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Information Today
May 14, 2001
Richard W. Wiggins |
Google Seeks to Restore Deja Functionality When search engine portal company Google acquired Deja.com's archive of Usenet News postings, much of the functionality of the Deja site was lost. Since the February acquisition, Google has restored some of the lost searching functionality...   |
Search Engine Watch
March 6, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
Google Acquires Deja Newsgroup Service Google purchased the Deja newsgroup archives last month and is now running them within its own site. Despite saving the service, Google came under criticism from hardcore Deja users upset about lost functionality during the transition period... |
Salon.com
June 20, 2000
Andrew Leonard & Katharine Mieszkowski |
Deja.com loses its memory Now that Deja is busy helping you decide what to buy next, it doesn't have room to store its old-school Usenet archives. |
Search Engine Watch
September 4, 2000
Danny Sullivan |
Newsgroup Searching: And Then There Was One Last year, when DejaNews changed its name and pulled away from being a newsgroup-centric service, RemarQ became a strong alternative for those wishing to search discussions in Usenet. But last month, RemarQ became no more, as new owner Critical Path pulled the plug. |
ONLINE
May 2001
Greg R. Notess |
Search Engine Update With the crash of the dot com economy, it is perhaps no surprise to see some search engines disappearing from the scene as well. This month's update notes the death of both the Infoseek Web search engine and the Deja.com Usenet search engine... |
Search Engine Watch
May 2, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
Google Improves Newsgroups, Makes Inroads To Japan Google has now made the full archives of newsgroup postings it acquired from Deja available via its Google Groups service. They date back to March 29, 1995. The company has also launched a new Japan edition and signed deals with major Japanese portals... |
Search Engine Watch
May 20, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Everything Google Underneath its simple, sparse interface, Google is loaded with useful tools and services, though they're not always easy to find. A new book How to do Everything with Google offers an insider's guide to maximizing the power of the search engine. |
Search Engine Watch
May 12, 2004
Danny Sullivan |
Google Groups Adds Mailing Lists & Other Features, Competes With Yahoo Groups Google has added new mailing list creation functionality to its Google Groups service, giving it a capability that competes directly with the Yahoo Groups service. |
Salon.com
January 7, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
The geeks who saved Usenet Google's restoration of digital history relied on a few heroes' packrat mentality and a mountain of decaying mag tapes... |
Search Engine Watch
October 3, 2000
Danny Sullivan |
Petition To Save Newsgroup Archives A petition to restore access to previous years of the Deja newsgroup archives has been posted, while the service is up for sale. |
PC Magazine
July 31, 2008
Sascha Segan |
R.I.P Usenet: 1980-2008 Child-porn investigations have doomed one of the last remnants of a smaller, kinder Net. |
Search Engine Watch
June 3, 2003
Danny Sullivan |
Coping With GDS, The Google Dance Syndrome On a roughly monthly basis, Google updates its index of web pages and introduces new tweaks and changes to how its ranking algorithm works. For some, the changeover period that's come to be known as the "Google Dance" may reveal what seems like dramatic changes in Google. |
Salon.com
January 22, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Relics of the lost bulletin-board tribes Text files preserve some of the vivacity of old-fashioned online conversation. Will Web-based discussions vanish from the historical record? |
Information Today
December 6, 2004 |
Weekly News Digest Factiva's North American Customers to Access Full NY Times Archive... Critical Mention Releases New TV Enterprise Version... New Google Groups Beta Launches... |
Salon.com
June 21, 2001
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Google a go-go While other search engines sputter and fail, Monika Henzinger, Google's director of research, has an answer to every query... |
InternetNews
October 17, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Flush From Victory, RIAA Goes Headhunting A suit against Usenet.com may seem like a foolish move, but the site may have handed the RIAA the noose with which to hang it. |
PC World
June 19, 2002
Tom Mainelli |
Newsgroups Get a New Life Usenet's ranks swell as surfers seek community and free stuff -- raising interest in other camps. |
InternetNews
November 2, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Guba Gives Usenet a Modern Shot Guba announced enhancements to its Usenet search service that lets users find multimedia content disguised as text files. |
Search Engine Watch
July 5, 2000 |
Google Announces Largest Index Another milestone in the search engine size wars was hit when Google went live with a full-text index of 560 million URLs in June, making it the largest search engine on the web.... |
InternetNews
February 17, 2004
Pamela Parker |
Google Boasts of Biggest Index Search giant Google fired a shot across competitors' bows Tuesday by boasting of a 6-billion-item index, featuring more Web pages, images, and book-related information. |
Search Engine Watch
February 18, 2003
Danny Sullivan |
Google Buys Blogging Company - But Why? Why did Google buy Blogger? Most likely for ad distribution and almost certainly not to improve search quality. |
The Motley Fool
September 6, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Google Searches the Past for New Opportunities The bottom line is this: Google's latest service, offering people a way to search back in time, also offers Google investors yet another reason why they shouldn't have to search too hard to understand how the company will keep its revenues growing into the future. |
Search Engine Watch
May 18, 2006
Chris Sherman |
Building the Universal Library What will it take for Google or another search engine to truly assemble a library of all of the world's information? Here is a fascinating look at the challenges. |
Search Engine Watch
August 2, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
A Webby, More Images, Date Range Search & Search Voyeurism At Google Google has enlarged its image search service, added a new date range searching option and unveiled a way to discover popular search topics at the service. The service also received its third Webby award in July... |
Searcher
October 2002
Gary D. Price |
Specialized Search Engine FAQs: More Questions, Answers and Issues An introduction to specialized search engine searching |
Search Engine Watch
August 23, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Lycos Introduces People, Discussion Search Tools In a bid to differentiate itself from Google and the other major search players, Lycos has rolled out two search tools aimed at helping people connect with other people. |
Search Engine Watch
June 2, 2000 |
Google Gets Kid Safe, Suggests Maps Google has added a new feature to filter adult content out of its listings, and the search engine now also provides links to online maps in response to relevant queries. |
ONLINE
July 2001
Greg R. Notess |
Search Engine Update AltaVista continues to make changes to its site... Google has added automatic translation capability... Google Groups has expanded its advanced search capabilities and the depth of its Usenet archive... iLor has received much press lately for its innovative addition of features to Google... etc. |
Search Engine Watch
April 2, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Google News It was another busy month for Google, so here's a compilation of stories that cover its new news search service, a new Search Microsoft feature, how the Google Toolbar is being used to solve genetic puzzles and other items... |
InternetNews
January 18, 2006
Sean Michael Kerner |
Google Talk Opens Up Google's instant messaging software now talks to other XMPP servers. |
PC World
January 2006
Scott Spanbauer |
Free Expert Advice on the Web's Forums: Priceless Consult online communities to get assistance and opinions, fast. |
The Motley Fool
October 9, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Quick Take: The Google Hammer Google has shown that search is big business, and No. 2 Yahoo!, along with Microsoft and IAC/InterActiveCorp, want a bigger piece of that pie. |
Search Engine Watch
July 6, 1999 |
Google Goes Forward While I've considered Google a "major player" in the search space for some time, the deal with Netscape gives it a mass audience for the first time, along with its first business deal. |
Inc.
June 1, 2003
Robert X. Cringely |
What's Next: Do One Thing Right Smart companies are finding ways to make money on the Net. |
Search Engine Watch
May 6, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Google Launches Answers Service, API Program Google introduced two new interesting features last month. The first, Google Answers, is a beta program that allows users to get personal answers from a professional researcher, in exchange for a fee. The second allows programmers to use the new Google Web APIs... |
Search Engine Watch
February 6, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
Google Does PDF & Other Changes Google now includes listings of Adobe PDF files from across the web, a first for any major search engine and a feature long overdue for them to offer. By including PDF content in its listings, Google makes its service even more useful for those trying to get into the nooks and crannies of the web... |
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. |
PC Magazine
October 28, 2003 |
20 Great Google Secrets You already love searching with google. These tips can make finding what you need even easier. |
InternetNews
January 26, 2006
Sean Michael Kerner |
Mozilla Severs Netscape News Legacy Usenet is still being used and, surprisingly, it's growing. |
Search Engine Watch
September 6, 2006
Chris Sherman |
Google Debuts 200 Year News Archive Search News and history junkies take heart: Google's new News Archive Search lets you search back over twenty decades worth of historical content, including scads of articles not previously available via the search engine. |
Search Engine Watch
October 4, 1999 |
Google Gets Out Of Beta Google finally lost its "beta" moniker on September 21, with the new site featuring a cleaner look and a new "GoogleScout" related pages feature. |
Search Engine Watch
December 6, 1999 |
Google Loses Virginity But Gains A Virgin And so finally it's come -- advertising on Google. They promised something other than banners when the site came out of beta, and Google delivers on that promise. |
Search Engine Watch
September 3, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Google: Can The Marcia Brady Of Search Stay Sweet? Does search dominance by Google mean that the company is destined to be hated, in the way that Microsoft endures a poor reputation due to its dominance of operating systems, office software and browsers? Such a fate is not preordained. |
Search Engine Watch
February 15, 2006
Chris Sherman |
Google Desktop Fears Overblown? Consumer watchdogs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation are urging a boycott of Google's new Desktop Search program, citing privacy concerns. But is it really too risky to use the program? |
CIO
December 1, 2001
Meridith Levinson |
Hats off To Google Web Business 50 winner Google kept customers connected on Sept. 11... |
InternetNews
October 23, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Google Gets Social Search Religion Google's Custom Search Engine is for individuals, organizations or business that want to add customized Google Web Search to their Web site or blog. |
InternetNews
November 16, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Base: Toward a Walled Garden Google launched a beta version of Google Base on Wednesday. The tool, in testing since October, lets users upload all kinds of content to Google's servers. |
InternetNews
September 6, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Back in Time With Google Google connects searchers to history and might even make a buck doing it. |
InternetNews
March 8, 2006
David Miller |
Google Gaffe, Round Two Fallout from Google's 'PR gaffe' reaches analysts, the stock market and the SEC. |
InternetNews
October 5, 2006
Sean Michael Kerner |
Google Launches Code Search Billions of lines of code are now available for your searching enjoyment. |
