Google Zeitgeist, which provides a monthly snapshot of the search engine’s top searches, offers its 2003 Year-End Zeitgeist, showing that the U.S. and Canada both searched for Britney Spears most often during the year. ::sigh::
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Ubiquity — is it a good thing?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Business Week notes in Google Here, There and Everywhere that the search engine is becoming a rival to just about every company on the Net.
Search inside the book? Not Really
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Google has introduced yet another new feature this week — it’s Google Print, which indexes excerpts of books, and includes them in search results. It’s different from Amazon’s Search Inside the Book feature, which shows you actual pages from the book. Google’s new option only shows a brief excerpt from the book, usually…
A new Google trick
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
They come up with something new at Google every day, don’t they? Now, it’s airport conditions. Just type in an airport code and the word “airport” — for example, dfw airport — and the first result is a link to current conditions at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. (ViaInternet News)
The battle to end all battles
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
No, it’s not Return of the King (although it comes close — I can’t wait to see it!). Instead, it’s the war over search engine supremacy, according to Time Magazine.
Even MORE about online shopping
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet Search
Another online shopping article from SearchDay that I left out last week: Search Gains Importance at Online Retailers. It points out that searching is overtaking browsing the way consumers find and buy products online.
Not Froogle on features
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Google has updated its shopping tool, Froogle. If you still haven’t started your holiday shopping, this might be a good place to start.
Where “expert” isn’t necessarily better
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet Search
Hopefully, you’re all familiar with using the terms “And,” “Or,” “But Not,” and others to limit the scope of your search query. A recent study from Penn State University finds that using these terms does not return more relevant results than simple, dressed-down submissions. This study seems to come into conflict with the current…
Blawg of the Day
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Blogs and Blogging, Search Engines
Not a law-related weblog, but Daniel Bazac has been publishing the Bazac Weblog since July. Daniel discusses search engines, search engine optimization, meta-search, and much more. If you recall, Daniel wrote the terrific piece a few weeks ago on how to search the Web more efficiently.
Yet another helpful Web resource for holiday shoppers
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Fun Stuff, Internet Search
Those of you who purchased holiday gifts online are no doubt awaiting their delivery by one of the major freight services. Now Google can help you track your package — just enter your UPS or FedEx tracking number (for FedEx packages, add “fedex” before the number), and the first (and usually only) result you’ll get…