My favorite meta-search tool Vivisimo has been working on providing its “clustering engine” search functionality for other websites, and the results are great. Now you can search FindLaw and receive clustered search results. You can also run Vivisimo-like searches with eBay,PubMed, and FirstGov. Nicely done.
Search Engines
What was that sound?
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Now you can search for sounds on the Internet, of all things. FindSounds lets you search the Internet for sound effects and musical instrument samples. So if you need to download a hiss, a splat, a giggle, or a howitzer, you’ll find them all here. Chris Sherman has a reviewhere.
Mamma Mia
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Mamma, the “mother of all search engines,” (it’s really a meta-search tool) unveiled new search features last week. Included in the new goodies are query term highlighting, customization of results, and something called “search math,” which allows you to include or exclude certain terms from your search.
And the Winner is…..[yawn]
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Surprise, surprise. Google took away most of the awards at the 4th Annual Search Engine Watch Awards.
Network Lawyers takes on Search Engines
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
This week, the Network-Lawyers group is holding a seminar on search engines hosted by yours truly and my new friend Kathy Biehl. We are incredibly fortunate to have a fantastic panel of experts to discuss the topic: Chris Sherman and Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Watch, Tara Calashain from ResearchBuzz (as well as several…
Become a search hacker
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Tired of the same old search engines? Think you can build a better search engine on your own? Now you’ve got help, with the new publicationSpidering Hacks. The book offers tips and tools for creating and running your own spiders, those software creatures that are used by search engines to discover web pages…
Brush up your Google
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines, Useful Web Sites
Need a refresher on using Google? Check out the Google Guide, which is maintained by Nancy Blachman, who is not affiliated with Google (but she’s a fan!). The guide offers tutorials on just about any feature of Google you’d care to use.
A look back at….January
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
If you missed any search engine news this past month, Chris Sherman rounds it all up for you in the Search Engine Milestones for January 2004.
Goodies from Google
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines
Mary Ellen Bates always has something interesting and useful to say — this time she’s saying it over at SearchDay, where she offers us someHidden Google Tools.
Power searching for the news
By Tom Mighell on
Posted in Search Engines, Software
A few years ago RocketInfo used to be one of the only news search tools in town, until the company decided to concentrate on pursuing the corporate news search market. Since last year, RocketInfo has been back, offering products on a number of platforms. One tool that I have not tried is the RocketInfo Desktop,…