Do any of you use meta-search tools? I don’t use them all that often, but lately I’ve been finding them useful to get a good overall idea of what the Internet has to offer on a subject. One of the oldest meta-search tools, MetaCrawler, just announced a new redesign (and hopefully, better search results).
Search Engines
Google Inaccessible in China?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
There are multiple reports today that China appears to have blocked Google from its residents, apparently because web searches could bring up porn links. Hmmm.
::Gasp!:: You mean not everyone loves Google?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
In a Salon article today, A San Antonio webmaster describes Google’s PageRank feature as “uniquely tyrannical,” because it discriminates against new web sites in favor of more established ones. Check out his rants at Google Watch.
Science Search Engines Gets New Features
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet Search, Search Engines
Scirus, a science search engine I reviewed several months ago in the newsletter, has launched a new version with more than 107 million science-specific pages available.
You mean there are OTHER ways to search besides Google?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet Search, Search Engines
Those of you who read the Internet Legal Research Weekly know that I am an unabashed Google fanatic. I have been using the Google Toolbar for several months now, and frankly I’m not sure how I got along without it. But for those of you who insist on finding other search options (of which there…
Surfwax Helps Students Get a Grip
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet Search, Search Engines
Remember Surfwax, the search engine I reviewed several months ago? Yesterday it announced the launch of Surfwax Scholar, a service designed to help students with their Internet research. Prices start at $2,500/year for 500 students or more…..
Surfwax’s Legal Researcher has been available for some time now.
Search Sites Revamp Advertising Policies
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Internet Search, Search Engines
Responding to a request from the Federal Trade Commission, several search engines are making more conspicuous the fact that many of their links are sponsored by paid advertisers. But have they gone far enough? CNet’s News.com reports on the status of their efforts.