Dilbert’s Scott Adams: Will Google Replace Your Doctor?
Dec 8, 2008 at 3:24pm ET by Matt McGee
Can a search engine accurately diagnose health problems? Can it someday replace your doctor? Questions like this aren't new, but the discussion has gotten a bit louder in recent weeks.
Just a couple weeks ago, I reported on a Microsoft investigation of cyberchondria, when inaccurate medical information online makes actual health problems worse. On Friday, Dilbert cartoon creator Scott Adams shared a different point of view, telling blog readers how Google helped him find treatment for a speech defect known as Spasmodic Dysphonia.
More specifically, Adams was using Google Alerts to get i [...]
Filed in: Features: Analysis, Google: Alerts, Google: Health, Google: Web Search, Microsoft: Other, Microsoft: Other Search, Search & Society: General, Search Engines: Health & Medical Search Engines, Top News
Google Adds RSS Feeds For Web Search Results
Oct 28, 2008 at 5:54pm ET by Matt McGee
As expected, Google has added an RSS feed for web search results to the Google Alerts service. As seen in the screenshot above, when creating a new alert, you can now choose to get the alert via email or RSS feed. RSS feed alerts are only available to logged-in Google account holders.
As we reported earlier this month, Google is the last major search engine to offer its web search results via RSS.
This is a good addition, but I have to agree with Google Operating System today: "The new feature from Google Alerts is useful, but Google should've provided an option to subscribe to feeds [...]
Filed in: Google: Alerts, Google: Web Search, Top News
Google Confirms RSS For Web Search Results
Oct 8, 2008 at 3:02pm ET by Matt McGee
Google has confirmed for Search Engine Land that they'll soon start offering RSS feeds for web search results. When it happens, the RSS feeds will be an extension of Google Alerts, which currently only allow notification by email.
The addition of RSS alerts was first picked up by Amit Agarwal, who found it mentioned in an October 1st Wall Street Journal article where author Katherine Boehret wrote, "In about a month, Google will begin delivering these alerts to users via feeds, as well as emails."
In an email today, a Google spokesperson told us: "While I can't be more specific about an [...]
Filed in: Google: Alerts, Google: Web Search, Top News
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