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Information Today
Barbara Quint |
Amazon Introduces New Web Search Engine Amazon.com's technical research subsidiary, A9, has released a new search engine that combines Google searching of the Web with searches of Amazon's own full-text collection of books and site information from Amazon's Alexa service.   |
InternetNews
April 14, 2004
Pamela Parker |
Amazon Adds Search to E-Commerce The industry's newest search player mixes customer information from its online store into the search results and begins to explore the boundaries of personalization. |
PC Magazine
September 21, 2004
Janet Rubenking |
A9 This popular e-commerce company's new search interface adds many features and raises one big privacy concern. |
ONLINE
Mar/Apr 2006
Greg R. Notess |
On The Net - Tracking Your Search History Commercial databases and traditional online systems have offered a search history feature for decades. Web search engines are finally catching up. The options vary greatly among them, but all raise a number of privacy issues. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Is Amazon's A9 Benign? Search junkies can be psyched for a cool site, but will some features backfire? |
The Motley Fool
October 3, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Amazon Sinks A9 Amazon.com strips its search engine of local color and personality. |
PC Magazine
March 2, 2004
Tara Calishain |
The Next Small Thing If you haven't tried a search toolbar yet, you're missing a great way to ease your searching. |
InternetNews
February 23, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
A9 Search Looks to Patent Its Shtick A9 hopes to patent the complex server architecture it uses to personalize Web and catalog search results. |
InternetNews
May 20, 2004
Ryan Naraine |
'Future of Search Will Make you Dizzy' Search technology pioneer Udi Manber provides a vision of the relevancy and speed of search results. |
ONLINE
May/Jun 2005
Greg R. Notess |
Searching Books Between the Covers When and how to use Google and Amazon for full text book searches. Also, a comparison of the two resources reveals inconsistency with both. |
Inc.
April 2005 |
A New Way to Find Small Businesses Amazon's A9 Yellow Pages provide small companies with a new way to be found on the Internet. |
ONLINE
Jan/Feb 2004
Greg R. Notess |
Toolbars: Trash or Treasures? Search engines have tripped over each other this past year in offering up toolbars. Yet the insidious fault of toolbars lies in the over-reliance on the search engine that their constant presence engenders. |
Search Engine Watch
January 7, 2003
Danny Sullivan |
Clearing Your Search History From Google And Other Search Engines Ever gone to Google or another search engine using the Internet Explorer browser and noticed that some past searches you've performed were displayed below the search box? It's your browser that's keeping the record, and it's one you may find yourself wishing to delete, from time to time. |
Search Engine Watch
January 27, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Amazon's A9 Launches Visual Yellow Pages This new nationwide yellow pages directory comes with a twist--thumbnail images of business storefronts that let you take a virtual walk through the streets of 10 major U.S. cities. |
Search Engine Watch
January 30, 2006
Chris Sherman |
Google Releases Upgraded Toolbar Google has enhanced its toolbar for Internet Explorer, introducing several new features that will appeal to regular users of the program. |
PC Magazine
August 29, 2007
Dan Costa |
You Are What You Search Google's Web History project tells us a lot about ourselves by tracking our search habits, but what info does it give Google about you, too? |
InternetNews
January 27, 2005
Tim Gray |
Amazon, A9 Give Virutal Search Tour The companies' A9.com guide offers users a view of the businesses they're searching for. |
PC Magazine
February 2, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
A9.com Maps (beta) A9.com Maps, still in beta, gives users an innovative, street-level view of the sites they're looking for. |
Search Engine Watch
October 6, 2004
Danny Sullivan |
Google Print Opens Widely To Publishers Google's nearly year-old Google Print program is set for a huge expansion of content through the launch of a new program today allowing publishers to more easily submit material for inclusion. |
InternetNews
January 29, 2006
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Updates Toolbar Google Toolbar 4.0 broadens its focus and functionality beyond Google Search, adding four new features: custom buttons, Web-based bookmarks and site-specific search. |
Search Engine Watch
April 20, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Google Personalizes the Web Say goodbye to bookmarks: Google's My Search History feature automatically keeps track of web searches and every page viewed from search results by saving your "search behavior," not web pages. |
InternetNews
October 14, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Search Hits The Desktop Google's Desktop Search application, released today, sorts through desktop files of all sorts, as well as AOL Instant Messenger chats and Web sites the user has visited. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Amazon's Secret Sale In another move to steal search, Amazon offers discounts to A9.com users. |
Search Engine Watch
August 30, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Visualizing Google Search Results MoreGoogle is a simple utility that enhances Google result pages with thumbnail images and other useful links. |
PC World
June 2003
Steve Bass |
Maximum Google Google is fast, accurate, and fun to use, but you can get even more out of the boss of search engines. |
Search Engine Watch
October 14, 2004
Danny Sullivan |
Google Desktop Search Launched The company released a new Google Desktop Search tool that allows people to scan their computers for information in the same way they use Google to search the web. Its ease of use, plus how it enhances the Google search experience, make it a compelling product to use. |
The Motley Fool
January 30, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Google Tools Around The search giant is upgrading its search toolbar, but there's much bigger news afoot. Tuesday's earnings release is where the real excitement lies this week for investors. |
InternetNews
April 20, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Search and My History Shall Find My Search History, which went live on Wednesday, lets users access and manage their Google search history from any computer. |
Search Engine Watch
March 17, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Google Pushes Local Search Into the Limelight Google has officially moved local search out of Google Labs and into beta, introducing several noteworthy new features at the same time. |
Search Engine Watch
July 15, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Google Toolbar Adds Keyword Browsing to Internet Explorer Google has added a keyword based browsing feature to its toolbar, allowing users to type words rather than URLs into the Internet Explorer address bar and automatically see the 'most relevant' site for those terms. |
Search Engine Watch
April 2, 2003
Danny Sullivan |
Search Privacy At Google & Other Search Engines This article examines what Google and other search engines record about your searches. |
Search Engine Watch
December 3, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
New Google Toolbar Lets Users Rate Pages A new version of the Google toolbar now in beta testing sports a new look -- happy and sad faces that let toolbar users rate web pages... |
PC Magazine
February 15, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
Mapping Goes Local New local search services combine the search functionality of yellow-page sites, the cartographic abilities of the best mapping services, and a healthy dose of business and restaurant reviews provided by the locals themselves. |
Search Engine Watch
March 7, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Google Desktop Search Moves Out of Beta After a comparatively short beta test period of just five months, Google has formally launched its desktop search application. And it addresses many of the privacy and security concerns raised after the release of the beta version last October. |
Search Engine Watch
November 9, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Firefox, Google and Web Search Mozilla Firefox has Google, Yahoo and other search tools baked in, but they are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to search capabilities available with this innovative new web browser that launched its first official version today. |
BusinessWeek
November 22, 2004
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
There's Google. Then There's Google Desktop The new local search tool is no privacy threat, but it falls short in several ways -- such as fundamental problems in using its Web query and results formats for local searches. But the decision to use it should be based on whether it meets your needs, not scare talk. |
Information Today
April 25, 2005
Paula J. Hane |
Search Engines Roll Out New Personalization Options Several major search engines, such as Ask Jeeves and Yahoo!, are offering personalization upgrades to retain searchers. |
InternetNews
May 2, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Google, Microsoft Face to Face After all the talk, direct competition is finally escalating between Google and Microsoft. It's to a point now that Google even gets mentions in Microsoft company memos. |
InternetNews
June 21, 2006
Andy Patrizio |
Adobe, Google Bundle Up Google Toolbar will be included with Adobe products, starting with Shockwave. |
Information Today
March 28, 2005
Richard W. Wiggins |
Amazon's New OpenSearch Enables Search Syndication Announcing the new service at a technology conference, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said vertical search service will do for search what RSS has done for content. |
PC World
October 24, 2007
Stephen Manes |
Today's Web: Use at Your Own Risk! Sites want the right to snoop on you. But just what do they promise to give you in return? |
InternetNews
December 21, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Malware Now Hiding As Google Toolbar Buttons It looks like a Toolbar add-on. It installs like a Google app. But it's not a Google Toolbar button - it's malicious code pretending to be legit. |
Search Engine Watch
January 5, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Search Resolutions for the New Year Now's an ideal time to reflect on your searching habits and ring in some changes that will make you a more effective searcher in the year to come. |
Search Engine Watch
November 10, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Google Personalized Search Leaves Google Labs Google's personalized search has graduated from Google Labs and is now available to users on 39 worldwide Google domains in addition to Google.com. |
PC Magazine
December 13, 2007
Michael Muchmore |
Google Toolbar 5 for Internet Explorer The new Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer offers you added convenience, but also more chances to relinquish your online privacy. |
Search Engine Watch
December 13, 2004
Chris Sherman |
MSN Joins the Desktop Search Fray Microsoft has launched its long anticipated desktop search application, and it's packed with promising features and tools that make it a strong contender coming out the gate. System requirements for MSN Desktop are listed here. |
Search Engine Watch
May 4, 2005
Gary Price |
Going Under Cover with Book Search Tools Google, Amazon and others offer really useful 'search inside the book' tools, but they're not always the easiest features to use. Here's a closer look at getting the most from online book search services. |
Search Engine Watch
April 15, 2004
Jeffrey Rohrs |
Google Drops Restrictions on AdWords; Amazon's A9 Launches Google has unveiled new AdWords policy disclaiming any responsibility to monitor or restrict keywords for ads served within the U.S. and Canada... Amazon.com's separately branded and operated subsidiary has launched a beta version of its web search site... |
Search Engine Watch
May 17, 2006
Chris Sherman |
A Closer Look at Google Notebook Google's new Notebook tool lets you clip text, images or search results and save them in online notebooks that you can share with others. How does Google's new tool stack up against the competition? |
InternetNews
January 9, 2006
Sean Michael Kerner |
Yahoo Leads in Toolbar Searches Though it continues to fall behind Google in other categories, Yahoo currently holds the lead for the most toolbar searches, but only by the thinnest of margins. |
