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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.   |
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. |
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
April 4, 2000 |
Google Adds Directory Users continue to rave about the quality of Google's search results, and that's testimony that its link analysis system works well at delivering relevant information. Now Google is applying link analysis in a new way, to the human powered information of the Open Directory. |
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.... |
Search Engine Watch
October 4, 1999 |
Go Guides Goes Live Go's new Go Guides directory went live in September. Similar to the Open Directory, Go Guides makes use of volunteers to catalog the web. |
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... |
Search Engine Watch
November 5, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
Searching The AOL Time Warner Way Netscape Search used to be a powerhouse in the search world. Those heady days have declined, as Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser now commands the lion share of web users. However, Netscape Search has a new lease on life, via the AOL Time Warner network... |
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.... |
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. |
Fast Company
October 2000
Gina Imperato |
Keep It to One Page! We've evaluated some Web tools that are designed to let you assemble your favorite sites, or even portions of your favorite sites, into a single page -- the ultimate shortcut to keeping track of the information that you need. |
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. |
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... |
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. |
Searcher
March 2001
Richard Wiggins |
Behind the Screen: Google, Disintermediation, and the Palm Beach Ballot When art meets design, the question always arises of whether form follows function. But good designers care a great deal about whether a given design --- for a ballot, or the radio controls in a Lexus RX-300, or a Web form --- misleads users... |
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. |
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... |
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
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. |
Information Today
January 2003
Paula J. Hane |
Web Search Trends At Internet Librarian 2002, Danny Sullivan examined what's happening with Web searching tools. He said the past year had not seen huge developments, but rather incremental changes, in our evolving Internet technologies. |
Information Today
February 12, 2009
Carol Ebbinghouse |
The Latest in Lawyer Directories--You Won't Believe the Information You Can Get Now! There was a time when the only authoritative source of information on attorneys in the U.S. was the massive, multivolume Martindale-Hubbell Directory. |
PC World
December 2000
Harry McCracken |
Web Savvy: Better Ways to Browse the Web While trying to replace the browser seems to be a fool's errand, reinventing it is another matter. A bunch of new tools do just that, each in its own ingenious way. And although not one of them is perfect, each is worth a try... |
PC World
April 2005
Scott Spanbauer |
Internet Tips: Relax With the Best of the Internet's Lighter Side Find great (and free) Flash-based games on the Internet... Share bookmarks between different browsers... |
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? |
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. |
Searcher
April 2001
Cecilia M. Preston |
The Dotcom Directory: A Work in Progress Recently, the Dotcom Directory was folded into the dotcom.com Web site with its articles and statistics on the Internet... |
PC Magazine
June 1, 2005
Oliver Kaven |
Access Your Bookmarks from Anywhere SiteBar makes it easy for those running a Web server to access their bookmarks from any PC. |
JavaWorld
September 2002
Jeff Friesen |
Packages organize classes and interfaces Professional Java developers organize frequently used classes and interfaces in class libraries for later reuse. Learn what constitutes a package, how to create a package of classes and interfaces, how to import packaged classes and interfaces into a program, and more. |
PC Magazine
June 22, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
Importing Bookmarks into Firefox To import this or any other bookmark file into Firefox, first select Bookmarks | Manage Bookmarks... |
