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January 03, 2005Rocketinfo Releases A News Search APINews search engine Rocketinfo has released a news search API. The announcement is at http://www.marketwire.com/mw/iwpr?id=77677&cat=CUST , but the announcement says to actually GET the API you have to e-mail Rocketinfo...Read the rest of entry "Rocketinfo Releases A News Search API " here. New Search Engine Nokodo LaunchesNokodo's been in beta for a while, but officially launched on January first. This full-text search engine is available at http://nokodo.com/ . While this site has some decent features, it...Read the rest of entry "New Search Engine Nokodo Launches" here. December 21, 2004New Search Engine: And Blingo Was Its Name-OThere's a new search engine called Blingo, now available at http://www.blingo.com/ . The twist to this site is that when you search you have a chance to win a price....Read the rest of entry "New Search Engine: And Blingo Was Its Name-O" here. December 15, 2004Accoona, A New Search EngineThe new search engine is called Accoona, and it got a lot of press attention because former President Bill Clinton helped launch it ( http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1736894,00.asp ). Bill Clinton gets to...Read the rest of entry "Accoona, A New Search Engine " here. November 05, 2004Speegle Search Engine Talks to YouYou know, of all the search engine innovations I dream of at night having search results read back to me in a Scots accent was right up there. Okay, no...Read the rest of entry "Speegle Search Engine Talks to You " here. October 20, 2004New 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. 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. 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...October 05, 2004Clush 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. September 17, 2004The Search Engine Watch BlogCongratulations to the good folks at Search Engine Watch! They've started a new 'blog at http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/. Contributors include Gary Price (hey man!) and Danny Sullivan....September 09, 2004Peerbot Offers Searching by FaviconYou know what favicons are? They're little teeny icons that show up on the address bar in at least Opera, Mozilla, and Internet Explorer. You can get information on what...Read the rest of entry "Peerbot Offers Searching by Favicon" here. Redball Search Engine Rolling in Austria On October 1I see lots and lots of press releases about new search engines. But this one from Redball ( http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040907/uktu004_1.html ) from September 7 was most intriguing. Don't go running to...Read the rest of entry "Redball Search Engine Rolling in Austria On October 1" here. September 07, 2004Wotbox Rolls Out Country-Specific Search EnginesSearch engine Wotbox, last covered by ResearchBuzz about a year ago ( http://www.researchbuzz.org/archives/000352.shtml ) has announced that they've started country-specific sites. Here's the list: Australia - http://www.wotbox.com.au Canada - http://ca.wotbox.com...Read the rest of entry "Wotbox Rolls Out Country-Specific Search Engines" here. August 31, 2004BoardReader is Now Using VivisimoClustering search engine Vivisimo is now being used by forum search engine BoardReader (http://www.boardreader.com/. ) I did a search for mulberries and got category results including trees, birds, peaches, wine,...Read the rest of entry "BoardReader is Now Using Vivisimo" here. August 05, 2004Icerocket Search Engine Offers Searches by E-MailI saw a news article about Icerocket -- it must be several months ago now, and I think it was in the Las Vegas Business Journal. At any rate, when...Read the rest of entry "Icerocket Search Engine Offers Searches by E-Mail " here. April 19, 2004Microsoft Opens Up Its Own Sandbox of Search TechnologyAll of a sudden there are all kinds of fun search experiments out there. Microsoft is opening its own with the MSN Sandbox, available at http://sandbox.msn.com . What's here varies...Read the rest of entry "Microsoft Opens Up Its Own Sandbox of Search Technology " here. April 15, 2004Amazon's Search PortalYeah, you read that right. Amazon's got a search portal (well, they've got a wholly-owned subsidiary that's a search portal.) Pardon me whilst I go get an aspirin. They're not...April 12, 2004MozDex Open Search Engine In BetaLast week was the beta launch of mozDex, described as "an Open search system built on open source technologies." The engine uses the Nutch open source search engine, and is...Read the rest of entry "MozDex Open Search Engine In Beta" here. February 26, 2004Sootle the Search EngineFirst they launched, then they relaunched, and now they're launched again in alpha. What is it? It's Sootle! Sootle ( http://www.sootle.net ) is not a meta-search but a standalone search...February 04, 2004New Stuff At GigablastGigablast, also known as the little search engine that could (well, that's how I know it, anyway) is offering a few new options. First thing is the inclusion of direct...December 30, 2003Mooter Search Engine Clusters, Even With OperaTwo search engines with weird names in one week. I'm on a roll. Mooter ( http://www.mooter.com ) is a search engine that clusters results. Better: it's a visual cluster. Best:...Read the rest of entry "Mooter Search Engine Clusters, Even With Opera " here. December 29, 2003Search Engine Offers Web Search and Site SearchWhere do they come up with these search engine names? Is there some kind of law that says the odder and more onomatopoeic the name, the greater chance of the...Read the rest of entry "Search Engine Offers Web Search and Site Search" here. September 19, 2003Wotbot Changes Name to WotboxIt's not Wotbot any more, it's Wotbox ( http://www.wotbox.com/ ). Wotbox, if you remember, is a smaller full-text engine (it searches six million pages) with a plain-vanilla search box on...Read the rest of entry "Wotbot Changes Name to Wotbox" here. September 03, 2003Whittlebit Search EngineWhittlebit ( http://whittlebit.com/index.php ) is a search engine which as I understand it launched in July. It's odd, and yet somehow cool, to see a search engine with Google ads...August 15, 2003Daypop Expands its Source List to over 55,000Weblog and News search engine Daypop ( http://www.daypop.com ) now has over 55,000 sources -- Weblogs and news sites. ( http://www.danchan.com/weblog/daypop/71650 ). As you might remember, Daypop allows you to...Read the rest of entry "Daypop Expands its Source List to over 55,000" here. June 02, 2003dWoz is not DMOZAll right, if it's not DMOZ, what is it? It's dWoz ( http://www.dwoz.com/), and it's a searchable subject index designed for Webmasters with over 1500 sites. Unlike many searchable subject...January 06, 2003The Search Engine Ultimate InterfaceFaganFinder's got its Search Engine Ultimate Interface in beta, finally. You can check it out at http://www.faganfinder.com/engines.html but you'll have to use IE, I think -- I couldn't get...Read the rest of entry "The Search Engine Ultimate Interface" here. December 30, 2002Get Search Engine forms With SearchEnginezA nice collection of search engines complete with forms integrated into the site is available at SearchEngines ( http://searchenginez.com/ ). The front page provides a drop-down menu of several different...Read the rest of entry "Get Search Engine forms With SearchEnginez" here. December 25, 2002Internet Search Engine DatabaseI like ISEDB.com, the Internet Search Engine Database, at http://www.isedb.com/ . This site provides information on directories and search engines, as well as articles and news. From the front page...Read the rest of entry "Internet Search Engine Database" here. July 24, 2002Search Engine Gigablast Enters BetaSearch engine Gigablast ( http://www.gigablast.com ) blasted into beta last weekend. And while they have a comparatively small index (73M pages), there are some good ideas here. Do a simple...Read the rest of entry "Search Engine Gigablast Enters Beta" here. July 04, 2002Search Engine Openfind Enters Beta TestRead the rest of entry "Search Engine Openfind Enters Beta Test" here. January 31, 2002Search Engine Compares TermsThis is cute -- a little Web tool that one can use to compare the popularity of two terms in a search engine AND compare the occurrence of another keyword...November 07, 2001Hopeful Distributed Search Engine Buzzin' Around the NetHyperBee (http://www.hyperbee.com/ ) is a hopeful distributed search engine. What is a distributed search engine? You may have heard about the Seti@Home computer program. It's a screensaver that you download....Read the rest of entry "Hopeful Distributed Search Engine Buzzin' Around the Net" here. May 17, 2001Search Engine Site Provides Grouped ResourcesQuickFindIt (http://www.quickfindit.com/) creates "channels" of search engines that allow you to search in different categories fairly quickly. Channels are limited, but they appear to be going for depth rather than...Read the rest of entry "Search Engine Site Provides Grouped Resources" here. May 16, 2001IntelliSeek Launches ProFusion.comIntelliSeek announced yesterday the official launch of ProFusion.com (http://www.profusion.com/ ; it's been in public beta since February.) The new site has ditched the banner ads and now adds 1000...Read the rest of entry "IntelliSeek Launches ProFusion.com" here. March 07, 2001Sun Buys InfraSearchInfraSearch, which later redirected its site to GoneSilent ( http://www.gonesilent.com/ ) was acquired by Sun Microsystems yesterday, according to http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010306/sftu070.html . There is no notice of this on the GoneSilent...February 08, 2001Researchville.com -- Prefilled Search Engine QueriesIt's sort of like a meta-search engine, but not. Researchville.com ( http://www.researchville.com ) gives you a box to enter a query, then lets you choose a search engine -- or...Read the rest of entry "Researchville.com -- Prefilled Search Engine Queries" here. February 06, 2001Beta of ProFusion Search Engine LaunchedIntelliseek announced yesterday the launch of ProFusion, a "deep web" search engine. It's available at http://beta.profusion.com . You can do a regular meta-search from ProFusion, but you can also browse...Read the rest of entry "Beta of ProFusion Search Engine Launched" here. January 15, 2001Bitpipe Adds Wireless Materials to Its IT Search EngineBitpipe announced last week that it's added 60 new subjects and 650 new research documents to its wireless database. That brings their search engine up to 10,000 research documents on...Read the rest of entry "Bitpipe Adds Wireless Materials to Its IT Search Engine" here. November 28, 2000Pandia Offers News Search EnginePandia has launched a new meta-search engine for news at at http://www.pandia.com/news/ . This site searches at least BBC, CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal and Moreover. I also...Read the rest of entry "Pandia Offers News Search Engine" here. September 05, 2000This Month in SearchEngineWatch.comI don't usually do a "this morning in searchenginewatch.com" note, but Danny Sullivan had a lot of good stuff this month. "Finding Articles Online" ( http://w ww.searchenginewatch.com/sereport/00/09-articles.html ) gives an...Read the rest of entry "This Month in SearchEngineWatch.com" here. June 22, 2000Question: What's New in Searchable Subject Indexes?One of the things I like about Yahoo is that you can search for items added to the list within a certain number of days. Yet I do not see...Read the rest of entry "Question: What's New in Searchable Subject Indexes?" here. April 29, 2000Yet Another User-Rated Site Index Hits the SceneZeal.com ( http://www.zeal.com ) aims to be, as its press release says, "an interactive web directory powered by the enthusiasm, knowledge, and experience of its members." It's currently in its...Read the rest of entry "Yet Another User-Rated Site Index Hits the Scene" here. March 14, 2000Lycos and Singapore Telecom Offer Malaysian PortalLycos Asia (a joint venture between Lycos and Singapore Telecom) have launched Lycos Malaysia at http://my.lycosasia.com/ . The site I'm looking at is in English, and contains local information and...Read the rest of entry "Lycos and Singapore Telecom Offer Malaysian Portal" here. February 22, 2000Private Search Engine from TopClickTopClick announced today the launch of what they're calling their "Private Search Engine" service. The engine is built around the following promises (from the press release): 1. No unsolicited banner...Read the rest of entry "Private Search Engine from TopClick" here. Meaning-Based SearchingTraffick has an overview article on meaning-based searching. They cover Oingo, SimpliFind, and a new one I hadn't heard of called ejemoni. http://www.traffick.com/s tory.asp?StoryID=57...February 17, 2000Meaning-based searchingMeaning-based searching: fascinating article from Wired. CONTEXT CONTEXT CONTEXT CONTEXT! That's what it's all about! Hokey pokey! http://www.wired .com/wired/archive/8.02/autonomy.html...February 11, 2000Search KingA couple of people have mentioned Search King to host the ResearchBuzz link directory. Anyone know anything about 'em? http://www.searchkingportal4u.com/ ....January 31, 2000Go.com drops outYou've probably heard this already, but Go.com is dropping out of the portal race. Details at http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/go000128.html . I'm working on an article called "Yahoo's Secret Weapon," that addresses this...January 30, 2000Oingo oingo!Traffick has a nice little story about Oingo ( http://www.oingo.com/ ) and what it's been up to lately. Go Oingo go! http://www.traffick.com/story.asp?StoryID=49...January 29, 2000askFact CityFact City is natural language query software like Ask Jeeves, but the difference is its scope and its reply. Ask Jeeves handles questions like, "What's the best way to make...December 26, 1999Computer Currents Reports on Search EnginesMore details on the state of search engine popularity from Computer Currents. Excite slumps, Go Network jumps, etc. Get all the details at (corrected). [Link corrected as of 11-16-2003: http://www.computeruser.com/newstoday/99/12/26/news2.html]...Read the rest of entry "Computer Currents Reports on Search Engines" here. December 24, 1999Seeking Search EnginesRob Pegoraro of the Washington Post goes looking for a good search engine and has a rather hard time of it. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/A29734-1999Dec23.html...December 16, 1999Query Countinghttp://www.spellweb.com/ compares the occurrences of words in a search engine query. For example, I compared "stuffing" and "potatoes" in an Excite query. stuffing got 27,046 results and potatoes got...December 10, 1999Real Software Launches HotrateReal Software has launched what it calls a "second generation" search engine at http://www.Hotrate.com . They're a weird/interesting mix of dmoz.org and epinions. On the one hand editors sign up...Read the rest of entry "Real Software Launches Hotrate" here. December 09, 1999Searching Streamed MediaIntriguing. Compaq is offering a search engine for spoken streamed media at http://speechbot.research.compaq.com/ . You can search for words in their entire database, or you can restrict your search to...December 06, 1999ToggleBotLooking for a new search engine? Have you checked out ToggleBot? http://www.togglebot.com claims 12 million URLs with 25 million URLs by next month. You may search their index, a meta-search,...December 05, 1999WebScout Indexes Mailing ListsLooking for mailing lists and newsletters? Check out WebScout Lists, currently in beta, with an index of mailing lists (zines, discussion lists, newsletters, etc.) http://www.webscoutlists.com/...Read the rest of entry "WebScout Indexes Mailing Lists" here. November 22, 1999KarnakKarnak ( http://www.karnak.com/ ) lets you do ongoing research on particular topic. Karnak will let you specify a topic and from then on will do ongoing Web searches on that...November 15, 1999Announcing Search Engine GuideLooking for specialty search engines? Search Engine Guide ( http://www.searchengineguide.com/ ) currently lists over 2000 search engines in a Yahooesque searchable subject index. This site also includes links to search...Read the rest of entry "Announcing Search Engine Guide" here. August 12, 1998 |
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