Search Engines: Experimental
Here’s what happened when I followed Googlebot for 3 months
This experiment uncovered no direct way to bypass the First Link Counts Rule with modified links but it was possible to build a structure using...
Common Search: The open source project bringing back PageRank
Columnist JR Oakes explains Common Search, a great open source tool for understanding how search engines work, which has a hidden gem for those...
Samsung, Intel Invest In “Anticipatory Search” Startup Expect Labs
Expect Labs, which is a small startup in the San Francisco Bay Area, has a very impressive list of investors. Today the company announced a new...
Comparison Engine FindTheBest Debuts Local Classifieds
Structured data comparison engine FindTheBest has evolved impressively since its launch in August 2010. The site has become progressively richer...
U Can’t Make This Stuff Up: MC Hammer Announces Wiredoo Search Engine
“If you want to swing the bat, why not swing for the fences?” With that statement, MC Hammer — yes, that MC Hammer —...
Data Visualization & Infographic Search Engine Visual.ly Launches
Infographics (or data visualizations) are all the rage in content marketing today, and Visual.ly is launching with hopes of becoming “the...
“Anti-Search Engine” FindTheBest Adds Buying Guides, Top 10 Slideshows
There are a number of ways to describe FindTheBest, the site launched last year by DoubleClick founder Kevin O’Connor. One is “decision...
StumbleUpon Becomes Android App Discovery Tool
StumbleUpon, which these days calls itself a “discovery engine,” has integrated app discovery into its Android application’s...
DoubleClick Founder Launches Structured “Decision Engine” FindTheBest.com
At first blush it wasn’t impressive to me. I assumed from a quick look that FindTheBest was just a collection of links and “best...
Yolink Goes After Publishers With Search Preview Tool
There have been many search “preview” tools, plug-ins and add-ons that try and give users a peek at what’s behind a link on a...
Fun Stats: 28% Of Sites Use Google Analytics; 5% Have Facebook Or Twitter Links
Factual has analyzed data from 4 million web sites and provided a holiday gift for stats junkies. Did you know 5% of pages have either a Twitter...
Pre-Xmas Sale On Wolfram iPhone App
The previous $50 price tag was probably a serious miscalculation (pun intended) by the folks at Wolfram Alpha, when they launched their iPhone...
Bug: Google Social Search Goes Offline Temporarily
Over the weekend, I received several emails, noticed dozens of Tweets, saw several forum posts and noticed for myself that Google Social Search...
Does Marissa Mayer’s “Perfect Search Engine” Already Exist In Siri?
Recently IDG News Service asked Google’s Marissa Mayer about the “perfect search engine.” Here was the question posed:...
Five More Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should
Have you ever needed to see the search results for another city — maybe because you want to see what PPC ads are shown somewhere else?...
Wolfram Alpha Makes Public Debut
The highly anticipated Wolfram Alpha search engine made its debut today, although Google tossed in a little spoiler. The webcast was apparently...
U Rank – Microsoft’s Social Search Experimental Site
Out now from Microsoft Research is U Rank, an experiment that allows people to move results around, as well as share them with friends and add...
SEO For Semantic Search Engines
A new generation of search engines is starting to become publicly available, so it’s time to start thinking about how it will affect SEO...