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Search Engine Reviews Chart: 1998-2000
Comparison chart showing how major search engines have been rated by various reviews.
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Search Engine Marketing Goes Mainstream
There was plenty of evidence at Search Engine Strategies 2003 that search engine marketing has gone mainstream. Even the issues addressed by both keynote…
Questions and Answers About Changes To SearchDay
Both SearchDay and Search Engine Watch have been revamped recently. Here are some of the common questions you've asked, with answers and a glimpse…
Ask Jeeves Serves Up New Features
Ask Jeeves introduced several new features today, including a streamlined interface, image search, and what the company is calling 'smart search' tools and features.
Inktomi, Google Win In Recent Relevancy Test
In December, I called for search engines to get beyond the hype of who is biggest or freshest and develop a commonly-accepted means of…
Harvard Criticizes Google’s Adult Content Filter
Google's SafeSearch porn filter was found to exclude non-porn sites such as the American Library Association, in a recent test conducted by the Harvard…
Link Popularity and the Myth of the Guestbook Link
Link popularity is crucial for your pages to rank well in search engines, but the value of guestbook links is questionable, at best, and…
The Search Engine Update, April 15, 2003, Number 147
Includes stories about a critical look at Google's Porn Filter, Inktomi and Google's win in a recent relevancy test and a mid-month recap of…
Searching Images of Popular Culture
Want a look at a Time Magazine cover from 1923? How about album covers for Blue Note records, or Chateau Mouton Rothschild Wine Labels?…
SearchDay Week In Review
The Week in Review, Apr. 7 - 11, 2003, including the week's most interesting and provocative search engine forum discussion topics.
Monitoring Web Pages 24 Hours a Day
If you regularly visit web pages looking for new or updated information, you'll save countless hours by automating the process with software that tracks…
Data Mining the Lycos 50
Dig deep within the Lycos 50 list of most popular search terms and you'll find a wealth of fascinating information that not only reveals…
Happy Birthday, Ask Jeeves!
Ask Jeeves, an online question answering service that has gradually morphed into a search engine, officially launched its site six years ago.
Yahoo Moves to Revitalize Search
Yahoo today rolled out changes designed to speed up and enhance the search experience, marking its most significant departure yet from its traditional roots…
The Week in Review
SearchDay: The Week in Review, March 31 - April 4, 2003, including the week's most interesting and provocative search engine forum discussion topics.
Help LookSmart Crawl the Web
LookSmart is taking a new approach to discovering web content, offering a free downloadable screensaver program that also crawls the web when your computer…
The Search Engine Report – April 2, 2003 Number 77
Sometime next week, Search Engine Watch will undergo itsfirst significant redesign ever. We've donea lot of work behind the scenes toensure that links to…