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Search Forums Roundup: Dec. 23, 2004
Today’s SearchDay, Search Engine Forums Spotlight, features our weekly links to this week’s hot topics from search engine forums across the web:…
MSN, MSN UK Plug-Ins For Firefox
Use a Mozilla-based browser like Firefox, with the integrated search box? The ability to hit a number of search engines is already…
Fire Them Search Spammers!
Patricia Fusco, one of the new SEM columnists at ClickZ, comes out swinging with an argument that if the firm you outsource…
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.…
Searching for Quick Answers To Odd Questions
Looking for an obscure fact, and need the answer right now? Forget search engines: Specialized search tools can help you track down…
Search Mandatory On All U.S. Government Web Sites by End of ’05
According to a just released memo (PDF) from the U.S. government’s Office of Management and Budget, all publicly accessible federal government web…
Scirus Science Search Engine Updates Toolbar
Looking for scientific information? The Scirus search engine is a favorite of ours for hunting down scientific, technical and medical information. Now…
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…