Joel Achenbach of the Washington Post writes about the features of the search engines of tomorrow and what role, if any, Google may play….
Category Archives: Search
Searching for confidential documents
On the front page of today’s Washington Post is an article by Yuki Noguchi about Google’s proficiency at locating confidential documents that may have publicly revealed themselves for only a brief moment in time….
2003 Google Zeitgeist
Google released its Zeitgeist for 2003….
Robert Scoble on WinFS search
Scoble might be taking a break from his weblog, but Andy Beal of Search Engine Guide posted an interview with him today. The article focuses on WinFS and some specific issues such as metadata for photographs and contacts….
MSN Search Beta
MSN has a beta version of its new search engine online. Better differentiation between paid and ranked search results. Categories are from Zeal (LookSmart), paid listings are from Overture, and ranked results are from Inktomi. Two of the three pieces are owned by Yahoo. Microsoft needs to step up and buy LookSmart. They are without a CEO. At around $2 a share their market capitalization is $214. Yes, Looksmart’s properties are mostly written in Java, but there is some C++ in there as well….
NY Times : The coming search wars
Sunday’s New York Times took a look at the upcoming search war between Microsoft and Google. There is no doubt in my mind that Internet search will be built-in to Longhorn. Google will offer their deskbar, and you may even be able to choose your default search technology similar to your media player, instant message client, browser, etc. today. Google will change once it enters the public market. Employee perks will be scrutinized, and there might be some employee shuffle. Google and Yahoo! are the first names techies think of when it comes to search, and MSN Search will have…
Search engine relationship chart
Bruce Clay has a search engine relationship chart graphically illustrating (Flash) the relationships between many manjor search engines….
Google gets social
Orkut Buyukkokten, a UI designer at Google, quietly put online today a social networking site named Orkut.com. According to News.com this social software was Orkut’s personal project at Google, one day a week, but remains the property of Google. Membership is currently invite only….
Google bombing
Tom McNichol of The NY Times covers the growing practice of Google bombing: engineering search results to your whim….
Eurekster searches social networks
Eurekster is a new search engine, currently in beta, that uses your defined social network to rank search results from Overture based on the search history of you and your network of friends. The social networking technology comes from RealContacts and the personalization technology is provided by SLI Systems….