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Ask Jeeves Offers Smart Search Box with Hurricane Katrina Info
I just noticed that Ask Jeeves is now offering a Smart Search answer, located at the very top of the web results…
Ask Jeeves CEO Interviewed, Says Online Scams Could Slow Adoption of Personalized Search Tools
The vnunet.com article: Scams hold back personalised search, discusses how phishing and identity theft could cause problems in the adoption of personalized…
On Search, Students, and Libraries
As a librarian I was happy to read Jim Hedger’s post, Hey Yahoo, Google and MSN – School Kids Use Search Engines…
Google Brings Film Showtimes and Reviews Service to the UK
Google has just introduced their film showtime and review service on the Google UK site. It operates just like the U.S. film…
Daily SearchCast, Aug. 23, 2005: Google Sidebar Puts Photos, Feeds & More On Your Desktop, Google IM Coming?, Search Popularity Stats And More
Today’s search podcast covers the new Google Desktop Search with Google Sidebar feature to show web feeds, photos, headlines and other things,…
Share Your Search Results with Jeteye
Are you ready for some Jetpaks? Jeteye, a new shared search service, launches in beta today. The company’s founder, David Hayden, told…
Google Top Search Engine In July 2005; Toolbar-Based Queries Grow & Yahoo Tops There
I’ve posted the latest comScore search engine ratings for July 2005 on our comScore Media Metrix Search Engine Ratings page. As is…
Ask Jeeves Unleashes More Smart Answers
Long before MSN, Yahoo, or Google began including answers (not just links) for specific types of ready reference questions in web results…
Search and IR Focus of New Forbes E-Gangs List
Forbes is out with their 2005 “E-Gangs” list of important people in the “e” world. This years list is subtitled: Eight Masters…
More Testing Of Middle Of The Page Query Refinement At Google
The Googleplex is playing with its search results again. Out is the "Dissatisfied" query refinement we wrote about earlier this month. In…