Internet Search

The One-upsmanship continues

By Tom Mighell on February 19, 2003

First Yahoo purchased search engine Inktomi. Then Google buys Blogger (okay, that’s not the same, but follow me here…). Now Overture, one of Google’s rivals in the area of search-related paid advertising, has purchased search engine AltaVista. That’s AltaVista’sthird owner in the past few years; let’s see if Overture can do anything

Search engine accuracy to the square foot

By Tom Mighell on February 15, 2003

Posted in Internet Search

A Canadian company is introducing new software that allows businesses feed data on their locations to search engines. Pretty cool concept — say you’re in New York, and you want to know the nearest Italian restaurant. You go to a search engine on your web-enabled phone, the technology would search for such restaurants in

MSN upgrades its search

By Tom Mighell on February 12, 2003

Posted in Search Engines

MSN Search launched a test site for its new search technology, which will display results 65 percent faster than before.

It’s nice to have cache on hand

By Tom Mighell on February 11, 2003

Posted in Search Engines

Greg Notess at Search Engine Showdown has an interesting article on working with Google’s cache. The Google Cache can definitely help you find Web pages that are no longer available — if you know how to use it.

Your Google Doppelganger

By Tom Mighell on February 11, 2003

Posted in Search Engines, Web and Online Culture

Proof that Google is permeating our national culture — the New Yorker has another cartoon on the search engine.

Surf’s up, but who’s paying attention?

By Tom Mighell on February 8, 2003

Posted in Internet Search, Web and Online Culture

Fewer and fewer, it seems. A study by web analytics company WebSideStory find that fewer Internet users are “surfing” these days, preferring instead to go directly to the site they want. According to the survey, 64 percent arrive at sites through direct navigation — that’s up from 53% last year.

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