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Business Searching Beats Sex Queries & Who’s Handing Out The Query Data?
There’s a new paper out saying that business topics have ousted sex topics as top searches. Forget the findings, however. In the wake of the AOL search data…
Follow-Up: School Couldn’t Reach Google Until Injunction Filed
Catawba County Schools in North Carolina obtained an injunction to remove private material from Google because it had no luck getting action…
It’s Not Just Google With Disappointing Results
We have been poking hard at Google for disappointing search results, but Google is not the only search engine that has been…
Tips On Across The Engines Ranking From SEO Book
People are beginning to remember again that there are search engines beyond Google. This reawakening is one reason why I added the…
Search Technologists Flake & Broder Speak
There are two good interviews with search technologists out there for us to read. John Battelle posted A Frank Interview with Gary…
The Google Portal
Last week’s launch of Google Finance revived the entire “Is Google A Portal” question. I previously wrote in my article on how…
Searching BG, Before Google, And The Need To Search Better
Just when you think stupid articles that assume we couldn’t search BG — Before Google — have come to an end, the…
Daily SearchCast, March 22, 2006: Google Finance Launches; Google Sued Over Rankings; Google Doesn’t Have To Give Up Search Queries; Amazon’s Abortion Vs. Adoption Issue & More!
Today’s search podcast covers the launch of Google Finance; Google partnering with Nike to produce a soccer social network; Google sued over someone’s…
25 Things I Hate About Google
Google’s purchase of Writely sort of drove me over the edge last week. When I saw the news confirmed, I exclaimed out…
Google Tops Search Loyalty Study, Though Many Searchers Aren’t That Loyal
A new search loyalty study by Compete shows that Google leads its competitors by far in having the most loyal searchers, those…
Jeeves Retires
After nearly a decade of service, Jeeves is retiring from his duties at the search engine, which will assume the long used…
Don Dodge Chats with Memeorandum Founder, Gabe Rivera
Via Scobleizer, a very interesting interview by Don Dodge (ex AltaVista now at MS) with the founder of Memeorandum, Gabe Rivera. From…
Patents, Google and Acquistions; What About Search Patents from Other Companies?
Loren over at Search Engine Journal points us to a post on SEO by the Sea by Bill Slawski that does an…
Andrei Broder Joins Yahoo
Andrei Broder, former vice president of research at AltaVista and until recently Distinguished Engineer & CTO, IBM Research, is joining Yahoo as…
Yahoo’s Ass Kicking Statue Controversy
This was one of those, "should I skip it" decisions, but I did find it interesting. Phillip at Google Blogoscoped in Yahoo…
Google Wins Age Discrimination Suit
Google Prevails in Age Discrimination Suit from the Associated Press covers Google winning in an age discrimination suit that was filed in…
AltaVista’s Former Engineering Director At Microsoft
AltaVista’s former director of engineering Don Dodge turns up now working at Microsoft. Robert Scoble talks with him a bit about the…
End Of Size Wars? Google Says Most Comprehensive But Drops Home Page Count
Today, Google is dropping from its home page the famous count of pages in its index while simultaneously claiming it has the…
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…
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…
Google Losing Consistency As It Continues To Experiment With Results
More experimenting by Google, this time Google Groups results appearing at the bottom of search results pages. More important, it’s getting seriously…
Google Improves Wildcard Matching
Word on the Google Blog that they’ve improved the underlying algorithm used with their wildcard (*) search operator. This includes allowing softer…
Yahoo Files For Several Patents
SEW will regularly feature newly awarded search-related patents and just published patent apps, beginning with a look at Yahoo.
Shari Thurow Chats Shopping Search with Become.com’s Jon Glick
In the first part of a two part interview, Shari Thurow chats with search industry veteran (Yahoo, AltaVista) Jon Glick, presently the…
AltaVista Founder Louis Monier Moving To Google?
When AltaVista came onto the search scene, it had all the impact for people in the way Google is thought of today.…
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