In yet another in a recent string of “let’s not get too carried away with Google” articles, Slate notes, in Digging for Googleholes, that “we’re wrong to think of Google as a pure reference source. It’s closer to a collectively authored op-ed page—filled with bias, polemics, and a skewed sense of proportion—than an
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Yahoo! will purchase Overture for an estimated $1.6 billion. If you’ll recall, previously this year Overture purchased AltaVista andAllTheWeb.
This reminds me of the cartoons I used to watch where one fish is swallowed by a bigger fish, only to be swallowed by an even bigger fish. The number of fish is getting
Google Inconsistencies
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Greg Notess has noticed that two special search syntaxes featured by Google, intitle and inurl, have not been working properly for some time. Apparently, you get a large number of results that don’t include all your specified search terms.
Archiving on a cache basis
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Sometimes when you’re searching, the site you’re looking for just isn’t available — either it’s down for repairs, Internet traffic is particularly heavy, or the site has ceased operations altogether. That’s where the Google cache comes in handy. You can view the most recent version of the page in a “snapshot” format that has been…
Paying $$ for Old News
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Finding current news online is easier than ever nowadays; with sites like Google News, NewsNow, and RocketInfo, you can find literally hundreds of articles on any news story that’s currently “hot.”
When the news turns old, however, it becomes harder to find. That’s because, after a period of time, most news sources…
Viva Vivisimo!
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Today’s SearchDay has a nice review of my favorite metasearch tool, Vivisimo. One of the great features of Vivisimo that I don’t mention often is the advanced search page, which allows you to select specific search engines or sites for your query. That way, you can focus your search on only a few sites,…
Free = Music to a researcher’s ears
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Given your druthers, you’d rather conduct your Internet research for free, right? I thought so. Unfortunately, the trend is in the opposite direction nowadays, with more content providers beginning to charge for their online offerings. A few publishers don’t like this, and a group in the UK has a plan to offer medical research for…
June’s search engine developments
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Greg Notess reports on new developments with the major search engine in June’s Search Engine Update.
The month in search engines
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June was a busy month for the Internet’s various search engines, and Chris Sherman highlights the search engine milestones.
New metasearch from Pandia
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Fans of search guide Pandia Search Central will want to check out its new meta-search tool, Pandia PowerSearch.