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Turbocharging Adobe Acrobat
Google was the first search engine to index PDF files back in 2001. All of the other major search engines soon followed suit, and now it’s not uncommon…
Mac Version of Blinkx Coming Next Week
On Monday, Blinkx will launch a verion of its app for the Mac. It includes desktop search functionality. Mac versions are something…
Updates To SEW Search Term Research Resources
I’ve updated our long-standing What People Search For – Most Popular Keywords page to provide updated links to the ways major search…
My Search Resolutions for 2005
Along with losing weight and getting more exercise, I’ve made a number of resolutions related to how I’m going to change my…
Comment Spam? How About An Ignore Tag? How About An Indexing Summit!
Bloggers seem increasingly upset at the comment spam they have to deal with, something driven primarily by those who seek higher search…
ObjectGraph and Other Dynamic Search Term Suggestion Tools
If you find Google Suggest interesting and/or useful, Tara lets us know about the ObjectGraph Dictionary. It has the look and feel…
Ego Searching Is Good Business
In Small Businesses May Benefit from Ego Surfing from Search Engine Guide, Jennifer Laycock looks at how even small businesses need to…
Desktop Search Rated: Copernic Tops
Keeper Finders from Slate gives you a fast rundown on new programs in desktop search, along with grades. Copernic comes up tops…
The Best Reference Sites of 2004
While search engines are getting better at answering specific questions, nothing yet beats a specialized site designed to provide “ready reference” information…
GuruNet Becomes Answers.com and Is Now Available Free!
Some exciting news for the web researcher to begin the year. GuruNet, the very useful and formerly subscription-based ready-reference web database and…
JavaScript & Search Engines
Shari Thurow shares some tips on how search engines interact with JavaScript in the aptly-named ClickZ column Search Engines and JavaScript.
MSN, MSN UK Plug-Ins For Firefox
Use a Mozilla-based browser like Firefox, with the integrated search box? The ability to hit a number of search engines is already…
Searching for Joy in All the Wrong Places
Here’s a trick question: When you’re looking up a phone number, would you use a dictionary or an encyclopedia? Neither? Good answer.…
Scirus Science Search Engine Updates Toolbar
Looking for scientific information? The Scirus search engine is a favorite of ours for hunting down scientific, technical and medical information. Now…
In Praise of the Skeptical Searcher
We all know that we can’t believe everything we read on the web—but what happens when a reliable search engine (like Google)…
Desktop Search Matrix Available
Goebel Group, a systems intergrator, has put together a handy matrix that allows you to compare the easily compare the capabilities of…
Gartner Tells Businesses To Stay Away from Google Desktop Search
In Google desktop search not enterprise-ready from News.com, you’ll read about Gartner telling businesses to avoid GDS in a corporate setting. “We…
MSN Releases Desktop Search App
A beta version of the MSN Desktop Search app has just been released. It’s part of the MSN Toolbar Suite Beta. Here’s…
Community-Based Search Engines
A list of search engines where volunteers or members of a community help create the listings, such as by contributing bookmarks, managing…
Medical Search Engines
These medical search engines help you locate web site dealing with medicine and medical issues.
Search Marketing And The Holidays
We’re into the holiday shopping season — are you ready for it with your search campaigns? Search Strategies for the Holidays from…
Preparing For The Other Bradys Of Search
Back in 2002, I wrote my Google: Can The Marcia Brady Of Search Stay Sweet? article. I talked about how, similar to…
MoreGoogle Now LostGoggles
The former MoreGoogle tool, which enhances Google’s results with thumbnails and other features, is now called LostGoggles. The site gave up its…
New Version of Copernic’s Desktop Search App Released
Copernic has released a new version (v 1.2) of its impressive desktop search app. According to this announcement, the new version includes:…
Wishing For Better Anchor Text Searching
I’ve written before that on my wishlist would be for Google and its competitors to offer the ability to search for links…
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