AltaVista.
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.…
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…
FAST Web Search Is Back Via New Miva Editorial Results
Miva — the newly rebranded company encompassing FindWhat and Espotting — has launched its own editorial or "algorithmic" results to compliment the…
Sex Is Still A Top Search Term
I had someone email me recently asking whether the 'urban legend' of sex and porn being top search terms was still true.…
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…