Clusty the Clustering Engine
Published by Picturesque on Thursday, September 30, 2004 at 8:09 PM.
Vivisimo has introduced Clusty, a new search tool currently in beta testing. "The search engine makes use of Vivisimo's clustering technology, sorting search results into more narrow categories, helping the searchers target their queries more accurately." Check them out by clicking here ---> Clusty the Clustering Engine
Froogle in the UK
Published by Picturesque on at 8:07 PM.
Froogle is now in beta in the UK. Popular here in America, you can check out the UK version at ----> Froogle UK
LookSmart aquires Furl.net
Published by Picturesque on Monday, September 27, 2004 at 9:03 AM.
Not to be left behind in the "storage" category, Looksmart has aquired the web page storage tool Furl.net. MSN has been storing favorites for users for years; AskJeeves has just added this feature; and now LookSmart is trying a one-up by offering more than just storage of favorites. Furl.net offers 5 gig of storage of web pages. No longer do you have to worry about a web page disappearing and the text lost to you. This generous archival can be shared with other users and even published as an RSS feed. The service works with a number of browsers and on Windows or Mac computers. For more info, click here ----> LookSmart
A9.com Out of Beta
Published by Picturesque on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at 5:56 PM.
The A9.com search engine is live and ready to serve you. Owned by Amazon.com, this search engine remembers where you've been, what you've searched for and allows you to store bookmarks on their server. This allows you to log in from anywhere and have access to your favorites at any time. For a full list of this and other features, click here --> A9.com > Company > Why use A9.com?
Google Ranking Hijacking
Published by Picturesque on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 1:46 PM.
There are reports of people using meta refresh tags in an effort to steal page rankings. What some underhanded webmasters are doing is creating a webpage that automatically forwards to another site. Google sees a website replacement and changes their listings accordingly. This technique is something that Google should be able to spot but apparently cannot or will not. Google hasn't issued any statement regarding their ability to catch such theft. Should you detect such a technique being used against you, the Google page to report abuse is http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html. We haven't seen any action as a result of using this page, but if the reports from this page actually do go to a real human and enough complaints come in, who knows.
FareChase - Searching the Internet for Travel!
Published by Picturesque on Wednesday, September 08, 2004 at 5:15 PM.
Yahoo! is beta testing it's new travel search site. Yahoo! purchased FareChase, an Israeli based company, back in June and is now asking people to test it out. Results are from 50 internet travel sites. To visit, click here ---> FareChase - Searching the Internet for Travel!
Web Search Tools
Published by Picturesque on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 at 12:32 PM.
There seems to be an abundance of new search tools being released. The tools are downloadable programs that search not only the sponsoring search engine, but also find files on your hard drive and/or network that match the search criteria. The race to be the primary desktop tool is definately heated. Which tool should you use? Where they are all newcomers and babes out of the woods, who knows. Todays features could be on tomorrows scrap pile as each tweaks to find it's niche of survival. The winner could help define this new tool that really isn't so new. Such desktop tools have been in use since searching the internet was a common function. The difference is now they are free in an attempt to rule the Internet and the Desktop.
