Linking to Snap...
Apparently my earlier post announcing SNAP did not go along with their TOS. Bloggers became aware of the deep linking terms of service and they became pissed off (Cory Doctorow = cool).

The SNAP terms of service quickly lost the anti deep linking policy...gotta love that they are listening to feedback. One wonders how they ever even slipped up with that link policy with a business model based on transparency.

Google Fires Back at My Yahoo!:
Not actually from Google, but ResearchBuzz points at a new Google tool a programmer made using the API which allows you to sort out bad results and research automatically adding common words from the remaining pages to the search queries. http://www.mygooglesearch.com.

Google Fires at Amazon:
Google Print for Publishers

Google Fires at MicroSoft:
not true...John Doerr says he does not believe Google will enter browser market, though Marc Andreesen (creator of Mozaic / Netscape) disagrees with him.

Google to Open R&D Shop in Ireland?
Brin says maybe...

Scoop:
Overture to place ads in RSS

New:
Yahoo! front page layout (beta)

Funny:
Gmail Giveaway (well sort of)

SEO / Search Research:
Orion at Search Engine Watch talks On Topic Analysis