Singapore has launched a contest for developing a next-generation multi-media online search engine. The contest has allowed for eight months time to build the engine and the reward is a 100,000 US dollar cash prize, as has been reported at Physorg.
Nielsen: Google Search Share…Dropped?
The December 2007 figures from Nielsen//NetRatings show the US search market share for Google declined from the previous month.
Search Tool for Colleges Emerges
College Kingdom has launched new search tools for students, or anyone for that matter, to search over seven thousand colleges’, universities’, career schools’, and adult education programs’ websites all at once.
Vertical Search Any Competition for Google?
Sramana Mitra has a post over at GigaOm that plays on her interest in Web3.0, which she defines on her site as the “verticalization of the web around specific Contexts”.
Sometimes Search Is Better Than The Cops
One good way to take a bite out of cyber-crime is to report scammers to Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, and the other search engines. How do you do that? By blogging about the details.
A Look at Upcoming Search Industry Conferences
In the search marketing industry, face-to-face events seem to abound. If you’re a bit lost, here’s the beginnings of a rough working guide to the next 4-5 months in the field and what to expect.The Big:
Search in the Third Dimension
The quote on the home page of SpaceTime is intriguing: "I think I’ve found a product that makes the Google interface look like it was designed by Apple." Rob Enderle, Enderle Group.
Fixing Fallen Search Engine Rankings
Are you baffled about a recent drop in your search engine rankings? Do you know where to start and get a handle on what the problem might be and how to remedy it?
Wired Dubs Search Engine Land A Spammer
Ross Mayfield took umbrage to Barry Schwartz creating a page on Wired’s How To Wiki and pointing the page to Search Engine Land.
ClikitySplit Takes On Local Search
Jim Clouse, who prefers "visionary" to CEO or founder, isn’t saying ClikitySplit is the next Google-killer, but he is saying it’s a clear alternative to traditional search engines, especially for brick-and-mortar store marketers looking to level the playing field. But he will go as far as to say ClikitySplit fits his definition of Web 3.0, which incarnates as "visual online marketing."