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Google: A Year in Review. Matt Cutts, who wrote the adult safe search filter for Google, kicked off the first Keynote session today with a year in review for Google. He noted improvements Google has made over the past year from the 880 million images to the six billion document index. He said the fresh crawl is more responsive than ever now than ever and currently goes out every few days. He also encourages people to take another look at GeoSearch, even though it’s still in beta because Google has made many advancements.
Matt strikes me as a very funny, outgoing guy. He believes search
engines must become more responsive to fresher content and noted
stemming as a big advancement.
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The China Search Engine War
Google
has pulled off a neat trick. It has managed to put its search engine
in front of Chinese users without going through the niceties of establishing
a presence onshore. It has set up AdWords as a funnel for cash leading
right back to California.
Online "robot" Xiaobu popular
"I hope
that Xiaobu can work as a personal assistant in the future, who can
answer all inquiries from his friends," said Xiaobu's creator. The
cyberspace "robot" can search lyrics, bus routes, train schedules,
postal codes and 11 other kinds of information as Bruce has linked
him with a number of useful databases.
A More "Supple" Google
Chances
are you haven't even begun to tap the power of Google. The site's
simple, elegant interface makes basic searching a snap, but hides
dozens of useful features from all but expert searchers.
Judge
clears company for downloading rival's database
In the
first case of its kind, a federal court in New York has ruled that
one company's snatching of a database from a rival's Web site does
not violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Microsoft
commercial-search chief departs
The Microsoft
executive charged with building a paid-search technology to compete
with Yahoo and Google has quietly left the company after less than
four months on the job, CNET News.com has learned.
Company
files patent suit against Google over Toolbar
A second
Southeast Michigan company has filed a lawsuit against Internet giant
Google Inc., this time for patent infringement. Southfield-based NetJumper
L.L.C. filed the lawsuit Feb. 2 in U.S. District Court in Detroit.
Yahoo!
Accepts Anti-Pollution Ads Rejected by Google
Oceana
today announced that Yahoo!, one of the Internet's leading search
engines, has accepted two of its paid advertisements, one describing
Oceana's mission of saving the oceans and linking to its Web site,
the other focusing on Oceana's campaign to stop cruise pollution.
The same ads created a major media stir last week when they were rejected
by Google.
Why
Is DMOZ So Important To The Web?
DMOZ data
is now used by the majority of major search engines on the net. This
fact alone makes DMOZ the most important submission you will ever
make and is the reason thousands of individuals will spend months
begging and pleading with DMOZ editors trying to get their site listed
in the directory.
Google
Search Appliance Sales Up 200 Percent
Google
has announced that sales of its Google Search Appliance (GSA) increased
200 percent over the course of the last year. The enterprise-focused
product, which integrates hardware and software into a stand-alone
appliance dedicated to search technology, first became available early
last year.
Sootle the Search Engine
Sootle
has a directory search that looks to be the Open Directory Project,
and a Web search. The front page is a plain query box, but the advanced
search allows you to specify stemming and the number of search results
you want per page. (10, 30, or 100.)You can also limit your search
to a certain site but it's an "around your elbow" process -- look
at the help pages for details.
9,000
Google hits can't be wrong - or can they?
But it
turns out, some of Google's biggest journalist fans are at the Los
Angeles Times. In a Jan. 18 article, Times writer Steve Lopez wrote,
"I went to Google on the Internet, typed in the words 'Buddhist,'
'bait,' and 'Marina del Rey,' and got a hit." ("Remarkable work, Steve,"
I can imagine his editors marveling.)
Lowe’s
looks to boost search engine results
When a consumer types the phrase "home improvement" into the average search engine, the first result that returns is not Lowe’s. But the world’s second largest home channel retailer wants to change that and has hired KeywordRanking.com to improve its outcome among search engine results.
GoGuides
Search Directory Off Market, Looks for Partners
In December, GoGuides- the volunteer run web search directory which is based on the old Go.com Go Guides directory, was put on the market. According to a GoGuides release, they were approached by numerous individuals and corporations showing great interest in buying the directory. |
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