SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 22, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Topic: Semantic search
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 14, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
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 efforts. The new search engines I’m talking about are the semantic search engines, meaning they are search engines that can be queried using natural language (not keywords like when using Google). […]
Yahoo! Lets You “Build Your Own Search Service”
Yahoo! has just unveiled the next phase in their plan to spur search innovation by providing search-related resources to developers. The Yahoo! Build Your Own Search Service (BOSS) enables developers to access Yahoo! search results, combine them with other sources, rerank them, and define their appearance. Yahoo! says they are making BOSS available in an […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 1, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 19, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Vertical Search Engine Healthline Launches “Semantic Ad Network”
Vertical health search engine Healthline has introduced what it’s calling the Healthline Media Network, a contextual ad network for medical and health-related sites. According to the company, the new ad network will utilize Healthline’s “semantic health search technology” to better understand partner page content and do a better job of matching ads accordingly.
Powerset Launches “Understanding Engine” For Wikipedia Content
After nearly two years in the making — and plenty of hype — Powerset has finally rolled out a "natural language" search engine. It’s not a Google killer. It’s barely a business model right now. But at least it’s something the world can finally play with, and under the hood, there’s lots of potential. By […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, May 5, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web
SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 31, 2008
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Search Biz: Alibaba Gains, Google Loses, & Eric Schmidt Says Don’t Call Me Daddy Anymore
China’s Alibaba.com, in which Yahoo is a significant minority shareholder, enjoyed a massive 340 percent gain in net profit tied to China’s fast-growing economy. As Google argued earlier, it appears that those doing business in Asia and China in particular are somewhat insulated from the United States’ economic woes.
AOL Buys Q&A Provider Yedda
AOL announced that it has acquired Israeli Q&A provider Yedda for an undisclosed sum. Comparable in many respects to Yahoo Answers, Yedda bills itself as a next generation “semantic” Q&A service. AOL will more broadly integrate the functionality into a number of its sites and properties, as Yahoo has with Answers. The release also suggests […]
Social Networking Through Search: Hakia Helps You Meet Others
Hakia, a natural language search engine, has just added a new spin to search: social networking. Their new Meet Others feature lets you connect with others who are searching for the same things you are. Since Hakia processes queries differently than old school search engines such as Google, you aren’t just matched up with people […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 2, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Google Searchology Day: Recap Of Announcements
It’s Searchology Day today at Google, where the company is devoting time to look at the past, present and future of search at Google. There will be a number of significant announcements coming out of the event. Want to keep up? Stay tuned to this page. We’ll keep it updated with a summary of major […]
ZoomInfo Offers Free Company Profiles
ZoomInfo today launched its Business Information Search Engine, a service that offers information on more than 3.5 million companies. Although the company profiles are similar to those offered by Hoovers.com and other subscription-based providers, ZoomInfo business profiles are free. The profiles also differ in how they’re compiled. While most business information providers laboriously compile information […]
Google Adds Related Phrases To Definitions
Threadwatch spotted that Google has added “related phrases” to the Google definitions feature. For example, a search on define:car shows at the top: Related phrases: car rental cable car trailer on flat car stock car tank car pace car car kit champ car box car racer