Objectively Comparing Competing Search Engines?
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Search Engines: A Mixed Bag: A Review of
Some New Search Engines
Search Engines: A Mixed Bag: A Review of
Some New Search Engines
08/04/2004 06:17 AMSearch Engines: A Mixed Bag: A Review of Some New Search
Engines by Phil Bradleyhttp://www.ari
adne.ac.uk/issue40/search-engines/People are of course
aware that Google isn't the only search engine out there, by any
manner or means, and although many people regard it as the biggest and
the best, this certainly isn't the case for those organisations who
decide that they want a share of the search engine market.
Phil
Bradley looks at some of the new search engines that have
appeared, and will see how many of them make the grade. Reviewed
are:
Euroclips: The Definitive European
Directory
YouSearched: The Accessible Web Search
Ujiko
A9
When Search Engines Become Answer
Engines (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
When Search Engines Become Answer
Engines (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
08/18/2004 10:40 AMWhen Search Engines Become Answer Engines .. Jacob Nielsen's
Alertbox
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When Search Engines Become Answer
Engines
When Search Engines Become Answer
Engines
08/17/2004 01:20 PMSource: useit.com - The website is becoming a less prominent locus of
experience as people use search engines to bring up answers to their
current questions. How can sites cope with masses of freeloaders?...
Google Revisited: Comparing Search
Engine Results
Google Revisited: Comparing Search
Engine Results
10/08/2002 09:33 PMGoogle Revisited: Comparing Search Engine Results
With the recent change in Google's ranking (and, in apologies to Mark
Pilgrim, I now think Google has some real errors in the new ranking
when I didn't think so before, but it's still not as bad as some are
making it out to be), I thought it might be interesting to look at how
Google compares for a specitic search with other engines. And I
picked a query that has relevance to me -- Scott Johnson. No quotes,
no phrases, just those two words (except for AllTheWeb which gets a
special mention for automatically adding quotes). All I'm measuring
is not which page comes up first but where a page that is related to
me comes up. Sometimes it's a page from my website, sometimes it's a
blog page and sometimes it's my O'Reilly book catalog entry.
Google -- # 1
All the Web -- No Quotes -- #9
All the Web -- With Auto Inserted Quotes -- #3
HotBot -- #15
Lycos -- #6
Teoma -- #1
LookSmart (inktomi powered results) -- #31
Wisenut -- #1
Alta Vista -- #1
What's really interesting here is that almost all of this is almost
certainly related to my blog. I didn't have anywhere near these kind
of results before I was a blogger. It's also extremely interesting to
me the similarities between Google, Teoma, Wisenut and Alta Vista.
That's just plain shocking to me. True the comparison isn't entirely
valid since they result in different pages at times but these searches
all give results related to me.
Lessons From All This
There are two easy lessons from all this:
Right now the single best search engine optimization technique? A
simple weblog. And I know that Google seems to treat
radio.weblogs.com as a highly valid source of input so I recommend
Radio. But I think it really matters that you blog regularly and
somewhat consistently.
Don't spend exorbitant fees on search engine optimization. As ranking
algorithms have gotten much more complex without explicit, inside
knowledge of how the engines work it is very unclear to me that it
works at all anymore. I suspect that you'll get dramatically better
results by becoming a blogger.
Access 90 Search Engines’ Results With
Firefox’s Search Box
Access 90 Search Engines’ Results With
Firefox’s Search Box
03/17/2005 03:02 AMTurboScout.com launches a Firefox extension which empowers over 27
million Firefox users to access original results from more than 90
search engines with just a click. [PRWEB Mar 17, 2005]
"About Search
Engines:HypertextNode:WebTech Search:"
"About Search
Engines:HypertextNode:WebTech Search:"
12/15/2003 10:29 PMWar of the search engines
War of the search engines
11/02/2003 07:38 PMMicrosft's failed attempt to buy Google is another sign of the growing
popularity of the privately-owned king of search engines. ...
More search engines?
More search engines?
09/26/2004 08:34 PMNetNewsWire’s
search engine subscriptions feature works with
Blogdigger,
Daypop, and
Feedster.
These search engines work with NetNewsWire because they return feeds
(RSS, in this case) that NetNewsWire can read. Are there other search
engines that return RSS or Atom feeds? It would be cool to add more.
Search Engines 2
Search Engines 2
09/11/2004 07:07 AMSearch Engines 2http://www.search-engines-2.co
m/Looking for a search engine or web directory? Search
Engines 2 offers over 12,500 links to local, regional, national, and
foreign internet search engines, web directories, pay per click search
engines and meta search engines, many of which accept free/paid web
site submissions and advertising. Nice site by Michael Wong. This has
been added to the tool section of
Research Resources
Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to the
search engines section of all
2004-05 Internet
MiniGuides.
What's New at the Search Engines
What's New at the Search Engines
07/21/2004 09:07 AMSource: SearchDay - Representatives of Yahoo, Google, Ask Jeeves and
Looksmart offer an inside glimpse of recent developments at the major
search engines....
Top 10 Search Engines
Top 10 Search Engines
05/29/2004 07:36 PMnetforbeginners.about.com-13 hours ago ... and employing 50,000
volunteer experts as editors, the ODP (DMOZ.org) has about 4 million
links in its database -- less than a tenth of 1% of Google's
database. ...
Search Engines 201
Search Engines 201
09/13/2004 04:17 PMSource: SearchDay - Want to dive deep -- really deep -- into the
technical literature about search engines? Here's a road map to some
of the best web information retrieval resources available online....
Search Engines Know More Than You Think
Search Engines Know More Than You Think
06/05/2005 11:58 PM3-D Search Engines
3-D Search Engines
04/16/2004 11:45 AMResearchers develop 3-D search
engine: Are their search engines that match pictures? If I had,
say, a picture of a certain building (with NO metadata), could a
search engine find me pictures that looked the same? That'd be
nifty.
...computing researchers have developed new search engines that can
mine catalogs of three-dimensional objects, like airplane parts or
architectural features.
All the users have to do is sketch what they're thinking of, and
the search engines can produce comparable objects.
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Search Engines -- The Future
Search Engines -- The Future
04/13/2004 06:11 AMSearch Engines -- The Future by Gary H. Antheshttp://snipurl.com/5o0uMost information junkies would be hard-pressed to name
anything that has transformed their professional lives as much as
Internet search engines have. The miraculous devices can take your hot
topic of the day, scan millions of Web pages and in seconds bring back
product announcements, research papers, the names of experts and
more—things that would be difficult or impossible to find otherwise.
But as powerful as they are, search engines have huge weaknesses. For
example, a recent Google search on the word Linux took just 0.4
seconds, but it had 95 million hits. Too bad if the one you need is
No. 10,000 on the list. But researchers are poised to revolutionize
search technology over the next few years.
Bookmarks Seen by Search Engines?
Bookmarks Seen by Search Engines?
04/07/2005 03:29 PMWriting for Search Engines
Writing for Search Engines
03/23/2005 03:23 PMFinding What You Need With the Best
Search Engines
Finding What You Need With the Best
Search Engines
03/22/2005 05:09 PMFinding What You Need With the Best Search Engineshttp://www.philb.com/which
engine.htmFinding what you need with the best search
engines. This is a collection of search engines and similar resources
that Phil Bradley uses on a regular basis when he is looking for
different types of information. It's not an exhaustive list, nor is it
comprehensive. It's a list of what he personally finds very useful.
Phil states that other similar lists exist - he's not pretending that
his is original in concept. You might also want to try the following
resources as well:
http://library.a
lbany.edu/internet/choose.htmlhttp://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/infor
mation/5locate/adviceengine.htmlhttp://www.infopeop
le.org/search/chart.htmlhttp://s
earchenginewatch.com/facts/article.php/2156031This
will be added to
Searching the Internet white paper and resources.
The Meta Search Engines
The Meta Search Engines
10/10/2002 09:55 AMI know what you're thinking: Google gives you such accurate results
that you don't need any other search tool. Well, let's see about that.
Importance of the ODP to Search Engines
Importance of the ODP to Search Engines
02/09/2003 10:57 PMWho can name a major SE that doesn't use the Dmoz data?
Search engines take the stand
Search engines take the stand
05/13/2004 06:23 AMJudges are turning to Google and other search engines to check facts
and look up information in cases--a trend that has some legal experts
worried.
Search Engines: What's the Difference?
Search Engines: What's the Difference?
05/13/2004 06:24 PMYahoo! Google and Ask Jeeves go toe-to-toe in frank discussion of
which technology yields the best results.
Web search engines have limits
Web search engines have limits
01/27/2003 01:28 AMAccording to one estimate, typical search engines we use, such as
Google or Yahoo!, provide access to only one out of every 500 pages
available on the Web. ...
Microsoft Looks At Other Search Engines
Microsoft Looks At Other Search Engines
11/04/2003 04:48 PMZuperDee writes "It looks like Microsoft is now looking for another
search engine to buy. They are looking at Ask Jeeves and Looksmart,
but they recently ...
Search engines puzzle ov
Search engines puzzle ov
07/19/2004 03:09 PMTechzonez Jul 19 2004 6:32PM GMT
What’s The Deal With "Other" PPC Search
Engines?
What’s The Deal With "Other" PPC Search
Engines?
03/14/2005 06:29 PMSearch engines battle
Search engines battle
11/02/2003 07:38 PMSan Francisco - Software giant Microsoft's reported bid to take over
Internet search king Google has highlighted the high-stakes battle
mounting over the ...
Latest Search Engines
Latest Search Engines
11/01/2003 07:27 AMOverview of Latest Search Engineshttp://www.ari
adne.ac.uk/issue37/search-engines/Phil Bradley gives us an overview of
emerging, new and newly discovered search engines that we might want
to keep an eye on as they develop. There have been several additions
to the world of search engines over the summer, and he thought he
would do a quick round-up of them to see how they perform.
ZapMeta Netnose Wotbox Meta Search Engines
Meta Search Engines
11/06/2003 05:03 PMManipulating Search Engines
Manipulating Search Engines
03/19/2005 02:23 AMWired has a great article online about Greg
Boser who gets paid to make your website rank higher in the search
engine results. We all know that it’s not as easy to change
rankings as it was 10 years ago, but it still can be done. He
get’s most of his clients through speaking engagements and gets
paid on the results he gets. As he says in the article, “We make
lot more money doing this.” here is some of the comments about
search engines and manipulating them he had to say…
"I could create a blank page without a keyword anywhere
present, or a 404 error message, and if I can get enough sites to link
to it, I could get it to place first on Google," Boser said. But it's
not just quantity, it's quality. Theoretically, Boser could have five
inbound links and end up as the No. 1 result -- provided they
originated from mega sites like Yahoo and MSN. Barring that, 5,000
links from cheesy guest books, online diaries, blogs, zany products,
porn sites and anyone who honors link exchanges might do the
trick… There are other techniques
designed to fool search engines. One consists of cloaking pages by
hiding text in website backgrounds in a way that users won't see but
that targets Google's ranking technology. Another method is link spam,
aka "blog comment spam," in which automated bots plaster ads with
return links on the comments pages of blogs. Most common are ads for
pills, porn and casinos. Finally, there is "search spam," which are
machine-generated pages designed to appear in the engines to attract
traffic (and ultimately increase revenue).
Search engines being recognised'
Search engines being recognised'
05/21/2004 11:16 PMSunday Times South Africa May 22 2004 2:28AM GMT
Irish Search Engines
Irish Search Engines
08/05/2002 10:45 PMA general survey of Irish search engines.
Kids Search Engines
Kids Search Engines
04/13/2005 06:49 AMKids Search Engineshttp://s
earchenginewatch.com/links/article.php/2156191The
services listed at this site written by Danny Sullivan are designed
primarily to serve the needs of children, either in focus, or by
filtering out sites that some parents and teachers might find
inappropriate for kids. These usually include sites that deal with
explicit sexual matters, porn sites, violence, hate speech, gambling
and drug use. This will be added to
Reference Resources
Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to the
search engine section of
2005 Internet
MiniGuides.
Blog Search Engines
Blog Search Engines
01/04/2004 12:22 AMBig List of Blog
Search Engines: If the only blog search engine you know of is Feedster, then you need to look at
this list.
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On parody search engines...
On parody search engines...
01/22/2004 02:14 AMCompare and contrast: (1) Me making a funny at Google's expense a
couple of years ago: Google Pornfinder and (2) The site recently launched to
help the world find porn (as reported in this Boing Boing entry): Booble.
What next? Should I expect someone to genetically engineer Fifty-foot cat-killing laser-eyed chickens?
Look What The Search Engines Dragged In!
Look What The Search Engines Dragged In!
04/15/2005 03:49 PMA month ago, we had a post called
Naked
Women And Wireless Security, which I started out by noting: "Yes,
I'm a bit worried about what kind of people will find this post via
Google in a few days..." Apparently, I was right to be worried.
Someone posted a comment saying that we were the #2 result on Google
for
naked women (we're number 4 as of this posting). In
checking over Techdirt's traffic logs, we realized that we were
getting a lot of traffic from that search... and also from MSN where
it turns out we're (as of this posting) the number
one search
for
nake
d women.
As a few of us here were chuckling over the somewhat random influx of
confused search engine driven visitors, someone dropped us a bit of
feedback reminding us of an old post where we mentioned
the various oddities we saw in people who found specific stories
via Google, and asked us to revisit the subject. Like many sites,
obviously, we get a fair amount of traffic from search engines (mainly
Google) on completely random searches. Many of the people who visit
are (I assume) well meaning -- but confused to the nature of what
they've stumbled on. Perhaps it's an interface issue on our part, but
the ensuing comments and conversations are often amusing.
The all time record holder, which keeps getting updated is this
conversation (mostly of people who are not well meaning) from
1999 on someone
who was stealing AOL passwords. It appears that somewhere (no
idea where) there's a search that people are doing on how to steal AOL
passwords, and they're driven to this particular posting -- which now
has a ridiculously long comment thread from clueless folks trying to
break into AOL accounts, and a bunch of scammers trying to steal their
AOL passwords back. Then, there's the VPR
Matrix support thread. When Best Buy announced their own computer
line under the VPR Matrix brand name, we were skeptical. However, our
post made it to Google, and people apparently began to think that it
was the VPR Matrix support/fan forums. We also had a brief claim to
fame in 1999 when the first news was leaked that CBS was going to have a
show called Survivor. For a while, we were the top result on
Lycos (which was still popular then) for "CBS Survivor" leading people
to try to get on the show by posting comments right here at Techdirt.
Another popular one (and I don't know how people are finding this one)
is a story we had from 2000 about some random dot com millionaire who
planned to give
away millions to educational causes in Central America. For some
reason, people who are down and out on their luck have found this page
and continually comment (there were two comments yesterday, even)
begging for money from this guy -- as if he was reading the forum.
This particular posting has also resulted in a number of random emails
(no explanation included) to Techdirt's feedback line, explaining
horrible life stories and begging for money. While we'd love to help
people out, we're not dot com millionaires, and aren't really in a
position to make much of a difference.
Anyway, this is all a nice little reminder that the various search
engines are still far from perfect when it comes to understanding what
people are really searching for. In the meantime though, it provides
us a bit of amusement, as we ponder what people searching for porn
must think as they stumble upon Techdirt.
Distributed Search Engines
Distributed Search Engines
08/21/2004 08:15 PM
Distributed Search Engines
Distributed Search Engineshttp://www.openp2p.com/pub/t/74
A comprehensive annodated listing of 31 distributed
search engines compiled by the
OpenP2P organization. This has been
added to
Deep Web
Research Subject Tracerâ„¢ Information Blog and
Grid Resources Subject
Tracerâ„¢ Information Blog.
Search Engines Likely Have Your Number
Search Engines Likely Have Your Number
01/05/2004 08:02 PMCHICAGO -- There's a growing search engine apprehension stemming from
popular tools like "Google," which are bringing privacy concerns to
the forefront. ...
ODP, The Mother of All Search Engines
ODP, The Mother of All Search Engines
07/22/2002 07:41 AMEvery new search engine that comes along, starts with the ODP as a
seed database. Teoma, WiseNut, Google, Inktomi, Fast, Altavista, and
hundreds of other ses have used the ODP to influence or seed
databases.
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