Search engines.
ChaCha Search: Take Two
When “human-powered” search engine ChaCha launched in September it was a great idea with very flawed execution. The site offers algorithmic search,…
Topix.net Gains $15 Million Investment From Newspaper Parents
News aggregator and search engine Topix.net announced a new round of funding in which its newspaper owners, Gannett, Tribune Co. and McClatchy,…
Highlights from the SEW Blog: Nov. 6, 2006
Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary headlines from around the web.
Ask.com Creates Flash Demo To Explain Why Ask.com “Is Better”
Ask.com released a new flash demonstration that goes through all the features of the search engine. The purpose of the demo is…
See And Find With Quintura
Quintura is the latest in the line of visual search engines such as Kartoo, Mooter and WebBrain. Quintura basically takes your search…
Search Forums Roundup: Nov. 3, 2006
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web:…
Search Headlines & Links: November 2, 2006
Below, a recap of stories posted today to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we’ve spotted but not blogged…
The Interestingness of Social Networks
Interestingness is a great name for a ranking algorithm. It’s what Yahoo’s photo-based social network Flickr uses to show which images the…
Zotspot Wants To Share The Search Wealth
One could plausibly argue that it’s crazy to do anything in the general (“horizontal”) search marketplace. But new engines continue to launch.…
Quick Access to Cool Yahoo Features
Today’s SearchDay article, A Closer Look at Yahoo Shortcuts, is the third in our series looking at the special features search engines…