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For Web Search, the Time Is Now November 01, 2009 
We all contribute to the news cycle when we post timely content online, even if it's 140 characters or fewer, and recently we learned that our little bits of information have substantive value when search giants Google and Microsoft announced that they will index our tweets and status updates. But the sheer volume of content that we produce could be a problem.
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ICANN to Give Web Addresses International Flavor October 27, 2009 
The board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers may vote to allow internationalized domain names at the association's ongoing meeting in Seoul. Assuming the proposal is adopted, countries can apply to test country-code top level domains beginning in mid-November. IDNs are domain names that can use characters other than Latin scripts.
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What Can Google Social Search Actually Find? October 27, 2009 
For Google, the recent effort to mix social media with traditional search results is all about relevance -- thus its efforts such as Google Social Search, which the company rolled out in experimental form late Monday. However, can the results really be that effective if they don't include the full participation of the world's largest social network, Facebook?
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Bing and Google Fight Search Battle in Real-Time October 22, 2009 
Facebook and Twitter must have felt like the belles of the social media ball Wednesday. Both companies announced agreements with search engine suitors Google and Microsoft's Bing to integrate their status updates and tweets into search results, bringing with them the likelihood of more real-time results to search queries and conjuring up visions of next-level information gathering on the Internet.
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Google, MySpace, Facebook Music Options Sprout as CD Sales Wilt October 22, 2009 
Internet power players Google, MySpace and Facebook are adopting strategies to better compete in a music industry that is rapidly shifting online. Google plans to launch a music search service, MySpace said its music videos will be spread on competing social networks, and Facebook said it will now allow friends to send each other song-streaming gifts.
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Ask.com Clips Out New Niche With Coupon Engine October 06, 2009 
Search engine Ask.com has introduced a new feature that allows users to search for coupons and product discounts. The feature is embedded in the Ask.com front page, where visitors find an everyday-type picture -- in today's case, a man holding a camera and wearing a watch; a couple holding a computer box, and so on.
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More Search Features for Google, Less Market Share for Bing October 02, 2009 
Despite a multi-million-dollar ad campaign, interest in Microsoft's new Bing search engine may be leveling off, according to new market share findings this week from two Web tracking services. However, the competition from Bing may still be weighing heavily on Google, if this week's addition of new search features and Web site gadgets is any indication.
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Google Wends Its Way Into Web Annotation With Sidewiki September 24, 2009 
Google on Wednesday launched Sidewiki, a Web annotation tool that serves as a comment forum for Web pages. Sidewiki ranks entries according to their relevance, as determined by Google's own algorithm. It will also place those comments on Web pages that carry the information which sparked the comments. Google Sidewiki appears as a browser sidebar.
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Bing Aims to Pull Visual Search Into Focus September 15, 2009 
Microsoft has plumped up Bing with Visual Search, a Silverlight-powered add-on that returns search results based on images instead of text. Introduced as a beta, Visual Search will become available to users on a rolling basis over the month, with general availability expected by the end of September.
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Getting Ready for the Google Generation September 11, 2009 
Like every new generation, today's youth are unlike their predecessors, and they are poised to make a significant impact on society and business as they enter the workforce. While this may not seem like a revelation, what is important to keep in mind is who is pulling some of the strings that are already redefining how today's kids think and tomorrow's workers will behave.
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Yahoo Keeps Polishing Search Tech Despite Bing Hook-Up August 25, 2009 
Yahoo will keep innovating in search and try to outsmart both Microsoft and Google even as the slumping Internet company prepares to lean on rival Microsoft's search technology. That message emerged Monday as Yahoo previewed a series of search engine upgrades that it plans to introduce before the end of the year.
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Can Microsoft Keep Its Word? August 14, 2009 
A Toronto company aptly named "i4i" is getting its revenge on Microsoft by kicking it square in the monkeymaker. i4i has sued Redmond, claiming that Microsoft Word infringes on its patents. Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas -- where else? -- has given Microsoft two months to halt sales of the offending software.
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Netflix Plans Sequel to Million-Dollar Suggestion Contest August 12, 2009 
You might call it "Son of the Netflix Prize." The DVD rental company has not yet announced a winner for its first US$1 million challenge to improve its system of recommending movies that subscribers may enjoy, but it is already indicating there will be a sequel. Netflix's chief product officer, Neil Hunt, said Netflix will announce specific details of a second contest in late September.
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Google Offers Testers a Sip of Caffeine August 11, 2009 
As if its widely acknowledged dominance of the U.S. search engine market is not enough, Google on Tuesday revealed that it's working on a next-generation architecture for Web search. The formerly secret project, code-named "Caffeine," is the first step in a process to improve the search engine in various areas, including indexing speed, accuracy and comprehensiveness, Google said.
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Playing Hide and Seek in a Wired World August 05, 2009 
When I first started skip tracing -- that is, finding people -- my only tool was the telephone and my only resource for searching was directory assistance. Unbelievably, I was able to find people from London to Fiji, but it was costly and extremely time consuming. Half my search time was trying to be connected to directory assistance in a foreign country. Trust me -- 411 in the '90s was not cheap.
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Yahoo Goes DIY With Redesigned Homepage July 21, 2009 
Third-party applications and customization features take center stage on Yahoo's new homepage as the company rolled out the beta version of its redesign for U.S. users Tuesday. Actually, "center stage" isn't quite accurate; the long list of colorful icons for Facebook, MySpace, eBay and HotJobs, along with Yahoo's homegrown services like Mail and Messenger, can be found on left-hand side of the new home page.
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