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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…