SearchKing, a search engine and web hosting service, is suing Google, and it’s just dying to tell you this; not only did it issue a press release on its website, it also posted the summons, complaint, and motion for preliminary injunction. The lawsuit it based on SearchKing’s placement of text
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Tricks you might not know about your search engine
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Gary Price of The Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk(among other things) has an excellent article on features of specialized search engines AllTheWeb, Alta Vista, and Google.
Check out Copernic Agent
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Copernic, a longtime maker of stand-alone Web search software, launched its Copernic Agent yesterday, offering features that will make your searches faster, more powerful, and much easier (or so they claim). Copernic Agent Basic is available as a free download.
A new Dogpile (it’s not what you think)
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Posted in Search Engines
Google to charge? Say it ain’t so!
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Google is considering charging for some of its services, including the fabulous newly re-launched Google News.
FAST Caves in
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Privacy, Search Engines
I mentioned back on September 22 that search engine Alltheweb was collecting information on search terms entered by users and selling them to Doubleclick, a company notorious for selling and collecting personal information. In response to pressure from privacy groups, FAST Search hasn’t stopped this practice, but it has posted a privacy policy so users…
Need to search message boards? Here’s a way
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Search Engine Showdown reports on BoardReader, a search engine that covers Web-based bulletin boards, discussion forums, and the like.
Search Engine Showdown gets a facelift
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
I’m so glad to see that Greg Notess has given his Search Engine Showdown a redesign — he really provides some great reviews and other information on search engines.
Did AllTheWeb pull a FAST one?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Privacy, Search Engines
CNET is reporting that a complaint has been lodged against Fast Search and Transfer, alleging that its AllTheWeb search engine is collecting information on its visitors and sharing them with DoubleClick.
China’s Google-Blocking Continues
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Last week I reported that China was blocking Google to its citizens — now it appears that when someone in China requests the Google website, they are taken to a completely different search engine or website.