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Jakob Nielsen, When Search Engines Become Answer Engines, August 16, 2004: “Increasingly, the Internet user experience is becoming one of dipping a toe into websites rather than truly “visiting” them. Using search engines as their Web interface, people simply grab query-related nuggets from sites, but don’t engage with the sites themselves.”
From the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a new Data Memo on Search Engines (PDF, 7 pages): “Pew Internet Project data show that on any given day, more than half of all Internet users who are online will use a search engine. About 64 million American adults are online on a typical day and …
OmniMedicalSearch.com [via reviews by ResearchBuzz and SearchEngine Watch]: Features: using the drop-down menu, users may choose to search one or all of the 15 indexed medical search engines, and may choose either the MedPro option (“primarily for medical professionals”) or the Basic option (“customized for the general public”). In addition, users may search one or …
Yahoo enhances toolbar with antispyware tool Yahoo! Toolbar
IceRocket, a privately owned and operated Search Engine “IceRocket is pioneering commercial search by putting the interests and wants of consumers before advertisers. IceRocket uses innovative metasearch technology to search the Internet’s top search engines, including WiseNut, Yahoo, MSN, Teoma, Altavista, Alltheweb, Lycos, and many more. IceRocket offers a full suite of Internet search products …
This interesting posting from Digital Deliverance, although based on a limited analysis, raises important questions about the range and extent of sources made available to search engine users for a “top news” story on a given day.
“Yahoo! Local Beta – Find businesses and services near you….combines the best of Yahoo! Yellow Pages, Yahoo! Maps and Yahoo! Search…” From Chris Sherman, Yahoo Targets Google, Yellow Pages with New Local Search Ask Jeeves Teams With Citysearch to Create Leading Local Search Experience Yahoo!, Ask Jeeves Bow Local Search Tools
“GEICO has filed suit against two major Internet search engine operators, Google Inc. and Overture Services Inc…claiming trademark infringement, alleging that the search engine operators violate trademark rights by allowing other insurance companies to advertise to consumers who display an interest in obtaining information relating in some way to GEICO by using the registered trademark …
“Google’s Initial Public Offering Information – In order to register for a bidder ID through this web site, you must be a U.S. person. An individual who is a resident of the United States is a U.S. person. If you are an entity (such as a trust, corporation or partnership) or are not a resident …
Gumshoe Librarian: “Where in the World Is…” A Bibliography of Recommended Websites for Global Research Issues Search Engine Comparison Chart Social Software in the Library Document Product” Strategy: Optimizing Precedent Investment for Higher Profits and Better Service Enter the World of the “Wiki” CRS Reports – Updated Law Firm Marketing: Microsites Help Law Firms Concentrate …
From internetnews.com an analysis of the issues involved in Overture’s patent infringement suit against Google. System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine
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