In today's SearchDay article, Teaching People to Search Like Pros, I've reviewed a new book by super searcher Greg Notess that offers one of the best guides I've read to helping others learn how to master web search engines.
In a new book, veteran instructor Greg Notess showcases the strategies and methods he uses to teach people not just to search, but to maximize their information sleuthing skills.I've often heard people say "searching the web is easy.
AllTheWeb used to have a similar method it gave to Greg Notess, as he says here, that he used as part of his long time documentation of search sizes. Further to my previous post on the Google index update/size increase, there appears to be a new...
Btw, in the short term, I'm also hoping that noted search engine expert Greg Notess, will run some tests and offer his search size estimates. The total web database size claims that Yahoo released this week continue to have people talking.
The study re-affirmed findings from researcher Greg Notess, as well as informal testing that we've done at Search Engine Watch. Dogpile has redesigned its meta search site and introduced a nifty new utility that visually displays the overlap (or...
Greg Notess (also a librarian) has posted a couple of new and interesting items on his Search Engine Showdown site. Notess writes, "The long word showdown found that Gigablast ranked best for long word searching since it could handle a query with a...
and from Greg Notess, "AltaVista can't count accurately" in Search engine counts are never something you should depend on, a topic we've discussed many times before. Still, if you're going to get a count, it's nice if it doesn't seem to change...
Google leads the pack in terms of size, based on the latest estimates from Greg Notess This site from search expert Greg Notess provides a survey of search engine sizes, along with dead links estimates and other data.
In 2002, Greg Notess wrote that many files larger than 120KB were not fully indexed. Google would be doing themselves a favor in offering better documentation and disclosure about what Google Scholar does and doesn't offer.
Greg Notess of Search Engine Showdown is also the historic star of this type of auditing. In the past, Greg has run tests to try and determine if search engine sizes as reported seem to measure up. That would have put it above the 4.2 billion mark
Search Engine Showdown (material for all major engines) from Greg Notess. Greg points out a Google Blog posting about the Google Cheat Sheet loaded down with advanced syntax to make your Google searches more precise.
Greg Notess reports that several of the "old" Inktomi advanced search prefixes(originurlextension:, stem:, domain:, and others) work at Yahoo. Search Engine Watch News + Search Engine Strategies Set For Stockholm, Chicago + Search Engine Watch...
Greg Notess reports that several of the "old" Inktomi advanced search prefixes(originurlextension:, stem:, domain:, and others) work at Yahoo. Search Engine Strategies Set For Stockholm, Chicago + Search Engine Watch Articles + Best Of The Search...
Greg Notess reports that several of the "old" Inktomi advanced search prefixes(originurlextension:, stem:, domain:, and others) work at Yahoo.
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Search engine guru Greg Notess has long studied search engine overlap -- the number of pages found by more than one search engine. The results for most queries confirm Greg Notess' research: there is very little overlap in search engine results for...
The results for most queries confirm Greg Notess' research: there is very little overlap in search engine results for most of the tests I ran. Search engine guru Greg Notess has long studied search engine overlap -- the number of pages found by...
I'm glad Greg Notess wrote this up -- I meant to for the newsletter earlier this month but ran short of time. Greg Notess shows you how. In particular, Notess does long-standing surveys on search engine sizes and dead links, as well as providing...
Based on 12 sample searches and conducted by respected search engine commentator Greg Notess. NOTE: Article links often change and are not continually updated. In case of a bad link, use the publication's search facility, which most have, and...
Greg Notess provides a roundup of unusual searching commands that can be useful in the right situations. In This Issue Search Engine Watch News + SES Chicago Agenda Available! Search Engine Articles By Danny Sullivan + SearchDay Articles + Search...
