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MSN Search Gets Neural Net/RankNet Technology & (Potentially) Awesome New Search Commands
Local, Relevance, and Japan! from the MSN Search WebLog talks about MSN Search using a new relevancy ranking system based on "Neural Net" technology, along with new search…
CNET Compares Nine Web Engines
Ben Patterson from CNET has written reviews of nine web search engines along with putting together a chart that lists various features.…
MSN Employee Who Hacked AltaVista Pleads Guilty
A few eyebrows were raised last year when an MSN employee was accused of hacking into AltaVista. The actions happened before Laurent…
Log Analysis: Seeing The Keywords Used To Find Your Web Site
How to analyze your log files to determine what words people are using to find your site.
Playing with Kids’ Search Engines
Looking for the best ways of discovering kid-friendly content on the web? Check out our just-updated listings and reviews of Kid Search…
Google To Start Indexing Web Video
We’ve been wondering when this was going to happen. News.com reports that Larry Page told an audience at the National Cable &…
Making Your Searches More Contextually Aware
Aware is a desktop search application that learns from context, automatically fine-tuning your search results and providing controls that allow you to…
Enhancing Your Image with Snap.com
Logos help build brand awareness, and upstart search engine Snap makes it easy for you to add your corporate image to search…
NetRatings Search Popularity & Loyalty Figures
A look at new search popularity and loyalty figures from NetRatings for January 2005.
Search Engine Showdown Posts New Items
Greg Notess (also a librarian) has posted a couple of new and interesting items on his Search Engine Showdown site. You’ll find…
Google’s New Weather Shortcut and Similar Services
A post on the Google Blog informs us that Google now has a shortcut that provides a four-day weather forecast in a…
Combating Web Spam with TrustRank
You know about PageRank and about two weeks ago I mentioned a new paper from Stanford’s Database Group discussing PeopleRank. Today, another…
Dec. 2004 Top 20 Search Engines In UK
NetRatings has released a list of the top 20 search engines in the UK for December 2004, ranked in order of the…
Many MSN Direct Answers Now Online
When MSN rereleased their search beta last November, they joined several other general purpose web engines offering direct answers on search results…
Search Engine Sizes
Page with charts showing how large the search engines are and how much coverage of the web they provide.
Google Increases Maximum Number of Query Terms
Some exciting news for Google searchers. Since Google’s introduction the maximum number of search terms you could include in a query string…
Google’s Usenet Timeline and Early Search Engine Announcements
Slashdot has a thread about a “new” timeline from Google that highlights interesting and historic posts from their 20 year Usenet (aka…
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…
Update: Google on 60 Minutes
The Google story on 60 Minutes just aired and a summary of the story is now available here. This summary was posted…
Asking Search Engines Who’s The Top Search Engine
It’s been done before, but Gord Hotckiss takes a fresh look at what comes up tops for a search for “search engine”…
Happy Belated Birthday to AltaVista
A bit of web search history! Last week, December 15th to be precise, was the ninth anniversary of AltaVista’s launch. + In…
Forrester Stats, Search Defection & Vertical Search
Charlene Li shares some stats from internal Forrester research about search loyalty in The battle for search loyalty drives innovation. Is Google…
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…
Rating Search Engine Disclosure Practices
Which search engines are adequately disclosing their paid placement and paid inclusion practices? Which ones are failing to do so? A new…
Search Engine Size Wars V Erupts
As Chris blogged, Google has raised the stakes in the search engine size wars by claiming an index of 8 billion pages.…
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