Semantic Search : How will it change out lives? (Search Engine Roundtable)
Moderator: Kevin Ryan, VP, Global Content Director, SES & Search Engine Watch Speakers: Amit Kumar, Director Product Management, Yahoo! Search Nagaraju Bandaru, Co-Founder & CTO, BooRah Erik Collier, VP, Product Management, Ask.com Tim McGuiness, VP of Search, hakia.com Scott Prevost, General Manager & Director of Product, Powerset First Speaker: Amit Kumar My job ...

Microsoft on search: We'll dig deeper (ZDNet Asia)
The software giant says it can do a better job than Google by paying closer attention to your search patterns.

Getting Vertical Search Right – SES San Jose (Search Engine Journal)
Vertical search seems to have been put on the back burner for many search marketers. With new buzz words like “Social Media” and “Local/Mobile Targeting”, who could blame them? But let’s not be so quick to forget about tried and true relevancy for shinny new promises. While vertical search may not be for every brand [...]

Krillion Adds 96 Product Categories to Its Local Shopping Search Index, Making It Easy for Online Shoppers to Locate ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Krillion(TM), the local search engine that connects Web-influenced buyers with in-store merchandise, has added 96 product categories to its Krillion Localization Engine(TM). Krillion now offers location-specific inventory information for 20,000 big-box retail locations across the United States, encompassing 155 product categories and 900 product brands, and representing more than one billion ...

Universal and Blended Search Panel at SES San Jose (Search Engine Journal)
Hey everyone, I am here at Search Engine Strategies San Jose, sitting here in the universal and blended search panel. Mr Tawadros talks about how universal search is only a year and a half old and is still a baby. Johanna Wright is the first one to speak on the panel and she will be discussing [...]