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Searcher
Irene E. McDermott |
New Improved Internet Job Search Now With Social Networking Our patrons need jobs and they are not going to find them in the financial services industry. Here is some guidance on where to look ... and what to avoid.   |
Search Engine Watch
June 8, 2006
Danny Sullivan |
Look Out Wikipedia, Here Comes Yahoo Answers! New stats add fuel to the idea that Yahoo Answers is perhaps becoming a social interacting phenomenon like YouTube or MySpace. A look at the service's growth and how it works. |
Information Today
December 4, 2006
Tara Calishain |
Google Shutters Its Answers Service Google's decision to close down Google Answers has produced a huge amount of discussion and comment from all corners of the Web. |
Information Today
March 19, 2007 |
Yahoo! Answers Adds Personal Networking Yahoo! Answers, a Q&A site on the Web, has introduced "knowledge networking," an easy way for people to connect to others online and to build a personal network of people to exchange knowledge with on specific areas of interest. |
Searcher
Howard S. Homan |
Making the Case for Patent Searchers? What is a searcher and what do they do? |
Information Today
April 22, 2002
Tara Calishain |
New Google Answers Service Raises a Few Questions of Its Own Have a burning question? Google Answers charges for the answers and has built a group of external researchers to respond to the questions... |
Information Today
June 27, 2005
Barbara Quint |
Varying Content Commitments from Vendors for Yahoo! Search Most content providers allow the search service only limited access to their libraries for resale. But they all hope the service will bring increased user access and sales. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Google Steals Some Answers Google is apparently gearing up to relaunch its Google Answers; this time the Q&A offering will feel a lot more like Yahoo! Answers. |
Information Today
May 6, 2002
Tara Calishain |
Yahoo! Service Offers More Advice Than Expertise First Google started an advice service with Google Answers. Now Yahoo! has stepped into the arena with Yahoo! Advice, which is offered through a partnership with LiveAdvice. Is this a new trend in search engine offerings or just a way for these two companies to generate revenue? |
Information Today
June 27, 2005
Barbara Quint |
'Fee' Web Content Accessed by Yahoo! Search Subscriptions The service, currently in beta, allows users to search fee-based content from sites such as ConsumerReports.org, Forrester Research, and the Wall Street Journal Online. |
Information Today
July 21, 2003
Paula J. Hane |
Yahoo! to Buy Overture for $1.6 Billion Yahoo!, one of the first subject directories on the Web and now a major search portal, has announced it will purchase the commercial search company, Overture Services, Inc., which specializes in Web advertising and operates the AltaVista.com and AlltheWeb.com sites. |
ONLINE
Nov/Dec 2004
Greg R. Notes |
Internet Search Engine Update Ask Jeeves joins the push for local search... Google and Yahoo! now have their own blogs... Lycos has introduced two new focused search engines: People Search and Discussion Search... MSN Search's technology preview of its new search engine is now gone ... etc. |
Information Today
October 8, 2007
Greg R. Notess |
Microsoft and Yahoo! Update Search In the evolution of Web searching, 2007 has become the year of multimedia integration, as major Web search engines have incorporated images and videos into the results for some searches. |
Information Today
May 2, 2005
Barbara Quint |
Wondir Launches Volunteer Virtual Reference Service While librarians across the country wrestle with virtual reference desk service schedules, Wondir, Inc. has come out of a 2-year beta and launched a live Q&A service that connects people with questions to people with answers. |
Information Today
October 2004
Nancy Garman |
On the Road: November in Monterey The conference tracks at Internet Librarian 2004 span the full scale of a librarian's responsibilities, from core Web search topics like Information Discovery & Search and Search Engines to Web Design & Development, Web Systems & Operations, and E-Resources & Digital Libraries. |
Information Today
October 17, 2005
Paula Berinstein |
Yahoo! Debuts Two New Tools for Mining Expert Information Recognizing that expert reporters can be found outside the media, Yahoo! has just begun beta testing two new tools for locating information from non-mainstream sources: News Search Now with Blogs Beta and Yahoo! Podcasts Beta |
Information Today
January 2006
Paula J. Hane |
Wrapping Up 2005; Looking Forward Recapping information industry headlines from 2005 and trends to watch in 2006. |
D-Lib
June 2003
Kenney et al. |
Google Meets eBay: What Academic Librarians Can Learn from Alternative Information Providers This paper presents the results of a modest study to compare and contrast its digital reference services with those of Google Answers. The study provided an opportunity for librarians to gain insights into how Google's approach to service development and delivery has made it so attractive. |
Information Today
January 8, 2007
Paula J. Hane |
Wrapping Up 2006; Looking Ahead The year of Web 2.0 and important trends that followed. |
Search Engine Watch
June 30, 2005
Chris Sherman |
What's Cooking in Search Engine Labs Want a peek behind the scenes at the research and development efforts going on at the major search engines? Here's where to find the freshest info. |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Buzz Kill at Yahoo! Yahoo!'s new social news site, Buzz, has nothing wrong with it, but it's a crystalline example of why the company is going in circles these days. |
Information Today
March 2004
Nancy Garman |
Spring Fever Location, Location, Location... All About the Content... Converging Worlds... etc. |
InternetNews
June 20, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Searching For The Wisdom of The Crowd Yahoo prepares for the next battle frontier with search giant Google: social search. |
Information Today
March 8, 2004
Barbara Quint |
Yahoo! Pursues Invisible Web Content for Its Search Engine Having launched a major challenge to Google's dominance of the Web search engine field Yahoo! has now added a Content Acquisition Program that offers enhanced coverage to both commercial and noncommercial data sources. |
Information Today
May 2004
Paula Hane |
The Latest on Search, Content, and More National Library Week... Three search conferences being held in May... Enterprise Search Update... ProQuest Information and Learning announced... etc. |
Search Engine Watch
June 22, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Yahoo to the Max Extreme searcher Ran Hock has published a new book, this time taking an in-depth look at the wide range of tools and services offered by Yahoo. |
Information Today
August 6, 2009
Avi Rappoport |
The Big Three of Web Search Becomes the Big Two For end-user searchers and intermediaries, this search engine merging is a loss: Consolidation means common queries are likely to have more helpful results, but the variety and diversity provide more results for unusual questions, the long tail of search. |
Search Engine Watch
May 6, 2003
Danny Sullivan |
Yahoo's Search Engine Continues Evolving A new page dedicated just to Yahoo Search has been added, allowing those who want to bypass all the Yahoo portal and network information that crowds the regular Yahoo home page. The Yahoo Search page presents a Google-like pure search face to the world. |
Information Today
November 15, 2004
Barbara Quint |
OCLC and Yahoo! Offer Joint Toolbar The co-branded toolbar serves as a vehicle for delivering Open WorldCat content and empowers users with the ability to seamlessly search for information that is available in offline databases. |
Information Today
September 2004
Nancy Garman |
On the Road: The Fall and Beyond Upcoming conferences and programs in the information and library industry. |
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
October 9, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Yahoo Renews With Google, Changes Results After months of speculation, Yahoo announced today that it has renewed its relationship to use Google's results as part of its search listings. In addition, Yahoo made a substantial change to end its historic barrier between human-powered and crawler-based search results. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2008
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: What Is Yahoo! Really Worth? Is Microsoft's offer to buy Yahoo! too low, too high, or just right? |
Information Today
January 6, 2003 |
NewsBreaks Weekly News Digest Information Today, Inc. Acquires Streaming Media, Inc.... Ask Jeeves Eliminates Banner Ads... BrandDefense Offers Intellectual Property Protection Services |
PC Magazine
September 14, 2005
Pike et al. |
The Experts' Guide to Google Yahoo MSN and AOL A review of the search, Web mail, instant-messaging services and uncover other features of the four largest portals. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2006
Tom Taulli |
Yahoo! Talks Tech The search giant's newest offering, Yahoo! Tech, lures gadget lovers. With Yahoo! earning most of its money from advertising, tech product companies are likely to get a lot of traction on the site. |
Information Today
September 2004
Paula Hane |
Developments in Open Access, Search, and More Open-Access Update... Search Developments... Local Search Is Hot... Niche Engine... More on Desktop Search... Traditional Services' Upgrades... Miscellaneous Content News... |
InternetNews
November 29, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Google Answers Ends Its Run If you have a question for Google Answers, you better hurry up and ask it. Later this week, Google will shut down the service, which allowed people to pose questions, for a fee, in the hopes of getting the perfect answer. |
Fast Company
May 2015
Harry McCracken |
How Marissa Mayer Mobilized Yahoo Yahoo is positioned for some kind of future success, whether mild or bold. It's not the company she inherited, and that's a victory that no one -- not even a cabal of angry investors -- can take away from Marissa Mayer. |
InternetNews
June 29, 2005 |
Yahoo Search Gets Social Yahoo released a limited beta of My Web 2.0, a search personalization play that uses elements of social media to improve search results. |
Information Today
April 2004
Paula Hane |
News About Organizational Tools, the Content Industry, and More New Tools... Cuadra Enhances Its STAR... Search Engine Wars Heat Up... etc. |
Search Engine Watch
January 7, 2003
Danny Sullivan |
Yahoo To Buy Inktomi If all goes as planned, Yahoo will become the proud owner of Inktomi by the end of March or earlier. The company announced its intention to buy Inktomi for $235 million on December 23. A look at how the deal may help Yahoo bring in more searchers, as well as search revenue. |
Searcher
September 2005
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - Skip This Ad The author claims her weekly NewsBreaks place a premium on the quality, not newness, of information. The service is directed towards Internet marketers. |
Search Engine Watch
November 1, 2006
Brian Smith |
A Closer Look at Yahoo Shortcuts Continuing our four-part series on the special information sections creeping into general search results, here is a look at Yahoo Shortcuts. |
Search Engine Watch
December 29, 2005
Danny Sullivan |
2005 in Review: The Top Search Industry Stories of the Year Your Search Utility: Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Developments With Consumer Search... Search Advertisers Deserve Better: Search Engine Ad Reps: Friend or Foe?... SEO Isn't A Criminal Activity... etc. |
InternetNews
March 11, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Yahoo Freshens up Its Services Portfolio Engineers added several features to its range of services, as Yahoo seemingly ramps up a contextual ad service. |
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. |
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... |
Entrepreneur
October 2006
Amanda C. Kooser |
Latest Search Engine Releases Search engines are big business. Here are some of the latest developments from the leaders to make your search life a little easier. |
Search Engine Watch
July 7, 2004
Gary Price |
Behind the Scenes at Yahoo Labs, Part 3 The head of Yahoo Labs talks about the competition, the challenge of balancing searcher needs with webmaster desires, the future, and the next big thing in web search. |
