Technorati And Feedster To Challenge Google

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Technorati and Feedster Getting
Political

Technorati and Feedster Getting
Political 07/23/2004 01:22 PM
Both Technorati and Feedster will be providing political coverage for the Democratic National Convention next week, only in slightly different ways. Technorati will be providing real-time analysis of the "political...

Feedster, Technorati, and Webl0g Comment
Spam

Feedster, Technorati, and Webl0g Comment
Spam 05/12/2004 11:09 PM
In reading Scott's post about weblog comment spam, I was reminded of a thought I've had for some time now. But rather than just tell you, I'll tell you how I came upon the idea and see how quickly you come to the same conclusion. When I'm asked to interview job candidates at work, it's usually in one of a few capacities. Most often it's "the database interview" in which I get to figure out how much the interviewee knows...

Is Technorati gaming Google?

Is Technorati gaming Google? 02/05/2005 09:22 PM
Update: Technorati DOES recognize links to other sites for tags, it's just not apparent if you don't check their help page. So you can pretty much ignore what I wrote here. I'd still like it if they made it clearer upfront. Technorati's new tag feature is brilliant, however, they're trying ...

"Technorati Yahoo and Google Too"

"Technorati Yahoo and Google Too" 06/22/2005 02:21 AM

Feedster Now Offering My Feedster for
RSS Feeds

Feedster Now Offering My Feedster for
RSS Feeds 12/18/2003 02:15 AM
Okay, if you were avoiding using RSS feeds because you didn't want to (or couldn't) install any software, you've got a new option. RSS search engine Feedster is now offering My Feedster, a Web-based RSS aggregator. MyFeedster is located at...

Okapiland Combines Yahoo, Google,
Technorati APIs

Okapiland Combines Yahoo, Google,
Technorati APIs 03/27/2005 11:05 PM
I haven't tried this yet but it looks intriguing enough that I'll tell you about it. Okapiland Explorer, available at http://www.okapiland.com/index.html , is a downloadable product that combines a Web...

Yahoo Search vs. Google and Technorati:
Link Counts and Analysis

Yahoo Search vs. Google and Technorati:
Link Counts and Analysis 06/22/2005 02:06 AM
In what I'm sure will become a heavily linked to article, Tristan Louis offers up his recent analysis. I haven't had time to digest it fully, but his conclusions are: Yahoo! generally does a better job at indexing the blogosphere than Google does. We know they have been working hard to improve their index and here's proof that they are getting results Even if Google is the one with the motto about not doing evil, Yahoo! seems to be the...

Will MSN Use PPC to Challenge Google?

Will MSN Use PPC to Challenge Google? 01/05/2005 06:47 PM

Microsoft to challenge Google

Microsoft to challenge Google 09/02/2004 05:50 AM
An ebullient Steve Ballmer, president and chief executive of Microsoft, said yesterday that his company is "hell-bent and determined" to challenge Google for leadership in the Internet search business.

Blinkx set to challenge Google

Blinkx set to challenge Google 08/31/2004 01:16 PM
Source: This Is Money - The difference between Blinkx and other search engines is that it does not just search the web, it combs everything from personal emails on your desktop through to video clips from TV stations such as...

Microsoft Issues Challenge to Google

Microsoft Issues Challenge to Google 07/30/2004 11:49 AM
Source: Search Engine Guide - Microsoft Chairman and CEO Steve Ballmer, speaking at the annual Microsoft financial analyst meeting this week made it clear that Microsoft is readying itself to take on Google in the search engine wars....

Google has setback in challenge to
Froogle

Google has setback in challenge to
Froogle 07/26/2004 05:46 AM
Bday.co.za - Mon Jul 26, 08:56 am GMT

Google Poses a Challenge for Usual Ad
Outlets

Google Poses a Challenge for Usual Ad
Outlets 05/01/2004 02:03 AM
New York Times May 1 2004 5:53AM GMT

Google gears up for a free-phone
challenge

Google gears up for a free-phone
challenge 02/01/2005 09:07 PM
Also: U.S. 'terminates' Iranian Web site. [News.com Extra]

Microsoft Preparing Challenge to Google
and Yahoo for Ads

Microsoft Preparing Challenge to Google
and Yahoo for Ads 03/17/2005 03:42 AM
New York Times Mar 16 2005 5:06AM GMT

Microsoft launches new search engine to
challenge Google

Microsoft launches new search engine to
challenge Google 02/01/2005 09:50 PM
Independent Feb 2 2005 1:55AM GMT

German Publishers Plan Challenge to
Google Print

German Publishers Plan Challenge to
Google Print 06/05/2005 10:45 PM
A 6,000-member association of booksellers and publishers are reacting to Google's plans to start digitizing books in the world.

Yahoo Mail, Blogs, and Flickr Challenge
Google

Yahoo Mail, Blogs, and Flickr Challenge
Google 03/26/2005 09:27 PM
Search Engine Journal Mar 27 2005 2:01AM GMT

Microsoft Building Search Power to
Challenge Google

Microsoft Building Search Power to
Challenge Google 06/21/2004 02:37 AM
Los Angeles Times Jun 21 2004 7:14AM GMT

Google Faces Challenge of Public Company
Status

Google Faces Challenge of Public Company
Status 08/20/2004 11:28 PM
Washington Post Aug 21 2004 2:36AM GMT

Google Faces Challenge of Public Company
Status (washingtonpost.com)

Google Faces Challenge of Public Company
Status (washingtonpost.com) 08/20/2004 09:37 PM
washingtonpost.com - Your name is synonymous with searching the Internet, and you've just raised roughly $1.7 billion from investors by going public. What are you going to do now?

Google Fires Back at Rank Checkers With
Captcha Challenge

Google Fires Back at Rank Checkers With
Captcha Challenge 03/14/2005 05:10 PM
"..a rank checker and I get a google page telling me I have a virus and that I can't search until I put in a code that is in a picture on the page. I ran it last night and this morning and many other times for over a year and never got that."

What About Feedster ?

What About Feedster ? 03/11/2003 11:55 AM

What About Feedster ?  And other Roogle Stuff

I was just chatting with Sooz and we came up with feedster.  And feedster.com was available so I just grabbed it.

Comments?  Like it ?  Hate it?  Loathe it beyond all description?  Leave feedback here.

Other stuff -- I've been tending to infrastructure today so far to keep things running and I have RSS output of search results working but I keep getting XML errors.  And the indexing is going well.  Any gurus out there ?  I'd love some help.  Feel free to IM me.

My Feedster

My Feedster 09/13/2004 03:33 AM

Those of you that use Feedster aggreator from time to time be sure to add Geek News Central to your list on their site. [Geek News Central Feedster ID]

KDE and Feedster

KDE and Feedster 03/19/2003 10:27 PM

KDE and Feedster

Although I mentioned this last week, now that made KDE News, its even more official (although is that more definitive than a CVS archive?  Depends on your point of view I guess):

You already have KNewsTicker and you often hit the popular sites for the latest news. But have you tried Feedster, the RSS search engine? Now, the latest KDE CVS includes support for Feedster in the elegant form of a web shortcut. [_Go_]

"Feedster"

"Feedster" 03/14/2003 02:44 AM

Feedster Top 100

Feedster Top 100 01/18/2004 04:55 PM
Very surprisingly we made Feedsters top 100 read list. We are sitting at 81 tied with a bunch of other...

Feedster

Feedster 03/14/2003 12:59 PM
As we reported last week the group that used the knock of name Foogle has seen the legal light and...

PubSub vs. Feedster

PubSub vs. Feedster 01/22/2004 02:41 AM
It seems to me that both PubSub and Feedster provide feeds of searches run against many RSS feeds. My question, to whoever (Scott, maybe?), is this: What the real differences here? Or are they providing something that's functionally equivalent? Anyone tried both and care to comment?...

Feedster Update

Feedster Update 03/13/2003 07:30 PM

Feedster Update

A couple of new things:

• Searches for three letter words are now working again.  Hey you didn't think the KDE folks would be interested if we couldn't search for them, did you?  Examples:
• Search for KDE
• Search for MP3
• Search for Sex (may as well give you the link, you will anyway)
• Hit highlighting is done within the results -- click above and see

The obligatory back end stuff continues as well but that's just boring.

feedster adds ads

feedster adds ads 08/15/2004 07:10 PM
kanoodle's powering the ads

Feedster claim

Feedster claim 12/19/2004 03:12 PM
<div style="display: none;"><P align='center'><A href='http://feedster.com/claimfeed.php?key=77eb9d22c843510addee5e91ec 6e9498'>No Need to Click Here - I'm just claiming my feed at Feedster</A></P>   </div>...

"Feedster Builder"

"Feedster Builder" 11/14/2003 03:32 AM

Feedster Actually Works

Feedster Actually Works 03/14/2003 05:09 PM

Feedster Actually Works

I know this going to sound silly -- but now I **know** Feedster works.  A friend of mine just bought an iPod and they were asking me about the FM radio adapter.  I know I saw one talked about in the blog-o-sphere recently so I ran a query for iPod and came up with the result.  How damn cool.  It really is like searching either your short term memory or searching conversations you just happened to listen in on.

A lot of times developers don't actually use the things they build.  Or use them peripherally at best.  It really is cool when they work and you have that "ah ha" moment.

Feedster -- DeDuped !

Feedster -- DeDuped ! 03/19/2003 10:27 PM

Feedster -- DeDuped !

Ok.  Based on really strong user feedback, I'm going to take this live earlier than I had expected.  What I'm referencing is the experimental de-duping I blogged about last night. 

Here's the issue:

You're a blogger.  You publish content at both micro and macro levels.  In particular you have multiple RSS feeds syndicated out for different content views.  For a publisher and for a reader, that's great.  Extreme microtargeting of the audience w/ little more effort than checking a box in Radio (categories) or Movable type (can't remember the feature name).

Here's the problem from a search perspective:

Identical posts but with different urls clutter up the search results.  You know it feels wrong but you may not even be aware of why.

The solution

Smart De-duping.  As part of the indexing process, we're calculating a post level "signature" and then filtering by that rather than by the url.  Here's a picture of before and after side by side.

One thing ... I haven't (yet) put in a Google like prompt "We eliminated some duplicate results, click here to redo the search".  That'll come in the next day or two but I want to make some improvements in the overall result set display so that it fits in better.  If anyone desperately needs the duped results, let me know and I'll restore it at a separate url.

Anyone Want a Feedster Bookmarklet ?

Anyone Want a Feedster Bookmarklet ? 03/19/2003 10:27 PM

Anyone Want a Feedster Bookmarklet ?

I was thinking it would be really useful to just highlight some text on a webpage and click a bookmarklet in your browser link bar and have it do a feedster search.  Matt Mower gets all the credit for this idea.  And, well of course, Bottom Feeder who already has this working.

Anyway ... I just update to IE 6 which seems to have disabled bookmarklets.  I can drag it to the links bar andeven though I say Yes its ok to add it, it seems to just disappear into the void.  Anyone know anything?

So I have most of the code for this but I can't test the pesky thing.  Arrggh!

"Feedster version 2"

"Feedster version 2" 07/16/2004 08:45 PM

Feedster Re-Launched

Feedster Re-Launched 07/16/2004 03:31 AM

It's being dubbed Feedster 2.0, congratulations to the Feedster team on the re-launch. Feedster is a premier search engine that culls over 700,000 RSS feeds. [Feedster]

Feedster reloaded

Feedster reloaded 07/16/2004 11:55 AM
Congratulations to Scott Johnson and the rest of the Feedster gang for the launch of Feedster version 2. There are lots of new features to digest, but the ones that most interest me are those that enhance cross-blog conversation. At this URL, for example, I can find a tidy summary of the reaction to this item: ...
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