Search tools for forum posts come and go. Lycos has its discussion search which focuses on numerous forums across the web, as well as Yahoo Groups and MSN Groups. Google Groups allows you to search Usenet discussions in addition to relatively newly created Google groups.
Over in the Search Engine Watch forums, user backrubrock alerts us to a new discussion search tool called Omgili (an acronym for “Oh My God, I Love It”). From Omgili’s About page:
Omgili (Beta) is a search engine designed to index web-based discussion forums. Omgili’s unique algorithm analyzes forums not as a simple web page, but as an active discussion with a title, topic and replies.
Instagram accounts are notoriously difficult to have displayed in search results. Instagram actually blocks search engines from indexing the images, but the profiles themselves can still be indexed. It may be a hurdle, but not an insurmountable one.
The digital retail space has seen a huge number of disruptive innovations over the years, from artificial intelligence (AI) offering tailored recommendations to smart chatbots transforming and streamlining customer service and the new additions of drone deliveries and augmented reality. Despite these leaps, most search technologies still used by modern retailers and brands are lagging behind. Markus Stripf explains
