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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 Engine Watch…
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 Web. Here’s…
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 Bias? I…
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 denies.
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 on what…
Yahoo’s Advanced Syntax
Greg Notess reports that several of the “old” Inktomi advanced search prefixes(originurlextension:, stem:, domain:, and others) work at Yahoo.
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 on the…
Ads Are Part of New Moreover RSS Service
Advertising continues to move into RSS world. This news release along with a News.com story alerts us to a new and free service from…
The Next Search Titan: Comcast?
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal featured a wide-ranging interview with Comcast CEO Brian Roberts. Comcast has grown into the USA’s largest cable-TV operator, with more…
The Daily Rundown Chats With Copernic Co-Founder
Sid Yadav chats with Copernic Co-Founder Martin Brouchard in this new interview. Copernic has been doing some impressive work lately. About three weeks ago…
Search Fuels Music Retailer Traffic
Why would Yahoo buy Musicmatch? Why might Google be looking at music search? Hitwise found 30 percent of those who went to a music…
SE Friendly Design Can Be Good Design
Search engine friendly design doesn’t mean bad design. Shari Thurow steps back to talk a bit about ensuring that good design remains part of…
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 made the…
Does Google News Have A Conservative Bias?
JD Lasica takes a look political coverage at Google News and Yahoo News in Balancing Act: How News Portals Serve Up Political Stories from…
AOL Testing Listings from Classifieds on Search Results Pages
AuctionBytes reports about a new AOL advertising project. >From the article, “[AOL] appears to be in stealth mode with another ecommerce-related service it is…
Fagoogle Closed
Andy’s blogged that Fagoogle, that we wrote about yesterday, has closed in response to an apparent cease-and-desist letter. Fagoogle itself writes that it assumed…
Searching Google Print
Google Print opened at the end of last year, allowing you ability to find content from books and magazines that have been scanned and…
LookSmart Buys Furl Web Clipping Service
Today’s SearchDay has details of LookSmart’s purchase of Furl, which lets you save the full text of web pages and collect them into an…
Search History: Excite & Bluffing For Netscape Net Search
There was a time when I used to track who had what position on the Netscape Net Search page. If a service was there,…
Profile On Bloglines Feed Aggregator
Nice, short profile from the San Jose Mercury News of the Bloglines news aggregator service: Bloglines aims for simplicity. Greg Linden also has a…