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hackdiary: Using Wikipedia and the Yahoo API to give structure to flat lists
A nice explanation of how to link together a bunch of terms using publicly available sources. Those guys at the BBC are doing a lot of great work here. The hack uses wikipedia and the yahoo (REST) API.
Bud posted this on December 3, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Slashdot | Search Engine Results Relatively Fair
"The Economist and PhysicsWeb report on a study from Indiana University claiming that search engines have an egalitarian effect that gives new pages a greater chance to be discovered, compared to what would be the case in the absence of search engines."
Bud posted this on November 19, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Om Malik’s Broadband Blog — » Web 2.0 Exit… what is that?
Suggests that everyone doing Web 2.0 projects is really just doing unpaid product development for Google, Yahoo, or Microsoft. Maybe. Some of the commenters argue that there are viable revenue models.
Bud posted this on November 12, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
iWay Puts Yahoo! Maps on Your iPod
A real competitive advantage for the ipod is the network effect. A lot of people have them, so those who offer new services are happy to package them for the ipod. Then, all of these services make the ipod more attractive.
Bud posted this on October 8, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Microsoft Quashes Search Relevancy Report
The important point here is that microsoft is not making a dent in the search business, and by extension one can understand why they re-orged. Competition has moved off of the desktop and into search. A more general issue of how you measure performance.
Bud posted this on September 22, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
MBA Bootcamp Changes Local Web Search Landscape
We ran a bootcamp where Michigan MBAs used “Web 2.0” technologies to compete with a prominent local business for searches on its targeted keywords. Bootcamp sites beat the local company in just under half of the searches and placed on the first page o
Bud posted this on August 12, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
In This Battle, Size Does Matter: Google Responds to Yahoo Index Claims
As I posted earlier, Yahoo's claim of indexing more than 20 billion items ruffled more than a few feathers across the web, and nowhere more distinctly than at Google.
Bud posted this on August 11, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Which Blog is Tops in Search?
Yahoo's got an interesting experiment going. They want to know: do readers find blogs via links or through search?
Bud posted this on July 18, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Yahoo Search vs. Google and Technorati: Link Counts and Analysis
In what I'm sure will become a heavily linked to article, Tristan Louis offers up his recent analysis.
Bud posted this on July 18, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Blog Search
The comments indicate some frustration with Technorati and rightly so.
Bud posted this on July 18, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Yahoo! RSS Search
Yahoo! has a lot of good data inputs for a solid database of feed content.
Bud posted this on July 18, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Micro Persuasion: Yahoo Testing Blogs and RSS Search
Shhh, don't tell anyone but you can find Yahoo's new blog and RSS search tool here.
Bud posted this on July 18, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Y!Q on my blog... (by Jeremy Zawodny)
So, basically, Y!Q is contextual search for your blog. It seems to be a way for Yahoo to give a blogger a service and then reap ad rewards for it.
Bud posted this on February 7, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
John Battelle's Searchblog: Yahoo Launches Y!Q - Search from Wherever
Can this be as smart as suggested? If you are using keywords, your ability to achieve results is limited.
Bud posted this on February 3, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Microsoft: Latest News and Resources at Technology Updates
Microsoft now makes it possible to insert RSS feeds into your MyMSN homepage. Makes sense as a portal strategy. The goal is to draw in users, then advertise.
Bud posted this on January 23, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tracking Overture Campaigns with Google AdWords
An interesting way to track adwords performance.
Bud posted this on January 23, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)