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Search Engine Watch July 6, 1999 |
Netscape Search Gets Rebuilt Netscape released a new version of its Netscape Search service in June. Previously powered by Excite, the new service now draws on the Open Directory and Google for its listings. It's a powerful combination that makes Netscape Search worth considering among your top search choices. |
Search Engine Watch April 4, 2000 |
The Vortals Are Coming! The Vortals Are Coming! Specialty search engines, topical search engines, vertical portals or "vortals" -- these are web sites which focus on particular topics and which especially allow you to search for information relating to those topics.... |
AskMen.com January 31, 2001 Justin Becker |
How To: Use Search Engines Well, no need to feel lost anymore -- here is a map of which search engines I highly recommend, and which ones to use for specific searches. And since information is power, you'll feel like king of the world in no time... |
ONLINE July 2000 Chris Sherman |
Humans Do It Better: Inside the Open Directory Project many who take on the daunting task of cataloging the Web find themselves hopelessly ensnared. The crew of the Open Directory Project (ODP) has avoided this unfortunate fate, and in the process have seen their efforts gain an unprecedented acceptance. |
ONLINE July 2000 Greg R. Notess |
Search Engine Update Altavista integrates OpenDirectory and Looksmart; Excites launches Photo Search; Google adds new directory, several new features; Inktomi extracts 5x10^6 record GEN3 database; etc. |
Search Engine Watch July 5, 2000 |
New Sites In Search Links I managed to work my way through the nearly 300 submissions that had come into the Search Links area of Search Engine Watch. After killing about half that were no way search engines, and viewing way to many metacrawlers to count, I added about 100 new search engines.... |
Information Today November 6, 2008 |
Automatic Categorization Added in Hot Neuron's Clustify 2.0 Hot Neuron, LLC announced the release of version 2.0 of its Clustify document clustering software, which features automatic document categorization and other tools to help corporations and law firms explore and organize large document sets. |
PC World September 1, 2000 Kim Zetter & Harry McCracken |
How to Stop Searching and Start Finding Tired of wading through useless search-engine results? We test 20 engines to pinpoint the ones that really deliver the goods.... |
Search Engine Watch March 29, 2005 Eric Ward |
Looking for Links In All The Wrong Places? In their frenzy to build links to curry favor with the major search engines, web site owners miss a far more important audience that's increasingly turning to topical search sites. |
Search Engine Watch June 8, 2000 Danny Sullivan |
Inktomi To Acquire Ultraseek From Go.com Inktomi has announced that it is to acquire Ultraseek Corporation, the subsidiary of Go.com that produces search software used by web sites and companies for site-specific and Intranet searching. The acquisition is expected to close in November, Inktomi says. |
Search Engine Watch March 5, 2001 Danny Sullivan |
Being Search Boxed To Death General purpose search engines often can do many different jobs. Nevertheless, your results might be better if you turn to a vertical tool. This may be the year that the general purpose search engines finally figure out a way to get the right vertical tools into the hands of their users... |
Information Today June 2002 Donald T. Hawkins |
The Search Engine Meeting 2002 For anyone interested in search engines, this annual meeting is a major event on the conference calendar and should not be missed. The quality of the presentations is very high, as is the content... |
Search Engine Watch December 4, 2000 Danny Sullivan |
I-Search Search Satisfaction Survey This survey of I-Search readers reveals problems both web marketers and searchers encounter with search engines... |
ONLINE May 2000 David King |
Specialized Search Engines: Alternatives to the Big Guys Most web searchers can now find almost anything in almost any imaginable field. But sometimes more is not better. At times, you may wish you could sit down to a simplified search engine that finds only on-topic information. Now you can, by using a specialized search engine. |
Search Engine Watch November 3, 2000 Danny Sullivan |
New Go Site Goes Up Having given up its goal of being a portal to please all people, the new Go site was formally unveiled last month. So far it retains features that may appeal to general searchers... |
Information Today March 3, 2008 |
Hot Neuron Introduces Document Clustering Software Hot Neuron announced the release of version 1.0 of its Clustify document clustering software, aimed at helping corporations and law firms explore, organize, and tag large document sets. |
Search Engine Watch January 11, 2010 Ron Jones |
Article Marketing 101 How to establish credibility and drive traffic back to your Web site with article marketing and submission, and how to avoid getting flagged as duplicate content. |
ONLINE May 2000 Danny Sullivan |
Avoid the Void: Quick and Easy Site Submission Strategies "If I build it, they will come."
This is one of the worst assumptions a Webmaster can make. No one will come unless you also promote your Web site, and search engines are one of the most important places to do this.... |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2008 Todd Clarke |
Paperless Payoff Discover how going digital can streamline your real estate brokerage business. |
ONLINE September 2001 Greg R. Notess |
Search Engine Update After several months of announcing the death or significant retrenchment of many of the old search engines, it is a pleasure to be able to report more new search engines that, despite the dot com economic downturn, are currently offering free access to their services... |
Search Engine Watch February 4, 2002 Danny Sullivan |
AOL Switches To Inktomi AOL Search has switched over to Inktomi results for its main listings, relegating the Open Directory's presence to having category-only links appearing at the bottom of the page... |
Search Engine Watch December 6, 1999 |
Lycos Changes Listings Format Lycos has altered the format of its search results page, in order to consistently present more information from different sources within the same space. |
Search Engine Watch August 2, 1999 |
Go Beta Tests User-Assisted Directory Taking a page from the Open Directory, Go is inviting the masses of the web to help manage its directory of web sites. Currently in beta testing, the "Go Guides" program lets anyone participate in the process of categorizing the web. |
Searcher October 2000 Stephen E. Arnold |
The 'R' Technology Revolution: Relationship, Research Revenue Single letters are the marketer's touchstones. We have the ubiquitous "e" used in company names, and, as one pundit exclaimed, "E-nough." We want to focus on "R" --- relationship technologies gathering research to produce revenue... |
Search Engine Watch July 17, 2009 Chris Boggs |
Building Directory Links: A Valuable SEO Tactic? One of the longest-tenured tactics in link building is to build links within topical free and paid directories. Is that still a valuable SEO tactic? |
T.H.E. Journal August 2002 Killmer & Koppel |
So Much Information, So Little Time Evaluating web resources with search engines |
ONLINE May 2000 Chris Sherman |
The Future Revisited: What's New with Web Search Some thoughts on what the future of web searching may hold... |
Search Engine Watch March 3, 2000 |
Numbers, Numbers -- But What Do They Mean? Some search engines now tell you both how many pages they've spidered and what they've kept. This article helps you make sense of the numbers. |
D-Lib September 2000 Judith Pearce |
Directories of Libraries and Related Organizations This paper describes data standards work currently in progress to support the deployment of directories of libraries and related organizations in a networked information services environment. |
Search Engine Watch March 3, 2000 |
Growing Pains At Volunteer Directories The use of volunteers generates a different set of problems that webmasters may encounter during the submission process at the Open Directory and Go Guides. |
Search Engine Watch May 21, 2008 Kevin Ryan |
Yellow Pages and Search Yellow pages directories and search engines are hopelessly intertwined as directories feed search queries and search queries feed directories. A new spin on the old book might just connect the dots. |
New Architect July 2002 Paul Sholtz |
Directory Integration Using directory services to successfully manage partner relationships |
Search Engine Watch January 16, 2007 Greg Jarboe |
In the Third Week of New Year's, My SearchDay Gave to Me: Four conferences, three key trends, two hyperlinks, and a ranking in the top three. Some of the events, trends, challenges and opportunities that will shape the search engine industry in the coming year. |
Search Engine Watch January 3, 2007 Eric Enge |
Are Vertical Search Engines the Answer to Relevance? Even the most advanced general search algorithm can be scuttled by ambiguous searches, but vertical search engines are increasingly offering a solution to the problem. |
Search Engine Watch May 12, 2009 Carrie Hill |
My "Must Have" List of Directories Submitting yourself to directories that are directly related to your business is an important part of directory and linkbuilding research. |
JavaWorld May 2002 Frank Sommers |
Web services take float with JAXR Learn how you can describe and advertise your Java Web service so that others can find it, and how you can locate services on the Web... |
Search Engine Watch August 16, 2006 Chris Sherman |
Who's Who in Social Search Many players, big and small, are working in the social search space. Here's a look at who's doing what to harness the power of human beings in improving search. |
Search Engine Watch November 24, 2009 Mark Jackson |
Natural Link Building Practices Don't take chances buying links. Make these safe, proven link building tactics part of your search engine optimization strategy. |
Search Engine Watch October 15, 2003 Gary Price |
A Multi-Faceted Phone Directory Lookup Tool Argali is a powerful directory lookup application that allows you to search and aggregate results from several web-based phone and email address databases. |
Information Today July 16, 2012 |
Leadership Directories Acquires Government Directories From CQ Press "With this acquisition, LDI expands and strengthens its position as the leading source of government profile and contact data," says Gretchen G. Teichgraeber, Leadership Directories' CEO. |