If you missed the major search engine news last month, check out Chris Sherman’s Search Engine Milestones for June 2004.
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MSN’s Latest Attempt
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
For months (years, maybe), we have heard that Microsoft has been working on a search technology that will out-Google Google. So far, it hasn’t really happened. Last week, however, MSN debuted a revamped MSN Search, which looks a little like Google. The back-end of the search engine is still provided by Yahoo!, so…
A world for Google-philes
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
In last month’s Searcher magazine, Paul Piper discusses the sites that have sprung up in response to Google in Google Spawn: The Culture Surrounding Google. There are some nice links to other sites that use Google or otherwise make Google easier to use.
Search Engine Watch Forums
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
It’s 2:00 a.m., and you’re deep into online researching mode. Your search engine of choice isn’t returning the results it should. There’s no one to ask — or is there? My favorite search engine site, Search Engine Watch, recently introduced discussion forums for posting questions. There are folders for specific engines, as well as…
That oft-forgot research tool, the library
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet Search
The New York Times runs the article Old Search Engine, The Library, Tries to Fit into a Google World, that discusses how online resources have supplanted the library for information gathering.
Our summer associates just completed their 6-week session with us, and I find that more than ever, law students rely almost exclusively on…
A look under the hood at Yahoo!
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet Search
Gary Price talks with Dr. Gary Flake, Principal Scientist & Head of Yahoo Research Labs, in Behind the Scenes at Yahoo Labs. Dr. Flake discusses what’s going on at Yahoo, as well as making Internet searching better for everyone.
Ask for a shortcut
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Following on the heels of Google and Yahoo, Ask Jeeves announced several search shortcuts last week, as well as a page preview feature called Binoculars Site Preview. Check out the new features at SearchDay.
That was the month in search engines — May 2004
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Like clockwork, Chris Sherman posts important search engine milestones for May 2004.
A Directory for Doing, not Searching
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Gimpsy is a different type of directory — all of the categories are verbs — Create, Enroll, Hire, Sell, etc. The site allows you to quickly get to the things you want to do, hopefully saving valuable time. It’s still a work in progress; some of the categories don’t have any entries, but you are…
How do YOU feel about search engines?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
It seems that companies are finally asking that question, to better understand how people use search engines. Some of the results are discussed by Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman in Search Engine User Attitudes.