Kevin Heisler / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Microsoft to Launch “Live Search Cash Back” Tomorrow  —  The major Microsoft Live Search announcement scheduled for tomorrow will be the official launch of a new product: Microsoft Live Search Cash Back.  —  The program in partnership with eBay and its PayPal unit will offer cash back to […]

Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop’s Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft to lure search users with cash  —  Microsoft isn’t talking yet about the big search initiative it’s expected to announce Wednesday, but I was able to figure out details with a little digging today.  Here’s an advance look at the story I wrote for the paper. — […]

Official Google Blog:
Introduction to Google Search Quality  —  Search Quality is the name of the team responsible for the ranking of Google search results.  Our job is clear: A few hundreds of millions of times a day people will ask Google questions, and within a fraction of a second Google needs to decide … […]