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“The MSNBC Newsbot (beta), powered by MSN Search Technology, is an experimental, automated news service. Newsbot gathers news from over 4,800 sources on the Internet to speed your discovery of the information you care about most. Enter a topic, interest, or news story you want to learn more about and MSNBC Newsbot will bring you …
Via Findlaw: “The Internet Search Engine Company’s Initial Public Offering Valuation Filed With The SEC, Estimating That Shares Will Sell For Between $108 – $135 Each, Which Could Raise Roughly $3.32 Billion,” [Link] Related news: Loss of Google sends users scrambling
From today’s San Francisco Chronicle, this article reviews some alternatives to search engine powerhouses Google and Yahoo, several of which you may have heard of and/or use now, such as clustering engine Vivisimo and Topix.net (which bills itself as “The Internet’s Largest News Site). But other suggested sites may be new to you and worth …
By downloading the Google Toolbar, users may take advantage of a new Browse by Name feature to “save time by typing names instead of URLs in your browser’s address bar.” See the FAQ for more details
This PCWorld.com article doesn’t cover any new territory, but it succinctly examines the increasingly competitive quest of search engines for greater profits and the resulting impact on search results.
Welcome to a sneak peek of MSN’s new search technology A few details about this stage of the preview Microsoft enhances MSN search engine Microsoft Simplifies Search Web Site
Press release: Ask Jeeves Adds New SmartSearch(TM) Features; Upgrades Site with Binoculars(TM) Site Preview Tool: “…According to an independent user study conducted by VeriTest (Competitive Analysis of Ask Jeeves Search Engines), the testing division of Lionbridge, binoculars reduced the number of clicks required to find relevant results by 50-70% per search.” For reference: Ask.com Smart …
From the press release: “U.S. businesses are throwing away billions of dollars in lost time due to ineffective and deficient research tools, according to a new study released today by FIND/SVP, a leading provider of business research, advisory, and consulting services. In fact, 84 percent of respondents feel that Web searches take longer than they …
Commentary: Privacy tradeoffs and the search wars: “…are consumers being asked to give up too much personal information in exchange for more relevant search results?”
Extreme Searching & Other Goodies, presentation at SLA Conference today by Gary Price.
Yahoo Search Offers Gas Price Shortcut: Search results are from two websites, GasPriceWatch.com and GasBuddy.com. Use this cheatsheet to review and use other search shortcuts from Yahoo, that include: Airport Information, Area Codes, Calculator, Encyclopedia Lookup, Exchange Rates, Hotel Finder, Sports Scores, Synonym Finder, Time Zones, Traffic, Weights, Measures and Temperatures, and Zip Codes.
The Reason Defamation Law Applies to News Sites, But Not News Search Sites, And What This May Mean For the Future, by Julie Hilden.
