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October 29, 2004Come See the Digitized Side of SearsBefore there was Wal-Mart and Target, there was Sears. There was the appliance line and the shoe department and the Toughskins. There was the Wish Book. Oh, the Wish Book....Read the rest of entry "Come See the Digitized Side of Sears" here. British American Tobacco Documents OnlineThe University of California has released an archive of over a million pages of documents related to the British American Tobacco company. It's available at http://bat.library.ucsf.edu/ , but it ain't...Read the rest of entry "British American Tobacco Documents Online " here. October 28, 2004Feedster Offers RSS Feed FinderFeedster is now offering an RSS feed finder, at http://www.feedster.com/feedfinder.php . This search is in beta, but allows you do search a database of over 900,000 RSS feeds (Feedster claims...Read the rest of entry "Feedster Offers RSS Feed Finder" here. Gmail Bugs ListGoogle's got a list of Gmail's bugs at http://www.google.com/gmail/help/bugslist.html. This list does not include the recently announced security hole, which has been fixed....Google's Cheat Sheet Reveals A Couple Hidden SyntaxesGoogle has released a new cheat sheet at http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html . It's a list of syntaxes you can use with Google's search engine, along with some of the specialty offerings like...Read the rest of entry "Google's Cheat Sheet Reveals A Couple Hidden Syntaxes " here. Let's Talk Search/SEO TopicsIf you're looking for a place to talk searching/SEO, check out ThreadWatch.org (http://www.threadwatch.org). The site is a sorta-cross between a blog in that SEO/searching news is posted blogstyle (it's mostly...October 26, 2004Wiki for News?You might have heard of wikis. Webopedia defines a wiki as "A collaborative Web site comprised of the perpetual collective work of many authors. Similar to a blog in structure...EB Offers Content on American PresidencyEncyclopedia Britannica is now offering fahree content about the American presidency; you can find it at http://www.britannica.com/presidentsWebapp/home.do . The site offers information on the presidency itself, as well as information...Read the rest of entry "EB Offers Content on American Presidency" here. October 25, 2004WSJ Gives It Away, Gives It Away, Gives It Away NowNews.com is reporting that the Wall Street Journal has not only started giving away some of its content, but that it's going to go completely free for a five-day period,...Read the rest of entry "WSJ Gives It Away, Gives It Away, Gives It Away Now " here. NewsGator RSS Reader Gets FahreeYou may know NewsGator http://www.newsgator.com as an RSS reader that integrates into Outlook, and that's so. But they also have an online RSS reader that until recently cost to use....Read the rest of entry "NewsGator RSS Reader Gets Fahree" here. Yahoo Image Search Breaks a BillionYahoo announced last week on the Yahoo Search Blog that Yahoo Images search ( http://images.search.yahoo.com ) now has over a billion images. Google Image Search, for those of you playing...Read the rest of entry "Yahoo Image Search Breaks a Billion " here. October 24, 2004This Week's Lunar EclipseShadow and Substance has a series of movies showing what the lunar eclipse this week will look like across the US. Pick your state and watch the movie....Google Desktop ProxyProject Computing has released a Google Desktop Proxy. This Java tool will allow other computers to access your Google desktop search results remotely. Um, ick, though I suppose there are...Gmail Invite ScriptOh, this is cute! A GMail Invite Script. It requires PHP. It generates a PNG file showing how many GMail invites you have available. Nice!...Microsoft Desktop Search? End of the Year.ZDNet is reporting that Microsoft will make its own foray into desktop search by the end of the year. "During its earnings call with financial analysts, Microsoft said an MSN-branded...Read the rest of entry "Microsoft Desktop Search? End of the Year. " here. October 22, 2004Saturday Night Live TranscriptsThey're not all here but there are alot of transcripts of Saturday Night Live here -- relive the glory days when you were actually physically capable of staying up past...Read the rest of entry "Saturday Night Live Transcripts" here. October 21, 2004Clay at the NarinaFirst of all, don't pronounce it "Dorton Arena." Nobody I know pronounces it "Dorton Arena." Instead, it's Dort Narina. Actually for people who see it the first time, it's usually...What's New At LLRX?Plenty of stuff going on at LLRX, including Cache and Carry: Staying Connected Wirelessly ( http://www.llrx.com/features/wirelesstogo.htm ), Research Roundup - Federal and State Election Resources -- Updated ( http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup31.htm ),...October 20, 2004Anybody live-blogging the election?If anyone's live-blogging the election -- that is, sitting in front of your computer and kibitzing the elections as they happen on 2 November -- please drop me a note....Read the rest of entry "Anybody live-blogging the election?" here. New UK-Specific Search Engine -- UKWizzIf the ratio of silly name to success is any indication, UK-specific search engine UKWizz is well on the way. It's available at http://www.ukwizz.com . UKWizz is designed as a...Read the rest of entry "New UK-Specific Search Engine -- UKWizz" here. New Search Engine -- ExaleadI'm not sure why the top of the page says 1 billion pages and the bottom of the page says 302,533,532 Web documents, but I'll go with it. The search...Read the rest of entry "New Search Engine -- Exalead " here. askSam Releases a Lot of Election Materials In Searchable FormatDatabase company askSam has released several sets of election information in searchable askSam format. Windows users can download a free viewer to search and view the information in the databases....Read the rest of entry "askSam Releases a Lot of Election Materials In Searchable Format" here. October 19, 2004This Week in ResearchBuzz ExtraLast week in ResearchBuzz Extra we looked at searching for terms which get tons of results (like political candidate names.) This week we're looking at some sites for election information,...Read the rest of entry "This Week in ResearchBuzz Extra " here. State Fair -- Animals at the FairWhile I was taking pictures at the fair I discovered a hitherto-unknown talent: I can capture camels in mid-goofy-expression....Read the rest of entry "State Fair -- Animals at the Fair" here. SORA Project for Bird InformationSee, see, THIS is the kind of stuff that should be included in Google Print! Archives of six ornithological journals, three of them encompassing over one hundred years' worth of...Read the rest of entry "SORA Project for Bird Information " here. Lycos Goes to 10GB E-MailDMEurope is reporting that Lycos UK is now offering a premium e-mail product with 10GB of storage. Good grief. I'm just waiting for OneTerabyteEmail.com ....October 18, 2004State Fair Taste Test -- Deep Fried OreosOne of the reasons I enjoy the Fair so much is the food. Yes, the biscuits and grits in the morning. Yes, the sausage and onions. Yes, the sweet corn....Read the rest of entry "State Fair Taste Test -- Deep Fried Oreos " here. The International Type IndexAs I think I've said before, I like playing with fonts. I like playing with fonts because they make me feel like I'm actually doing something design-y, though actually I...State Fair -- Doggies of the Wild WestIf you're wondering what all the barking is behind the Village of Yesteryear and near the Heritage Village at the North Carolina State Fair, drop by and investigate. If you...Read the rest of entry "State Fair -- Doggies of the Wild West" here. Yahoo Local Gets Way EnhancedYou ever feel like you're way behind and you're just going to get more behind? My review queue is jammed. I may just take a weekend and do nothing but...Read the rest of entry "Yahoo Local Gets Way Enhanced" here. October 17, 2004LookSmart Teams Up with Cal BearsLookSmart has hooked up with the University of California, Berkeley to create CalBearsSearch.com, a search engine that splits generated ad revenue with Berkeley to support Cal athletics. Of course, if...Read the rest of entry "LookSmart Teams Up with Cal Bears " here. Google Code Jam WinnersCongratulations to Google Code Jam Winners Sergio Sancho, Po-Ru Loh, Reid Barton, and Tomasz Czajka....Calculating Deep Link Ratio Using YahooThis is a little out of searching and more into SEO/Advertising, but I found it such an interesting use of the link/linkdomain syntaxes on Yahoo, I'm including it here. Roger...Read the rest of entry "Calculating Deep Link Ratio Using Yahoo " here. October 13, 2004New Yahoo Hack -- Searchroller for Domain SearchesThis one isn't quite finished yet. I'm hampered by my incomplete knowledge -- okay, almost complete non-knowledge -- of JavaScript. I'm going to toss it out here and if anyone...Read the rest of entry "New Yahoo Hack -- Searchroller for Domain Searches" here. October 12, 2004LOC Expands Online Gerry Mulligan CollectionThe Library of Congress announced that they have added new materials to the Gerry Mulligan Collection Web site, including a 413 discography, in PDF format for easy download. There's also...Read the rest of entry "LOC Expands Online Gerry Mulligan Collection" here. H-Bot Answers Historical QuestionsIf you're stilll into natural language searching, check out H-Bot at http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/h-bot/ . H-Bot answers historical questions, and while it's not always right, it was better than I thought it...Read the rest of entry "H-Bot Answers Historical Questions" here. October 11, 2004GoHook Adds PDF and Audio FilesI covered GoHook last January as a site that indexed completed eBay auctions. Since then it's expanded a little bit... If you go to http://www.gohook.com now you'll see that you...Read the rest of entry "GoHook Adds PDF and Audio Files" here. New York Times Launches Photo ArchivesThe New York Times has launched a photo archives at http://www.nytimes.com/nytstore/photos/index.html . And while it's really set up as a store, it's still a lot of fun to just browse....Read the rest of entry "New York Times Launches Photo Archives" here. October 10, 2004Gigablast GrowsGigablast announced last week that they'd grown from 450 million to 650 million pages indexed during the last few months. Gigablast has also grown its staff, too, and has moved...Hack A Day Covers Hardware HacksIf you're into computer/hardware/electronics hacks, tune in to the new Weblog HackADay (http://www.hackaday.com/. Overclocks, digital photography hacks, RSS feeds on your TiVo, etc etc......Read the rest of entry "Hack A Day Covers Hardware Hacks" here. Google Code Jam FinalistsThe 50 Google Code Jam finalists were listed in a press release from Google....Oregon Libraries Goes 24/7 With Free Online Information ServiceL-net, a free online information service offered by Oregon libraries, is now available 24/7 to any resident of Oregon. It's available via http://www.oregonlibraries.net. Eighteen libaries across the state (including university,...Read the rest of entry "Oregon Libraries Goes 24/7 With Free Online Information Service" here. October 09, 2004Word of the Day: NerdstickNerdstick: those little USB-based portable hard drives, usually kept on a keychain or lanyard. Gimmie your nerdstick and I'll save you a copy of the Powerpoint presenation....October 08, 2004Google Announces Google SMSGoogle announced yesterday Google SMS, a way for people with SMS-enabled phones to access Google information. More details on it are available at http://sms.google.com . After some goofing around and...This Week in PR BopYes, PR Bop still bops along with weird and wonderful stuff off the PR wire. This week it's been beer with caffeine, one square foot in Scotland, Grandma Luge, video...Another Searchable Subject Index of Blog-Related SitesI know, I know. I could sit here all day and do writeups of blog-related Web sites. But the reason I'm choosing to cover LS Blogs ( http://www.lsblogs.com/ ) is...Read the rest of entry "Another Searchable Subject Index of Blog-Related Sites" here. October 07, 2004Couple of Feedster NotesA long time ago, I set up a couple of Feedster e-mail alerts (learn more at http://www.feedster.com ) and I got them for a while and then stopped getting them....Atomz Makes Some ChangesAtomz Express Search Sevice, the free site index service from Atomz ( http://www.atomz.com ), has made some changes to their service. The free service, Atomz Express, now indexes 750 pages,...October 06, 2004User-Guided Search Refining in GoogleDespite the fact that the Google API hasn't been updated in over two years, people keep doing Cool Things with it. The latest Cool Thing I've seen is the very...Read the rest of entry "User-Guided Search Refining in Google" here. Slashdot Launches a Politics SiteSlashdot has announced Politics.Slashdot.Org ( http://politics.slashdot.org ), which as you might expect covers political stories (the newest one at this writing is Your Rights Online: LP files Suit To Stop...Read the rest of entry "Slashdot Launches a Politics Site" here. RSS Feeds at FindArticles.comLast June, I mentioned that article search engine FindArticles ( http://www.findarticles.com ) had added sort by date and some other nifty features and made me a happy search wonk (article...Read the rest of entry "RSS Feeds at FindArticles.com " here. MSN's Tech Preview is BackAt the end of July I reviewed MSN's first tech preview for their new search engine. I wasn't impressed. (Man, I'm getting crabby. Hey you kids, get off my lawn!...Google Print, Google Print, Argh Argh ArghSince I got back from Web Search University I have been buried in sites and resources to review. I despair of catching up. And they keep piling on, as evidenced...Read the rest of entry "Google Print, Google Print, Argh Argh Argh" here. GMail (and Hotmail and Yahoo) Icon GeneratorMake an icon for your e-mail address in Gmail, Hotmail, or Yahoo Mail. Niftee....Read the rest of entry "GMail (and Hotmail and Yahoo) Icon Generator" here. October 05, 2004Yahoo Gets A Front-Page Redesign, Gives RSS Big HugI started using RSS in January 2000 after Blake Carver sent me a exasperated e-mail asking why, for heaven's sake, I wasn't using it. Surely, he noted, I could see...Read the rest of entry "Yahoo Gets A Front-Page Redesign, Gives RSS Big Hug " here. Clush Offers Option for Meaning-Based SearchIt's sorta clustering, but it looks more to me like the old "concept" or meaning-based searches for the late 90s, ala Oingo and Simpli. The engine is called Clush and...Read the rest of entry "Clush Offers Option for Meaning-Based Search" here. October 04, 2004YNAPS -- Yahoo Non-API Proximity SearchTry using an artificial NEAR search for Yahoo: Find Word One: Within 12345 spaces of Word Two: . Any additional words? Yahoo doesn't offer an API, which might explain the...Read the rest of entry "YNAPS -- Yahoo Non-API Proximity Search" here. Microsoft's "Search Champs" TeamI wanted to clarify something about which I've gotten several e-mails. Microsoft is starting a new "Search Champs" initiative, which starts out with an event on October 4 and 5....Read the rest of entry "Microsoft's "Search Champs" Team" here. October 03, 2004Using Google for African Studies ResearchHans Zell Publishing has established a pilot version of their guide Using Google for African Studies Research at http://www.hanszell.co.uk/google/ . The material contained here has a lot of general information...Read the rest of entry "Using Google for African Studies Research" here. October 02, 2004Campaign Finance Database for OregonThe state of Oregon has a new campaign finance database at http://egov.sos.state.or.us/elec_images/c&e_search.html . From the site description: "The database includes contribution and expenditure information for state candidates and political committees."...Read the rest of entry "Campaign Finance Database for Oregon " here. Google Labs Job ApplicationGoogle is hiring and they've got a little quiz for applicants -- the Google Labs Aptitude Test. Amusingly retro; they should have mimeographed it with that horrible purple ink....Fagan Goes to FeedsterCongrats to Michael Fagan who's going to take an co-op short job at Feedster. I'm a Fagan Fan and a Feedster Fan, so I can't wait to see what they...Google Goes Froogle in the UKFroogle now has a UK component at www.google.co.uk/froogle. I can't see that the search results are any different, however. There's a discussion about the new site at WebmasterWorld. I suspect...Read the rest of entry "Google Goes Froogle in the UK " here. Jeeves Gets CrossyAsk Jeeves has a fundraising site available. When you use the Red Cross / Ask Jeeves site at http://redcross.ask.com , Ask Jeeves donates 100% of all profits generated from searches...Farmer's Markets in MichiganThe state of Michigan now has an online database of U-Pick Farms, Farmer's Markets, and Cider Mills available. (mmmm... cider.) There are over 250 sites listed in the database; pointers...Texas State Library Updates Its Search PageThe state of Texas has added a lot of search options to a search page at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/search/index.html -- they're new to me anyway! New options here include a Web site...Read the rest of entry "Texas State Library Updates Its Search Page" here. South Dakota Creates Search Engine for DocumentsThe South Dakota State Library now has a search engine for state documents, as mentioned in an Associated Press article. You may search by keyword or browse by category. If...Read the rest of entry "South Dakota Creates Search Engine for Documents" here. |
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