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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. |
Search Engine Watch October 14, 2004 Danny Sullivan |
Google Desktop Search Launched The company released a new Google Desktop Search tool that allows people to scan their computers for information in the same way they use Google to search the web. Its ease of use, plus how it enhances the Google search experience, make it a compelling product to use. |
Searcher June 2004 Paul S. Piper |
Google Spawn: The Culture Surrounding Google Just a few years back, the word Google existed as the name of a cartoon character and possibly among the random phonemes mumbled by toddlers. Today, one would be hard-pressed to find a person who hasn't heard of the search engine that bears this name. |
ONLINE May/Jun 2005 Greg R. Notess |
Searching Books Between the Covers When and how to use Google and Amazon for full text book searches. Also, a comparison of the two resources reveals inconsistency with both. |
Search Engine Watch October 2, 2001 Danny Sullivan |
Google's New Look & New File Types Google's home page, known for its elegant simplicity, has gotten a little more complex. New tabs were introduced yesterday, to give users easier access to the search engine's features... |
Information Today May 29, 2007 Greg R. Notess |
Google Universal and Its New Navigation At Google's Searchology event, Google announced several major changes at the search engine, all of which have now begun to appear in Google results. |
PC World August 29, 2001 Steve Bass |
Tips for Super Smart Web Searches A visit to the Google Bar finds dancing Paul and the flying squirrels... |
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Stephen H. Wildstrom |
There's Google. Then There's Google Desktop The new local search tool is no privacy threat, but it falls short in several ways -- such as fundamental problems in using its Web query and results formats for local searches. But the decision to use it should be based on whether it meets your needs, not scare talk. |
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... |
InternetNews August 30, 2006 Nicholas Carlson |
Get Your Read on at Google The public domain books that Google has scanned as part of its Book Search project are now available for free download with the click of just one button. |
InternetNews December 14, 2006 Nicholas Carlson |
Google's Search For Patents Google Patent Search is a natural extension of its mission to make public domain government information more easily accessible. |
Information Today August 11, 2003 Marydee Ojala |
Google Introduces Synonym Searching, News Alerting Features Professional researchers -- the ones who actually understand and use the advanced search techniques provided by Web search engines -- will be delighted to learn that Google has introduced a new feature that enables searching by synonyms as well as by keyword. |
PC World September 25, 2007 Scott Spanbauer |
Take Google Gears for a Test Spin With Google Reader The beta version of Google's latest add-on lets you immerse yourself in Web content without maintaining a Web connection. |
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... |
ONLINE Mar/Apr 2004 Greg R. Notess |
On The Net - Fiddling with File Types In the computer age, each software program seems to have one or more distinct file types in which it saves individual documents. While the Web has pushed a single format, HTML, one of the Net's great strengths has been its ability to make many other file formats available as well. |
PC World September 25, 2002 Linda Rosencrance |
Google Search Leads to Gates of 'Hell' A devilish phrase typed into the search engine reaps Microsoft's Web site as top result. |
The Motley Fool December 13, 2004 Alyce Lomax |
Google's Suggestive New Service Google Suggest may come as no shock, but it's useful and accurate. |
Information Today September 5, 2006 Barbara Quint |
Google Opens Public Domain Books for Downloading, Michigan Launches MBooks Google has changed its policy and will now allow users to download full-image files of public domain books in its Google Book Search collection. |
Search Engine Watch January 26, 2004 Chris Sherman |
Learning About Search Engines From Google Engineers Want to learn how Google works? A new archive of publications by Google employees offers deep insights into many aspects of the search engine's operation. |
Search Engine Watch November 10, 2005 Chris Sherman |
Google Personalized Search Leaves Google Labs Google's personalized search has graduated from Google Labs and is now available to users on 39 worldwide Google domains in addition to Google.com. |
Search Engine Watch May 3, 2000 |
Google Speaks Languages, WAP, Adds Other Features Google has unveiled beta versions of its site for non-English speakers and those accessing the web using wireless devices. The search engine has also added new features to its search results and launched a new "university" search engine. |
Search Engine Watch March 29, 2004 Danny Sullivan |
Google Loses Tabs In New Look, Gains Web Alerts & Personalized Search Results Google has rolled a new look that involves dropping its famed search tabs, along with debuting a web alerts service and a personalized search results option. |
Search Engine Watch January 22, 2004 Chris Sherman |
Google Alert Automatically Tracks Your Favorite Topics Google Alert lets you automate the process of running regular queries, sending you an email whenever any new content matching your query is added to the Google database. |
Search Engine Watch March 16, 2004 Chris Sherman |
Ask Google: What Does the Web Think Of... Curious to know what the web has to say about a person, place or thing? An amusing tool searches Google and shows you what website owners think about the name or topic you enter. |
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. |
Search Engine Watch December 7, 2003 Danny Sullivan |
What Happened To My Searches On Google? Many webmasters have found that recent changes at Google have hurt them. But does all the hue and cry over Google's recent algorithm change have any impact on searchers? There are some developments worth noting, and this article takes a Q&A approach to examine them. |
InternetNews June 21, 2006 Andy Patrizio |
Adobe, Google Bundle Up Google Toolbar will be included with Adobe products, starting with Shockwave. |
ONLINE Jan/Feb 2003 Greg R. Notess |
Internet Search Engine Update AlltheWeb now uses a keyword-in-context (KWIC) display in their search results... AltaVista has made some major updates... GigaBlast, a new search engine launched last summer, is now offering a site search product... Inktomi has sold its enterprise search software to Verity... etc. |
PC Magazine November 16, 2004 Tara Calishain |
Google Everywhere Search results can find you many ways. |
PC World August 2001 Steve Bass |
The Skinny on Web Searching Want superior Web searches? Seek my way and ye shall find... |
Search Engine Watch April 2, 2001 Danny Sullivan |
Google Adds Languages, Phone Book And More Want your search engine to talk to you like a Swedish chef? The new Bork Bork Bork option is just one of new language interfaces you can set for Google. The search engine has also unveiled a new page translation option and a phone book feature. |
Search Engine Watch July 15, 2004 Chris Sherman |
Google Toolbar Adds Keyword Browsing to Internet Explorer Google has added a keyword based browsing feature to its toolbar, allowing users to type words rather than URLs into the Internet Explorer address bar and automatically see the 'most relevant' site for those terms. |
Information Today September 11, 2008 Greg R. Notess |
Google the Browser Builder: Chrome Chrome is designed to be fast, especially to support the Web 2.0 advanced, JavaScript-based applications such as Google Docs, Gmail, and Google Reader. |
Search Engine Watch January 7, 2003 Danny Sullivan |
Clearing Your Search History From Google And Other Search Engines Ever gone to Google or another search engine using the Internet Explorer browser and noticed that some past searches you've performed were displayed below the search box? It's your browser that's keeping the record, and it's one you may find yourself wishing to delete, from time to time. |
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... |
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. |
Search Engine Watch December 17, 2003 Chris Sherman |
Google Introduces Book Searches Google has launched an experimental program that indexes excerpts of popular books, blending the content from these works into regular Google search results. |
Search Engine Watch April 20, 2005 Chris Sherman |
Google Personalizes the Web Say goodbye to bookmarks: Google's My Search History feature automatically keeps track of web searches and every page viewed from search results by saving your "search behavior," not web pages. |
Information Today May 15, 2006 Barbara Quint |
Whither Google? Report on Google's Press Day Webcast Search, search, and more search is Google's goal. Four new products, all search-oriented, were announced: Google Trends, Google Gadgets, Google Co-op, and Google Notebook. |
ONLINE May 2001 Greg R. Notess |
On the Net, Tracking Title Search Capabilities Web page title search capabilities have expanded somewhat, although to nowhere near the levels available in our more sophisticated bibliographic systems... |
PC World January 2002 |
Quick and Simple Searches With Explorer Make Google your default search engine in Internet Explorer, enhance AOL with PowerTools... |
PC Magazine August 24, 2005 Jamie Lendino |
Google Desktop 2.0 (Beta) Yahoo!'s still the king of desktop search but Google Desktop 2.0's sidebar offers a compelling new way to navigate both your own computer and the Internet. |
Search Engine Watch December 3, 2001 Danny Sullivan |
Going Beyond HTML Raises Security Concerns With Google Now that Google is indexing a wide range of document types beyond HTML and plain text formats, potential security concerns are cropping up, both for searchers and webmasters... |
Information Today April 24, 2006 Richard W. Wiggins |
Google Launches OneBox for Enterprise Google OneBox for Enterprise searches sources such as CRM, ERP, and business intelligence systems. |
InternetNews October 15, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
Google's New Threat to Microsoft Google Desktop Search, which for now works with Windows XP, Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 and above, represents a new front in Microsoft's war for the Web. |
InternetNews March 2, 2007 Nicholas Carlson |
Peek at The Plans For Google Earth Is Google working to clone Second Life, insert billboard ads, or bring sponsored links to Google Earth? |
Search Engine Watch January 7, 2002 Danny Sullivan |
Google Gets Bigger, Fresher, Offers Better News In December, Google became the first crawler-based search engine to break the 1.5 billion web page mark. In addition, the service rolled out changes designed to improve the freshness of its results and the ability for users to find news... |
Search Engine Watch April 25, 2004 Danny Sullivan |
Google In Controversy Over Top-Ranking For Anti-Jewish Site Google has added a disclaimer to the search results that come up in a response for a search on jew, to counter complaints about an anti-Jewish site that until recently ranked number one. |