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My Thoughts On “The Search”
Chris did the heavy lifting in reviewing John’s Battelle’s new book, “The Search,” but I wanted to add my own comments as well. Overall,…
Ask Jeeves Unveils Gift Finder
The Ask Jeeves Blog has news about AJ’s new gift finder. It’s powered by another IAC/InterActive property, Gifts.com. Yes, it’s IAC/Jeeves synergy. The new…
More on Microsoft’s “Gadgets”
The other day when MSN’s API’s became available I mentioned that developers can now create Gadgets (similar to what others call Widgets) for MSN’s…
Two Thumbs Up for Battelle’s The Search
John Battelle’s book The Search has finally been published, and it was worth the wait. Combining a history of the search industry with an…
SMA-NA To Hold Elections
Todd at Stuntdubl notes that the Search Marketing Association of North America — SMA-NA — may soon have elections. Chief organizer Ian McAnerin says…
Maybe MSN’s API Isn’t “Way Better”
When Microsoft’s Bill Gates declared that MSN’s search API was "way better" than Google’s (and apparently Yahoo’s), I did kind of think, "really?" I…
Getting Ready For The Holidays
Search & the Holiday Season from Kevin Ryan at iMedia Connection has him looking at tips to help you get ready for the holiday…
Google Pitches College Life, As Powered By Google
Barry at Search Engine Roundtable spots a WebmasterWorld thread discussing a new College Life, powered by Google page. What’s there? Google aiming its services…
MSN’s Katrina Flyover Offers Many Before-And-After Views Of New Orleans
Katrina Flyover is a new MSN Virtual Earth-powered service that lets you click on camera icons scatted throughout New Orleans to get a birds-eye,…
Class Action Suit On Click Fraud STILL To Stay In Arkansas
Google Suit Sent Back to State Court from the Associated Press notes that a class-action lawsuit against Google, Yahoo and other search engines over…
New Yahoo Instant Search Gives Answers Directly — No Results Page Required
A weird one for you, but sounds pretty cool. Yahoo’s given the heads-up that a new Instant Search feature is to be offered by…
Answer Searching & Answer Search Engines
These search engines specialize in providing answers to questions, rather than just matching web sites.
Search as the New Great Game
In years past, major powers struggled to win the hearts and minds of people by maneuvering in what Kipling called 'the great game.' The…
Ask Jeeves Launches Blog/Feed Search in Japan
While we’re all focusing on Google Blog Search today, a reader sends along a note that Ask Jeeves released (beta) their new blog engine…
Understanding How Google Grabs Feeds with “FeedFetcher”
If you’re interested in learning more about how Google retrieves and displays RSS/ATOM feeds that end up on personalized homepages, the folks in Mountain…
Convera’s Web Index Expands
Convera, a well-known name in enterprise search technology, posted a bit of news today that their web index continues to grow. So? It’s been…
Google Personalized Home Page Graduates To, Well, A Home Page Link
Google’s Personalized Home page service that I wrote about being launched last May has officially graduated from Google Labs, says the Google Blog. Heck,…
Daily SearchCast, Sept. 14, 2005: New Google Blog Search, Gates On Google’s “Honeymoon,” AOL Getting Podcast Search, New Video Search Tool, Cool College Course On Search & More!
Today’s search podcast covers the new Google Blog Search, Gates on the Google "honeymoon," Kai-Fu Lee getting to work for Google, sort of, Yahoo’s…
Codase For Seeking Open Source Code
Codase is a new search engine designed to let you seek open source code. It apparently understand code as code, rather than text.…