Search engines.
Personalize the Look of the Exalead Home Page
Here’s a personalization option I recently noticed on the Exalead home page that allows you to customize its look with shortcut links and preview images (thumbnails) to just…
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…
Seekport Expands Into UK Market
Seekport, a German company that has been offerering a search engine (using it’s own crawler and index) aimed at users in France…
Friendster’s Director of Net Ops Joins Feedster
Nick Heyman, formerly Director of Network Operations for Friendster, is joining Feedster. He’ll be doing the same type of work for the…
Search Forums Roundup: Dec. 17, 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:…
Baidu Beginning Work on a Film Search Engine
A report from ChinaTechNews says that Chinese search engine Baidu is recruiting technical staff, “to research and develop a new search tool…
State of the Search Marketing Industry 2004
Jupiter Research and SEMPO (the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) have released results of separate surveys providing one of the most detailed…
Sullivan Speaks at SES
In: Search Industry Gains Clout, Susan Kuchinskas reports on Danny’s keynote address at SES. One big change in 2004 was the drop…
Say Hello to the Local Search Guide
Media Post reports on the launch of the Local Search Guide at SES in Chicago. The new online local advertising resource will…
Study: Impact Of Engines on Consumer Buying
Comscore is out this morning with a study (sponsored by Overture) about the impact of search engines on consumer buying. You can…
Yes, AOL Desktop Search Uses Copernic!
Deep in my write-up on Yahoo’s desktop search plans earlier today, I recapped the status of desktop search for the other players…
Google Suggest Offers Query Refinement
Google is long, long overdue to provide query refinement tools that other search engines have had for ages. You know, like if…
Yahoo Desktop Search Comes In January, Ask & MSN Later This Month
Yahoo has announced that it will release a desktop search product after the New Year, putting the search engine firmly in the…
Forrester Stats, Search Defection & Vertical Search
Charlene Li shares some stats from internal Forrester research about search loyalty in The battle for search loyalty drives innovation. Is Google…
GooHoo! – Marketers To Run The Search Asylum
Search engines face a number of challenging issues, as the industry continues to develop. Should they censor listings? Should they ban ads…
Meta Tag Lawsuit Filed in Florida
Out-Law.com reports about a lawsuit filed in Florida involving meta tags. From the post: A biopharmaceutical firm that distributes plasma derivatives has…
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