Internet Search

The battle for our desktops

By Tom Mighell on May 27, 2004

Who will win? It looks like Google has plans to offer a desktop search tool, one that’s different from a toolbar or a deskbar.

More than a search engine?

By Tom Mighell on May 20, 2004

Posted in Search Engines

Danny Sullivan laments the possible return to the days where search engines had to do much more than just search in order to attract users, in Return to the Sad Days of More Than a Search Engine?

More on Search Engines

By Tom Mighell on May 20, 2004

Posted in Search Engines

If yesterday’s April search engine milestones didn’t satisfy your need for news on search tools, then check out Greg Notess’ Internet Search Engine Update over at Online Magazine.

Personalized search — not ready for prime time?

By Tom Mighell on May 19, 2004

Posted in Internet Search

One of the hot new ideas in search technology is the “personalized” search — customizing your search experience to your own personal interests. Although the idea is promising, the technology has not quite caught up. Danny Sullivan covers these issues in Is It Really Personalized Search?

The month in search engines, April 2004

By Tom Mighell on May 19, 2004

Posted in Search Engines

In case you missed the search engine news in April, Chris Sherman has the highlights with the Search Engine Milestones of 2004.

Lawyers and Google

By Tom Mighell on May 18, 2004

Posted in Internet Search

This article from the East Bay Business Journal shows how lawyers are coming to rely on Google and other search engines as part of their research efforts.

Missing from Google

By Tom Mighell on May 17, 2004

Posted in Search Engines

Did you know it’s possible for someone to remove pages of certain websites from the Google index? Well, it was for a brief period this past week, when several websites (including Microsoft and Adobe) were inadvertently removed from Google’s index for a short period of time. Apparently this was due to a bug that allowed…

Nothing but the truth, in Results 1-10 of 2,10,310

By Tom Mighell on May 13, 2004

Posted in Internet Search

CNet reports on the growing reliance of judges on search engines for judicial research. I’m glad to see that judges are using the Internet to assist in their decision-making, but I agree with comments in the article that judges should not rely solely on the results of a Google search, without at least taking…

Handy Search Bookmarklets

By Tom Mighell on May 13, 2004

Posted in Internet Search

Greg Notess offers some nifty bookmarklets that can help you quickly switch to other search engines, select text to send to a search engine, or otherwise expedite the search process.