important for you to consider long term strategies.  Most of the time, this includes small, niche oriented and well supplied content sites to make a web site a long term money maker.  Here are some tips on earning with long term sites.

Many SEO’s are always wondering if having a separate IP address matters to their success of their web sites.  Here is some quick advice to this question.

If you have a web site and looking to increase its popularity, then take a look at linking software.  Having your site linked to others is an extremely easy, inexpensive, and effective way for having a higher page rank which will bring more visitors to your site. There are many ways to get links to your sites. Here are some tips on having sites linked to you.

If you want your web site to be current and up to date as well as bring in a healthy profit, then you need to do maintenance regularly on your web site.  Here are some tips on keeping your web site running smooth.

A great way to make sure your web site is running smooth is to build it correctly so that it is easy to make changes.  You can easily make changes by building your web pages with php include statements, which is a very easy code that can be inserted into a web page.  You can then make changes to your web page.  It is easy to change an article, advertisement or even an entire web page.

If you have a computer and live in the city then you have seen people sitting in café’s searching the internet on their own computers all over town.  You might be thinking to yourself, I don’t see any wires connected to their computer, how can they be connected to the internet?  Wifi is the answer.