July 20, 2005
July 20, 2005
It's All in the Name: IceRocket Will Become BlogScour
Looking for more weblog/feed search news? If the answer is yes, here's a link to the News.com article: Mark Cuban to relaunch IceRocket.
According to the story, IceRocket's new name will be BlogScour. No word as to what will happen to the other search services IceRocket offers. At the moment, BlogScour.com shows the IceRocket home page.
What will set BlogScour apart from the other blog/feed engines out there? Here's what the article has to say:
The revised IceRocket is expected to be unique among the other search engines in that every search entry has a thumbnail of the home page of the listing.
I'm not sure (understatement) that just offering a static image of a home page is going to be enough.
The article doesn't mention if BlogScour will implement any new search technology (improved crawl, improved precision, better relevance, personalization, etc.).
Postscript: Nick reports the BlogScour will be a standalone site and that IceRocket will remain online. However, we still don't know if BlogScour will be something different (in terms of technology, crawl, etc.) or just a new standalone version of the blog/feed search that IceRocket already offers?
Posted by Gary Price at 9:02 PM | Permalink
It's All in the Name: IceRocket Will Become BlogScour
Looking for more weblog/feed search news? If the answer is yes, here's a link to the News.com article: Mark Cuban to relaunch IceRocket.
According to the story, IceRocket's new name will be BlogScour. No word as to what will happen to the other search services IceRocket offers. At the moment, BlogScour.com shows the IceRocket home page.
What will set BlogScour apart from the other blog/feed engines out there? Here's what the article has to say:
The revised IceRocket is expected to be unique among the other search engines in that every search entry has a thumbnail of the home page of the listing.
I'm not sure (understatement) that just offering a static image of a home page is going to be enough.
The article doesn't mention if BlogScour will implement any new search technology (improved crawl, improved precision, better relevance, personalization, etc.).
Postscript: Nick reports the BlogScour will be a standalone site and that IceRocket will remain online. However, we still don't know if BlogScour will be something different (in terms of technology, crawl, etc.) or just a new standalone version of the blog/feed search that IceRocket already offers?
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:02 PM | Permalink
It's All in the Name: IceRocket Will Become BlogScour
Looking for more weblog/feed search news? If the answer is yes, here's a link to the News.com article: Mark Cuban to relaunch IceRocket.
According to the story, IceRocket's new name will be BlogScour. No word as to what will happen to the other search services IceRocket offers. At the moment, BlogScour.com shows the IceRocket home page.
What will set BlogScour apart from the other blog/feed engines out there? Here's what the article has to say:
The revised IceRocket is expected to be unique among the other search engines in that every search entry has a thumbnail of the home page of the listing.
I'm not sure (understatement) that just offering a static image of a home page is going to be enough.
The article doesn't mention if BlogScour will implement any new search technology (improved crawl, improved precision, better relevance, personalization, etc.).
Postscript: Nick reports the BlogScour will be a standalone site and that IceRocket will remain online. However, we still don't know if BlogScour will be something different (in terms of technology, crawl, etc.) or just a new standalone version of the blog/feed search that IceRocket already offers?
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:02 PM | Permalink
It's All in the Name: IceRocket Will Become BlogScour
Looking for more weblog/feed search news? If the answer is yes, here's a link to the News.com article: Mark Cuban to relaunch IceRocket.
According to the story, IceRocket's new name will be BlogScour. No word as to what will happen to the other search services IceRocket offers. At the moment, BlogScour.com shows the IceRocket home page.
What will set BlogScour apart from the other blog/feed engines out there? Here's what the article has to say:
The revised IceRocket is expected to be unique among the other search engines in that every search entry has a thumbnail of the home page of the listing.
I'm not sure (understatement) that just offering a static image of a home page is going to be enough.
The article doesn't mention if BlogScour will implement any new search technology (improved crawl, improved precision, better relevance, personalization, etc.).
Postscript: Nick reports the BlogScour will be a standalone site and that IceRocket will remain online. However, we still don't know if BlogScour will be something different (in terms of technology, crawl, etc.) or just a new standalone version of the blog/feed search that IceRocket already offers?
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:02 PM | Permalink
Google Acquires Brazilian Search Tech Company
Nice work by Dirson spotting this press release (in Portuguese) from Google announcing their acquisition of Akwan Information Technologies, a Brazilian search tech provider. Google will use the acquistion to open an R&D center in Latin America.
Here's a mechanical translation of the announcement using Google's translation software, caveat emptor.
Posted by Gary Price at 5:52 PM | Permalink
Google Acquires Brazilian Search Tech Company
Nice work by Dirson spotting this press release (in Portuguese) from Google announcing their acquisition of Akwan Information Technologies, a Brazilian search tech provider. Google will use the acquistion to open an R&D center in Latin America.
Here's a mechanical translation of the announcement using Google's translation software, caveat emptor.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 5:52 PM | Permalink
Google Acquires Brazilian Search Tech Company
Nice work by Dirson spotting this press release (in Portuguese) from Google announcing their acquisition of Akwan Information Technologies, a Brazilian search tech provider. Google will use the acquistion to open an R&D center in Latin America.
Here's a mechanical translation of the announcement using Google's translation software, caveat emptor.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 5:52 PM | Permalink
Google Acquires Brazilian Search Tech Company
Nice work by Dirson spotting this press release (in Portuguese) from Google announcing their acquisition of Akwan Information Technologies, a Brazilian search tech provider. Google will use the acquistion to open an R&D center in Latin America.
Here's a mechanical translation of the announcement using Google's translation software, caveat emptor.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 5:52 PM | Permalink
Ask Jeeves CEO Steve Berkowitz To Keynote SES San Jose
I've been busy this week pulling together sessions for our upcoming SES San Jose 2005 show, and we've just confirmed that Ask Jeeves CEO and director Steve Berkowitz will be doing the keynote. This will be in our keynote slot on August 9, the second day of the show.
It's actually going to be a "keynote conversation," rather than the traditional keynotes that some shows have. Over at the SES Blog, I explain more about how we seem to have a tradition growing of these type of keynote Q&As. There's certainly plenty to talk with Steve about, given Ask has just completed being acquired by IAC.
By the way, as I wrap up various sessions for the show, I've been blogging them at the SES Blog to tell everyone a bit more about them and what to expect. You can see what's been covered so far by viewing the SES San Jose 2005 Sessions page.
Posted by Danny Sullivan at 5:21 PM | Permalink
Ask Jeeves CEO Steve Berkowitz To Keynote SES San Jose
I've been busy this week pulling together sessions for our upcoming SES San Jose 2005 show, and we've just confirmed that Ask Jeeves CEO and director Steve Berkowitz will be doing the keynote. This will be in our keynote slot on August 9, the second day of the show.
It's actually going to be a "keynote conversation," rather than the traditional keynotes that some shows have. Over at the SES Blog, I explain more about how we seem to have a tradition growing of these type of keynote Q&As. There's certainly plenty to talk with Steve about, given Ask has just completed being acquired by IAC.
By the way, as I wrap up various sessions for the show, I've been blogging them at the SES Blog to tell everyone a bit more about them and what to expect. You can see what's been covered so far by viewing the SES San Jose 2005 Sessions page.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 5:21 PM | Permalink
Ask Jeeves CEO Steve Berkowitz To Keynote SES San Jose
I've been busy this week pulling together sessions for our upcoming SES San Jose 2005 show, and we've just confirmed that Ask Jeeves CEO and director Steve Berkowitz will be doing the keynote. This will be in our keynote slot on August 9, the second day of the show.
It's actually going to be a "keynote conversation," rather than the traditional keynotes that some shows have. Over at the SES Blog, I explain more about how we seem to have a tradition growing of these type of keynote Q&As. There's certainly plenty to talk with Steve about, given Ask has just completed being acquired by IAC.
By the way, as I wrap up various sessions for the show, I've been blogging them at the SES Blog to tell everyone a bit more about them and what to expect. You can see what's been covered so far by viewing the SES San Jose 2005 Sessions page.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 5:21 PM | Permalink
Ask Jeeves CEO Steve Berkowitz To Keynote SES San Jose
I've been busy this week pulling together sessions for our upcoming SES San Jose 2005 show, and we've just confirmed that Ask Jeeves CEO and director Steve Berkowitz will be doing the keynote. This will be in our keynote slot on August 9, the second day of the show.
It's actually going to be a "keynote conversation," rather than the traditional keynotes that some shows have. Over at the SES Blog, I explain more about how we seem to have a tradition growing of these type of keynote Q&As. There's certainly plenty to talk with Steve about, given Ask has just completed being acquired by IAC.
By the way, as I wrap up various sessions for the show, I've been blogging them at the SES Blog to tell everyone a bit more about them and what to expect. You can see what's been covered so far by viewing the SES San Jose 2005 Sessions page.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 5:21 PM | Permalink
Survey Results Show Most Americans Have No Clue About RSS
A new data brief from the Pew Internet & American Life project titled: The average American internet user is not sure what podcasting is, what an RSS feed does, or what the term “phishing” means, looks at the results of a just completed survey.
The results show only 9% of those surveyed had a "good idea" of what the term RSS means. 65% weren't sure and 26% had never heard of the term.
Only 13% of those surveyed had a "good idea" of what a podcasting is.
Those of us who watch the web, web tools, and web search closely (including myself) often forget that many of the things we talk about all day, everyday (and the services we use) still aren't even close to making it into the vocabulary or onto the desktops of the masses.
As the survey's discussion points out, technology terms and ideas take time to emerge in the mindset of the general public. However, I often wonder if the usefulness that so many leading edge types believe that syndication, feeds, etc. offer are to reach the mainstream, calling it something other than RSS (as see on on many web sites) might be worthy of consideration. Of course, the cynical person in me wonders if the public even cares, will ever care, or really needs to know about RSS and other tools in the first place.
Thanks to SC for the tip.
Postscript: Lee Rainie, Project Director, of the Pew Internet & American Life Project saw my post and sent along a comment. He writes:
I think your take on it [the survey] is perfect. It's useful to remember every once in a while that lots of people don't
obsessively focus on the things that fire the imagination of bleeding edgers.
Posted by Gary Price at 5:10 PM | Permalink
Survey Results Show Most Americans Have No Clue About RSS
A new data brief from the Pew Internet & American Life project titled: The average American internet user is not sure what podcasting is, what an RSS feed does, or what the term “phishing” means, looks at the results of a just completed survey.
The results show only 9% of those surveyed had a "good idea" of what the term RSS means. 65% weren't sure and 26% had never heard of the term.
Only 13% of those surveyed had a "good idea" of what a podcasting is.
Those of us who watch the web, web tools, and web search closely (including myself) often forget that many of the things we talk about all day, everyday (and the services we use) still aren't even close to making it into the vocabulary or onto the desktops of the masses.
As the survey's discussion points out, technology terms and ideas take time to emerge in the mindset of the general public. However, I often wonder if the usefulness that so many leading edge types believe that syndication, feeds, etc. offer are to reach the mainstream, calling it something other than RSS (as see on on many web sites) might be worthy of consideration. Of course, the cynical person in me wonders if the public even cares, will ever care, or really needs to know about RSS and other tools in the first place.
Thanks to SC for the tip.
Postscript: Lee Rainie, Project Director, of the Pew Internet & American Life Project saw my post and sent along a comment. He writes:
I think your take on it [the survey] is perfect. It's useful to remember every once in a while that lots of people don't
obsessively focus on the things that fire the imagination of bleeding edgers.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 5:10 PM | Permalink
Survey Results Show Most Americans Have No Clue About RSS
A new data brief from the Pew Internet & American Life project titled: The average American internet user is not sure what podcasting is, what an RSS feed does, or what the term “phishing” means, looks at the results of a just completed survey.
The results show only 9% of those surveyed had a "good idea" of what the term RSS means. 65% weren't sure and 26% had never heard of the term.
Only 13% of those surveyed had a "good idea" of what a podcasting is.
Those of us who watch the web, web tools, and web search closely (including myself) often forget that many of the things we talk about all day, everyday (and the services we use) still aren't even close to making it into the vocabulary or onto the desktops of the masses.
As the survey's discussion points out, technology terms and ideas take time to emerge in the mindset of the general public. However, I often wonder if the usefulness that so many leading edge types believe that syndication, feeds, etc. offer are to reach the mainstream, calling it something other than RSS (as see on on many web sites) might be worthy of consideration. Of course, the cynical person in me wonders if the public even cares, will ever care, or really needs to know about RSS and other tools in the first place.
Thanks to SC for the tip.
Postscript: Lee Rainie, Project Director, of the Pew Internet & American Life Project saw my post and sent along a comment. He writes:
I think your take on it [the survey] is perfect. It's useful to remember every once in a while that lots of people don't
obsessively focus on the things that fire the imagination of bleeding edgers.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 5:10 PM | Permalink
Survey Results Show Most Americans Have No Clue About RSS
A new data brief from the Pew Internet & American Life project titled: The average American internet user is not sure what podcasting is, what an RSS feed does, or what the term “phishing” means, looks at the results of a just completed survey.
The results show only 9% of those surveyed had a "good idea" of what the term RSS means. 65% weren't sure and 26% had never heard of the term.
Only 13% of those surveyed had a "good idea" of what a podcasting is.
Those of us who watch the web, web tools, and web search closely (including myself) often forget that many of the things we talk about all day, everyday (and the services we use) still aren't even close to making it into the vocabulary or onto the desktops of the masses.
As the survey's discussion points out, technology terms and ideas take time to emerge in the mindset of the general public. However, I often wonder if the usefulness that so many leading edge types believe that syndication, feeds, etc. offer are to reach the mainstream, calling it something other than RSS (as see on on many web sites) might be worthy of consideration. Of course, the cynical person in me wonders if the public even cares, will ever care, or really needs to know about RSS and other tools in the first place.
Thanks to SC for the tip.
Postscript: Lee Rainie, Project Director, of the Pew Internet & American Life Project saw my post and sent along a comment. He writes:
I think your take on it [the survey] is perfect. It's useful to remember every once in a while that lots of people don't
obsessively focus on the things that fire the imagination of bleeding edgers.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 5:10 PM | Permalink
Creating Searchable Text from Geographic Coordinates
If you're interested in geotagging, digital maps and related matters, here's a new article by several members of the Stanford Info Lab that you might want to take a look at.
Title: Assigning Textual Names to Sets of Geographic Coordinates
24 pages; PDF.
Abstract:
NameSet is a system that translates a set of geographic coordinates into a textual name based on the geographic regions where the coordinates occur. One possible application of NameSet is to concisely present the geographical scope of a set of geo-referenced observations to a human user. Another application is to generate text to depict a set of coordinates that appear on a web site -- text that could later be used for information retrieval applications. NameSet's computation is based on a simple algorithm, using off-the-shelf and web-based data sources. The system was proven effective in an application that automatically organizes and names sets of geo-referenced digital photographs.
Posted by Gary Price at 3:35 PM | Permalink
Creating Searchable Text from Geographic Coordinates
If you're interested in geotagging, digital maps and related matters, here's a new article by several members of the Stanford Info Lab that you might want to take a look at.
Title: Assigning Textual Names to Sets of Geographic Coordinates
24 pages; PDF.
Abstract:
NameSet is a system that translates a set of geographic coordinates into a textual name based on the geographic regions where the coordinates occur. One possible application of NameSet is to concisely present the geographical scope of a set of geo-referenced observations to a human user. Another application is to generate text to depict a set of coordinates that appear on a web site -- text that could later be used for information retrieval applications. NameSet's computation is based on a simple algorithm, using off-the-shelf and web-based data sources. The system was proven effective in an application that automatically organizes and names sets of geo-referenced digital photographs.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 3:35 PM | Permalink
Creating Searchable Text from Geographic Coordinates
If you're interested in geotagging, digital maps and related matters, here's a new article by several members of the Stanford Info Lab that you might want to take a look at.
Title: Assigning Textual Names to Sets of Geographic Coordinates
24 pages; PDF.
Abstract:
NameSet is a system that translates a set of geographic coordinates into a textual name based on the geographic regions where the coordinates occur. One possible application of NameSet is to concisely present the geographical scope of a set of geo-referenced observations to a human user. Another application is to generate text to depict a set of coordinates that appear on a web site -- text that could later be used for information retrieval applications. NameSet's computation is based on a simple algorithm, using off-the-shelf and web-based data sources. The system was proven effective in an application that automatically organizes and names sets of geo-referenced digital photographs.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 3:35 PM | Permalink
Creating Searchable Text from Geographic Coordinates
If you're interested in geotagging, digital maps and related matters, here's a new article by several members of the Stanford Info Lab that you might want to take a look at.
Title: Assigning Textual Names to Sets of Geographic Coordinates
24 pages; PDF.
Abstract:
NameSet is a system that translates a set of geographic coordinates into a textual name based on the geographic regions where the coordinates occur. One possible application of NameSet is to concisely present the geographical scope of a set of geo-referenced observations to a human user. Another application is to generate text to depict a set of coordinates that appear on a web site -- text that could later be used for information retrieval applications. NameSet's computation is based on a simple algorithm, using off-the-shelf and web-based data sources. The system was proven effective in an application that automatically organizes and names sets of geo-referenced digital photographs.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 3:35 PM | Permalink
MSN Updates Start.com Site with New Features
Yesterday, MSN's experimental Start.com customizable homepage received a few updates and bug fixes that you can read about on the Start.com blog.
The most noticeable change comes in the way search results are displayed. Start.com results pages now allow you to quickly move between web results, news results, and RSS results via tab links at the top of the page. RSS results come from feed directory that's powered by Moreover and also used at My MSN.. Also, Start.com now allows you to subscribe to feeds via a link next to each RSS result.
Ok, MSN has a searchable directory of RSS feeds. However, you've got to think that it will be sooner rather than later when MS releases their own fully functioning and standalone RSS engine. We've mentioned that MSN was developing an RSS engine a couple of times on SEW. Once, last November in Chris's original review of MSN Search and again a few weeks later in a blog post by Danny.
Posted by Gary Price at 2:01 PM | Permalink
MSN Updates Start.com Site with New Features
Yesterday, MSN's experimental Start.com customizable homepage received a few updates and bug fixes that you can read about on the Start.com blog.
The most noticeable change comes in the way search results are displayed. Start.com results pages now allow you to quickly move between web results, news results, and RSS results via tab links at the top of the page. RSS results come from feed directory that's powered by Moreover and also used at My MSN.. Also, Start.com now allows you to subscribe to feeds via a link next to each RSS result.
Ok, MSN has a searchable directory of RSS feeds. However, you've got to think that it will be sooner rather than later when MS releases their own fully functioning and standalone RSS engine. We've mentioned that MSN was developing an RSS engine a couple of times on SEW. Once, last November in Chris's original review of MSN Search and again a few weeks later in a blog post by Danny.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 2:01 PM | Permalink
MSN Updates Start.com Site with New Features
Yesterday, MSN's experimental Start.com customizable homepage received a few updates and bug fixes that you can read about on the Start.com blog.
The most noticeable change comes in the way search results are displayed. Start.com results pages now allow you to quickly move between web results, news results, and RSS results via tab links at the top of the page. RSS results come from feed directory that's powered by Moreover and also used at My MSN.. Also, Start.com now allows you to subscribe to feeds via a link next to each RSS result.
Ok, MSN has a searchable directory of RSS feeds. However, you've got to think that it will be sooner rather than later when MS releases their own fully functioning and standalone RSS engine. We've mentioned that MSN was developing an RSS engine a couple of times on SEW. Once, last November in Chris's original review of MSN Search and again a few weeks later in a blog post by Danny.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 2:01 PM | Permalink
MSN Updates Start.com Site with New Features
Yesterday, MSN's experimental Start.com customizable homepage received a few updates and bug fixes that you can read about on the Start.com blog.
The most noticeable change comes in the way search results are displayed. Start.com results pages now allow you to quickly move between web results, news results, and RSS results via tab links at the top of the page. RSS results come from feed directory that's powered by Moreover and also used at My MSN.. Also, Start.com now allows you to subscribe to feeds via a link next to each RSS result.
Ok, MSN has a searchable directory of RSS feeds. However, you've got to think that it will be sooner rather than later when MS releases their own fully functioning and standalone RSS engine. We've mentioned that MSN was developing an RSS engine a couple of times on SEW. Once, last November in Chris's original review of MSN Search and again a few weeks later in a blog post by Danny.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 2:01 PM | Permalink
Yahoo Weatherman Tim Mayer Announces Release of New Web Index
Yahoo's Tim Mayer alerts the search community that Yahoo Search released a new index last night. He writes:
The changes will be a little more intense than the second weather report and changes will continue over the next week or two.
If you want to discuss the new Yahoo index, check out this thread in the SEW Forums. Barry (aka RustyBrick) points out other threads here.
Posted by Gary Price at 1:16 PM | Permalink
Yahoo Weatherman Tim Mayer Announces Release of New Web Index
Yahoo's Tim Mayer alerts the search community that Yahoo Search released a new index last night. He writes:
The changes will be a little more intense than the second weather report and changes will continue over the next week or two.
If you want to discuss the new Yahoo index, check out this thread in the SEW Forums. Barry (aka RustyBrick) points out other threads here.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 1:16 PM | Permalink
Yahoo Weatherman Tim Mayer Announces Release of New Web Index
Yahoo's Tim Mayer alerts the search community that Yahoo Search released a new index last night. He writes:
The changes will be a little more intense than the second weather report and changes will continue over the next week or two.
If you want to discuss the new Yahoo index, check out this thread in the SEW Forums. Barry (aka RustyBrick) points out other threads here.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 1:16 PM | Permalink
Yahoo Weatherman Tim Mayer Announces Release of New Web Index
Yahoo's Tim Mayer alerts the search community that Yahoo Search released a new index last night. He writes:
The changes will be a little more intense than the second weather report and changes will continue over the next week or two.
If you want to discuss the new Yahoo index, check out this thread in the SEW Forums. Barry (aka RustyBrick) points out other threads here.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 1:16 PM | Permalink
SMS Search Provider 4INFO.net Adds Email Search Service, WiFi Hotspot Search Coming Soon
Two quick news items from Palo Alto's 4INFO.net, an SMS (text messaging) search service.
- For your "what's old is new again" folder...Email Search
- Find WiFi Hotspots
Posted by Gary Price at 11:13 AM | Permalink
SMS Search Provider 4INFO.net Adds Email Search Service, WiFi Hotspot Search Coming Soon
Two quick news items from Palo Alto's 4INFO.net, an SMS (text messaging) search service.
- For your "what's old is new again" folder...Email Search
- Find WiFi Hotspots
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 11:13 AM | Permalink
SMS Search Provider 4INFO.net Adds Email Search Service, WiFi Hotspot Search Coming Soon
Two quick news items from Palo Alto's 4INFO.net, an SMS (text messaging) search service.
- For your "what's old is new again" folder...Email Search
- Find WiFi Hotspots
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 11:13 AM | Permalink
SMS Search Provider 4INFO.net Adds Email Search Service, WiFi Hotspot Search Coming Soon
Two quick news items from Palo Alto's 4INFO.net, an SMS (text messaging) search service.
- For your "what's old is new again" folder...Email Search
- Find WiFi Hotspots
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 11:13 AM | Permalink
PubSub Plays Ball with New Feature
The PubSub team released a new feature today that offers pre-built prospective searches to track blogosphere and other syndicated content about Major League Basball teams and players.
By going to PubSub Baseball you can simply click a team or player name and quickly have a professionally built query ready to place into an RSS aggregator or PubSub Sidebar. As the query matches new items from the stream of content entering the PubSub database, you'll be notified almost immediately.
When PubSub released their government info service a few weeks ago, I said that the company was smart to pre-build prospective searches for popular topics. Why? They offer more precise searches while also saving the user time and effort (a good thing). In other words, let PubSub do the heavy lifting so the user can be up and running in a matter of seconds.
Posted by Gary Price at 10:30 AM | Permalink
PubSub Plays Ball with New Feature
The PubSub team released a new feature today that offers pre-built prospective searches to track blogosphere and other syndicated content about Major League Basball teams and players.
By going to PubSub Baseball you can simply click a team or player name and quickly have a professionally built query ready to place into an RSS aggregator or PubSub Sidebar. As the query matches new items from the stream of content entering the PubSub database, you'll be notified almost immediately.
When PubSub released their government info service a few weeks ago, I said that the company was smart to pre-build prospective searches for popular topics. Why? They offer more precise searches while also saving the user time and effort (a good thing). In other words, let PubSub do the heavy lifting so the user can be up and running in a matter of seconds.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 10:30 AM | Permalink
PubSub Plays Ball with New Feature
The PubSub team released a new feature today that offers pre-built prospective searches to track blogosphere and other syndicated content about Major League Basball teams and players.
By going to PubSub Baseball you can simply click a team or player name and quickly have a professionally built query ready to place into an RSS aggregator or PubSub Sidebar. As the query matches new items from the stream of content entering the PubSub database, you'll be notified almost immediately.
When PubSub released their government info service a few weeks ago, I said that the company was smart to pre-build prospective searches for popular topics. Why? They offer more precise searches while also saving the user time and effort (a good thing). In other words, let PubSub do the heavy lifting so the user can be up and running in a matter of seconds.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 10:30 AM | Permalink
PubSub Plays Ball with New Feature
The PubSub team released a new feature today that offers pre-built prospective searches to track blogosphere and other syndicated content about Major League Basball teams and players.
By going to PubSub Baseball you can simply click a team or player name and quickly have a professionally built query ready to place into an RSS aggregator or PubSub Sidebar. As the query matches new items from the stream of content entering the PubSub database, you'll be notified almost immediately.
When PubSub released their government info service a few weeks ago, I said that the company was smart to pre-build prospective searches for popular topics. Why? They offer more precise searches while also saving the user time and effort (a good thing). In other words, let PubSub do the heavy lifting so the user can be up and running in a matter of seconds.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 10:30 AM | Permalink
IAC/InterActiveCorp Completes Acquisition of Ask Jeeves
According to a news release and a brief item in the Los Angeles Times (reg. required), IAC/InterActiveCorp has completed its acquisition of Ask Jeeves.
Posted by Gary Price at 9:58 AM | Permalink
IAC/InterActiveCorp Completes Acquisition of Ask Jeeves
According to a news release and a brief item in the Los Angeles Times (reg. required), IAC/InterActiveCorp has completed its acquisition of Ask Jeeves.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:58 AM | Permalink
IAC/InterActiveCorp Completes Acquisition of Ask Jeeves
According to a news release and a brief item in the Los Angeles Times (reg. required), IAC/InterActiveCorp has completed its acquisition of Ask Jeeves.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:58 AM | Permalink
IAC/InterActiveCorp Completes Acquisition of Ask Jeeves
According to a news release and a brief item in the Los Angeles Times (reg. required), IAC/InterActiveCorp has completed its acquisition of Ask Jeeves.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:58 AM | Permalink
Google Alerts Now Available for Google Groups
Philipp points to a blog post about the availability of Google Alerts for Google Groups.
It monitors the top 50 most recent Google Groups search results that relate to keywords you're interested in. Any new articles posted that match your criteria will be emailed to you, just like Google News alerts.
Google Groups Alerts are sent via email (no RSS) either immediately (as material enters the database), once a day, or once a week. Since so much content is constantly being generated in Google Groups, it would be a good idea to be very specific with your query terms and/or use some of the advanced search syntax that's available when building your query. You can do this by using the Google Groups advanced search page and then doing a copy and paste of the query string into the Google Alerts form.
Posted by Gary Price at 9:53 AM | Permalink
Google Alerts Now Available for Google Groups
Philipp points to a blog post about the availability of Google Alerts for Google Groups.
It monitors the top 50 most recent Google Groups search results that relate to keywords you're interested in. Any new articles posted that match your criteria will be emailed to you, just like Google News alerts.
Google Groups Alerts are sent via email (no RSS) either immediately (as material enters the database), once a day, or once a week. Since so much content is constantly being generated in Google Groups, it would be a good idea to be very specific with your query terms and/or use some of the advanced search syntax that's available when building your query. You can do this by using the Google Groups advanced search page and then doing a copy and paste of the query string into the Google Alerts form.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:53 AM | Permalink
Google Alerts Now Available for Google Groups
Philipp points to a blog post about the availability of Google Alerts for Google Groups.
It monitors the top 50 most recent Google Groups search results that relate to keywords you're interested in. Any new articles posted that match your criteria will be emailed to you, just like Google News alerts.
Google Groups Alerts are sent via email (no RSS) either immediately (as material enters the database), once a day, or once a week. Since so much content is constantly being generated in Google Groups, it would be a good idea to be very specific with your query terms and/or use some of the advanced search syntax that's available when building your query. You can do this by using the Google Groups advanced search page and then doing a copy and paste of the query string into the Google Alerts form.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:53 AM | Permalink
Google Alerts Now Available for Google Groups
Philipp points to a blog post about the availability of Google Alerts for Google Groups.
It monitors the top 50 most recent Google Groups search results that relate to keywords you're interested in. Any new articles posted that match your criteria will be emailed to you, just like Google News alerts.
Google Groups Alerts are sent via email (no RSS) either immediately (as material enters the database), once a day, or once a week. Since so much content is constantly being generated in Google Groups, it would be a good idea to be very specific with your query terms and/or use some of the advanced search syntax that's available when building your query. You can do this by using the Google Groups advanced search page and then doing a copy and paste of the query string into the Google Alerts form.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:53 AM | Permalink
Who's Who in Paid Search
Last week, I reviewed the new Marketing Sherpa Buyer's Guide to Search Engine Optimization Firms, which focused on companies specializing in optimizing sites for organic search results. In today's SearchDay article, A Buyer's Guide to Paid Search Advertising Agencies, I review the companion guide from Marketing Sherpa that focuses exclusively on firms specializing in PPC search marketing campaigns.
Posted by Chris Sherman at 9:37 AM | Permalink
Who's Who in Paid Search
Last week, I reviewed the new Marketing Sherpa Buyer's Guide to Search Engine Optimization Firms, which focused on companies specializing in optimizing sites for organic search results. In today's SearchDay article, A Buyer's Guide to Paid Search Advertising Agencies, I review the companion guide from Marketing Sherpa that focuses exclusively on firms specializing in PPC search marketing campaigns.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:37 AM | Permalink
Who's Who in Paid Search
Last week, I reviewed the new Marketing Sherpa Buyer's Guide to Search Engine Optimization Firms, which focused on companies specializing in optimizing sites for organic search results. In today's SearchDay article, A Buyer's Guide to Paid Search Advertising Agencies, I review the companion guide from Marketing Sherpa that focuses exclusively on firms specializing in PPC search marketing campaigns.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:37 AM | Permalink
Who's Who in Paid Search
Last week, I reviewed the new Marketing Sherpa Buyer's Guide to Search Engine Optimization Firms, which focused on companies specializing in optimizing sites for organic search results. In today's SearchDay article, A Buyer's Guide to Paid Search Advertising Agencies, I review the companion guide from Marketing Sherpa that focuses exclusively on firms specializing in PPC search marketing campaigns.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:37 AM | Permalink
The Launch of Google Moon
It was 36 years ago today when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon while Michael Collins circled overhead. I remember it like it was just yesterday. This five year old was glued to his television in suburban Chicago watching history. To celebrate the historic event Google has not only put up a special logo on all of their home pages but they're also releasing Google Moon.
That's right space fans, you're now able to use the same technology that you'll find at Google Maps and Google Earth to wander around the Moon.
In many cases you're unable to zoom-in very close. This is due to NASA providing Google with a limited data set. If you do zoom-in and imagery isn't available, Google Moon does get a bit cheesy. (-:
Btw, the FAQ points out that on July 20, 2069, Google will be ready to integrate local listings into the Google Moon product. It will be interesting to watch and see if another search provider tries to launch a local search product for the moon before 2069.(-:
I wonder if MSN Virtual "Moon" or Yahoo "Solar System" is in the works?
On a related note...Want to learn more about the flight of Apollo 11? You'll find some great material (images, timelines, etc.) here and here. Video clips of the flight here.
Want to learn more about the astronauts? Ask Jeeves has Smart Search results available for Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.
Posted by Gary Price at 9:36 AM | Permalink
The Launch of Google Moon
It was 36 years ago today when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon while Michael Collins circled overhead. I remember it like it was just yesterday. This five year old was glued to his television in suburban Chicago watching history. To celebrate the historic event Google has not only put up a special logo on all of their home pages but they're also releasing Google Moon.
That's right space fans, you're now able to use the same technology that you'll find at Google Maps and Google Earth to wander around the Moon.
In many cases you're unable to zoom-in very close. This is due to NASA providing Google with a limited data set. If you do zoom-in and imagery isn't available, Google Moon does get a bit cheesy. (-:
Btw, the FAQ points out that on July 20, 2069, Google will be ready to integrate local listings into the Google Moon product. It will be interesting to watch and see if another search provider tries to launch a local search product for the moon before 2069.(-:
I wonder if MSN Virtual "Moon" or Yahoo "Solar System" is in the works?
On a related note...Want to learn more about the flight of Apollo 11? You'll find some great material (images, timelines, etc.) here and here. Video clips of the flight here.
Want to learn more about the astronauts? Ask Jeeves has Smart Search results available for Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:36 AM | Permalink
The Launch of Google Moon
It was 36 years ago today when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon while Michael Collins circled overhead. I remember it like it was just yesterday. This five year old was glued to his television in suburban Chicago watching history. To celebrate the historic event Google has not only put up a special logo on all of their home pages but they're also releasing Google Moon.
That's right space fans, you're now able to use the same technology that you'll find at Google Maps and Google Earth to wander around the Moon.
In many cases you're unable to zoom-in very close. This is due to NASA providing Google with a limited data set. If you do zoom-in and imagery isn't available, Google Moon does get a bit cheesy. (-:
Btw, the FAQ points out that on July 20, 2069, Google will be ready to integrate local listings into the Google Moon product. It will be interesting to watch and see if another search provider tries to launch a local search product for the moon before 2069.(-:
I wonder if MSN Virtual "Moon" or Yahoo "Solar System" is in the works?
On a related note...Want to learn more about the flight of Apollo 11? You'll find some great material (images, timelines, etc.) here and here. Video clips of the flight here.
Want to learn more about the astronauts? Ask Jeeves has Smart Search results available for Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:36 AM | Permalink
The Launch of Google Moon
It was 36 years ago today when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon while Michael Collins circled overhead. I remember it like it was just yesterday. This five year old was glued to his television in suburban Chicago watching history. To celebrate the historic event Google has not only put up a special logo on all of their home pages but they're also releasing Google Moon.
That's right space fans, you're now able to use the same technology that you'll find at Google Maps and Google Earth to wander around the Moon.
In many cases you're unable to zoom-in very close. This is due to NASA providing Google with a limited data set. If you do zoom-in and imagery isn't available, Google Moon does get a bit cheesy. (-:
Btw, the FAQ points out that on July 20, 2069, Google will be ready to integrate local listings into the Google Moon product. It will be interesting to watch and see if another search provider tries to launch a local search product for the moon before 2069.(-:
I wonder if MSN Virtual "Moon" or Yahoo "Solar System" is in the works?
On a related note...Want to learn more about the flight of Apollo 11? You'll find some great material (images, timelines, etc.) here and here. Video clips of the flight here.
Want to learn more about the astronauts? Ask Jeeves has Smart Search results available for Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.
Posted by Kevin Heisler at 9:36 AM | Permalink
