Sig Gissler, 709 Journalism, 2950 Broadway, Mail Code 3865, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Carr observes there's no such thing as an Internet newspaper, and no economic model to support the transition from print to online in The Great...
Examples include InfoUSA business listings via Citysearch.com; or Columbia Encyclopedia reference from Answers.com or Infoplease.com. While getting the most buzz, “YOU” are not the only influencer out there.
Encyclopedia search extends the "direct answers" Ask has provided for several years with its "smart search" feature by providing content from Wikipedia, Houghton Mifflin and Columbia encyclopedias right at the top of a result page.
FYI, Yahoo did do a partnership with Wikipedia, but looking today, that seems to have ended, with the Columbia Encyclopedia being used instead. An encyclopedia partnership? Google kind of has that already with the existing Answers.com deal...
Here's an example of Yahoo offering info from the Columbia Encyclopedia about the subject of television. Today, Google joins other search providers by offering answers (they're calling it Google Q&A) on results pages.
Presently, a shortcut provides content from the Columbia Encyclopedia directly onto the results page. More Yahoo mojo? We read a few weeks ago about how Google might help the Wikipedia by providing server space and bandwidth.
A brief entry from the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia, written and edited by volunteers. While the major search engines continue to dabble with shortcuts to reference sources, Wikipedia and Answers.com have...
provides material from the Columbia Encyclopedia on a serp when a shortcut (the word "facts") begins the query string. The new MSN engine offers "direct answers" powered with material from Microsoft's Encarta encyclopedia.
Highbeam Research Adds Encyclopedia, Other Reference Tools Highbeam Research has launched HighBeam Reference Research, which allows individual researchers to locate, organize and deliver answers from the Columbia Encyclopedia, as well as more than...
Content comes from the Columbia Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia Lookup Yahoo has rolled out several new search shortcuts, continuing the trend also in play at Google and Ask Jeeves to make ready reference information even easier to find.
It draws from licensed reference sources including the American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, the Columbia Reference Encyclopedia, and many others. Forget search engines: GuruNet brings you the information you need while you're working...
Clicking a link either takes you to a subcategory with further options, or, in the case of specific search sites (say the Columbia Encyclopedia) initiates a search directly with the site you selected.
All you needed to do was highlight a word on your computer display, click the search button, and GuruNet would automatically search reference sources including the American Heritage Dictionary, Roget´s Thesaurus, the Columbia Reference...
