A few weeks ago I commented on the fact that Internet users are woefully behind when it comes to searching skills. Now Consumer Web Watch releases the results of a study discussing how consumers use search engines. Among the findings: that Internet users have little understanding of how search engines work, and that most do
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More on the new Google toolbar
SearchDay continues its search toolbar series by reviewing the new features of Google Toolbar V. 2.0.
Microsoft seeks to compete
Microsoft has launched software that will index web sites, called MSNBot. It is expected that Microsoft is making a move to compete directly with Google in the search industry.
The toolbars…the toolbars!!!!
There’s a lot of buzz this week about search engine toolbars, most of it coming from Search Engine Watch. Monday’s SearchDay reported on the Dogpile Toolbar, which allows you to easily access the Dogpile metasearch tool from your browser window. On Tuesday, Chris reported on the new HotBot Quick Search Deskbar which, among…
So THAT explains it
Ever wonder how Google’s results are so frighteningly accurate? Wonder no more — it’s all due to Google’s patented PigeonRank process.
More pictures than you can shake a stick at
AltaVista announced last week that it now has the largest index of multimedia on the Web, including image files, audio, and video. Itsimage search engine contains over 540 million images — you can search for photos, graphics, or banners/buttons, and you can even limit your search to black and white or color, or…
How saturated is your site?
Internet marketing firm Marketleap offers this search engine saturation tool to determine the number of pages a given search engine has in its index for your website. Interestingly, HotBot and AllTheWeb have more than 10 times the pages Google has for Inter Alia.
Searching the Internet 101
Ernie expands on a point I started yesterday — that searching the Internet should be a skill taught in school. I couldn’t agree more. I frequently give seminars on searching the Internet, and I am constantly amazed at the lack of basic knowledge many have about conducting simple online research (for example, I find that…
Google Tips
The MIT Technology Review has an article on Getting More from Google, with helpful tips for squeezing more information out of the search engine. I agree with the author — most people don’t want to learn these tips; they would rather just type a few words into the search box and take their chances…
Shopping by search engine
This isn’t law-related, but yesterday’s SearchDay has a nice article on specialized shopping search engines.
