Meta-search tool Dogpile has updated its Toolbar add-on to include some interesting new features. You can now see ABC News headlines streaming across the toolbar, and use the toolbar to block pop-up ads. If somebody’s using it, let me know how the pop-up blocker works — I’m interested to know if it’s as good

I’m so behind on some of these stories….

Chris Sherman over at SearchDay discusses using Google to allow your weblog users to search the Web, your weblog, or other weblogs that you read.

Greg Notess over at Search Engine Showdown has a brief discussion about how Google treats punctuation differently from other search engines.

Search service LookSmart has lost its biggest client, MSN. Seems that MSN is developing its own search engine.

This will be a big hit for LookSmart — the deal with MSN accounted for 65% of the company’s listings-driven revenue.

It looks like one of the pathfinders for locating resources on the Invisible Web, Invisibleweb.com, has up and disappeared (now you’ll just get redirected to Profusion). What a shame — it had a great set of links in its directory.

Like clockwork, the first of the month brings another Search Engine Milestones from Chris Sherman. This one’s for September.

Chris Sherman over at SearchDay reports on DART, a program that resides on your computer and allows you to organize and analyze your research. Looks like an interesting product. I just may have to check it out.

The folks who brought you Google’s PageRank technology have been working on something new, called Kaltix, which they hope will increase the user’s ability to personalize his or her search results. It’s still in development, but it definitely sounds promising.