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Search Engine Algorithms & Research
As a searcher or search engine optimization specialist, do you really need to understand the algorithms and technologies that power search engines?…
Become.com Launches Shopping Search Engine
The founders of pioneering shopping search engine MySimon have teamed up again to produce Become.com, a new service that provides information and…
Update: Adversarial Information Retrieval Workshop
The First International Workshop on Adversarial Information Retrieval on the Web workshop, to be held at the 14th International World Wide Web…
Searching for People with ZoomInfo
ZoomInfo is a free service that's gathered information about more than 25 million people—including you, if you have even a minimal presence…
Looking for Links In All The Wrong Places?
In their frenzy to build links to curry favor with the major search engines, web site owners miss a far more important…
Google’s Redirect Hijacking Problem Gets Slashdotted
I’ve mentioned Google’s problem with 302 redirects possibly "hijacking" someone else’s page in passing before, always meaning to do a longer article…
Googlebar For Firefox, Plus The Google & Firefox Deal
Last week, when Google rolled out the latest version of its toolbar, I was dumbfounded that a Firefox version still wasn’t offered.…
New Items for Your Search and Information Retrieval Reading List
Here are a couple of items that might make for good additions to your search and IR reading lists. + From the…
Search Engine Showdown: Black Hats vs. White Hats at SES
What does a 'hardcore search engine optimizer' look like? Does he wear a black hat? With little holes cut out in the…
Closer Look At Yahoo Toolbar For Firefox
I’ve been using Firefox for the past three weeks now and generally enjoying the experience. But I’ve missed some of the easy…