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Moo! A Bovine That Monitors Amazon.com

A new service (it’s free!) called Watchcow.net monitors the Amazon.com database looking for changes in the price of ANY product (new and/or…

By Gary Price · 27 Sep 2004

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Got To Censor Search Listings? Why Not Disclose?

Earlier coverage of Google omitting some China news sources included Google’s explanation that this was done to improve the quality of the…

By Danny Sullivan · 27 Sep 2004

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Fixing Firefox & Movable Type Entries With No File Extensions

A few of you using the Firefox browser let us know right away that our permalinks weren’t working right after the Search…

By Danny Sullivan · 27 Sep 2004

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Berners-Lee on The Semantic Web

Sir Tim Berners-Lee is interviewed in the new issue of Technology Review. The interview focuses on the latest developments with the Semantic…

By Gary Price · 27 Sep 2004

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Postscript On Google News & Bias

Last week, JD Lasica wrote about a possible bias with Google News, as Gary recapped here: Does Google News Have A Conservative…

By Danny Sullivan · 27 Sep 2004

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Is Google News Biased?

Google News tends to favor news stories with a conservative bias, according to new media observer J.D. Lasica, a claim which Google…

By Chris Sherman · 26 Sep 2004

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Small General-Purpose Web Engines

The developers of small general-purpose web engines continue to impress with their innovative spirit. It’s a good idea to keep an eye…

By Gary Price · 26 Sep 2004

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Yahoo’s Advanced Syntax

Greg Notess reports that several of the “old” Inktomi advanced search prefixes(originurlextension:, stem:, domain:, and others) work at Yahoo.

By Gary Price · 26 Sep 2004

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Google Images and Alt Text Tags

Google Images and Alt Text Tags: Maximizing Visibility and Accessibility Google Images is one of the most widely used image search platforms…

By Gary Price · 25 Sep 2004

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Sergey, Larry, David and Jerry – Forbes Says Rich!

The Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans was just released and for the first time Sergey Brin and Larry Page have…

By Gary Price · 23 Sep 2004