I keep a list of books and stories that I’d like to read, and, thanks to an update to Google Book Search, I believe my list is about to get a lot longer; the Google Book Search homepage now essentially gives suggestions every time you visit it.
Live Search Livens Up Search!
Microsoft has updated its Live Search in an effort to provide users with more relevant results and to further compete with Google and Yahoo and capture a bigger piece of the search market.
Live Search More Relevant Than Google? No.
Microsoft has issued a major update to Live Search, and the Live Search Team claims that, compared to the old version, the new one is “relevant, faster and easier to use.” Fair enough, but the question remains: is it more relevant, faster, and easier to use than Google? The answer: no.
Search Update Rolling At Yahoo
The latest ‘weather report’ from Yahoo Search said an ongoing update should wrap up very soon.
Sina Strengthens Its Search Engine And Portal
We all know about Internet censorship in China – search engines may or (more probably) may not return results for any sensitive queries. But now, when Sina wants to deliver an answer, it will be able to do so more reliably.
Microsoft Rolling Out New Live Search
There are a mass of search folks gathering at Microsoft’s Mountain View campus today to learn about the roll out of the new Live Search.
Utah, Wyo., Lead Search For Teen Bride Site
Want a surge in traffic or attention? Stage a hoax. What’s the line between hoax and fraud? That’s a question for lawyers, as is the legality of selling your underage daughter’s hand in marriage, the false pretense of which caused a 1709 percent surge in search traffic for MarryOurDaughter.com, according to Yahoo.
Scanning Pattern For Google Universal Search
Traditionally, we came to learn about the “Golden Triangle” or the F-shaped scanning pattern. Now, Gord Hotchkiss says that with a change to personalized search, we are seeing more of an E-Shaped pattern.
Vertical Search Market Ripe For Growth
The vertical search market could see significant growth by adding new features, improving content and forming partnerships with existing Web sites according to a new report from JupiterResearch, "Vertical Search: Learning Lessons from Shopping."
Optimize for Yahoo Images Search with Flickr
Google Blogoscoped reports that Yahoo’s Image Search now particularly likes Flickr content, so this may be incentive for webmasters to use Flickr “as a kind of Yahoo search engine optimization”.