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Searching for Joy in All the Wrong Places
Here’s a trick question: When you’re looking up a phone number, would you use a dictionary or an encyclopedia? Neither? Good answer.…
Google Now Blocking Santy Worm
The good news is that Google is now blocking the Santy worm. The the bad news is that people in the antivirus…
Web Worm Uses Google To Spread
News.com reports that a web worm named Santy is utilizing Google to help it spread to web bulletin boards using the PHP…
The Google/Yahoo Rivalry in 2005
The AP’s Michael Liedtke offers a look at what 2005 might bring to the Google/Yahoo rivalry. “We are compiling this collection of…
In Praise of the Skeptical Searcher
We all know that we can’t believe everything we read on the web—but what happens when a reliable search engine (like Google)…
A Search Engine that Talks
BBC Online takes a look at Speegle, a search engine that reads (using synthesized speech) Google results to the searcher. If the…
A Skeptic’s Guide to Internet Research
In this era of drive-by searching, when most people are satisfied with just about any 'information' that surfaces in a top ten…
Poor Relevancy and Automated Search Ads
Greg Linden points to interesting BoingBoing post about some “silly” Adword ads from Amazon and eBay showing up on Google. I’m glad…
Marketing Head Cindy McCaffrey Leaving Google
Forget PageRank. If Google had a secret weapon (or two or three) to count toward its incredible successes, Cindy McCaffrey was a…
Desktop Search Matrix Available
Goebel Group, a systems intergrator, has put together a handy matrix that allows you to compare the easily compare the capabilities of…