Archive for June, 2005

June 16

Google: Favorite Search

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Chris Richardson, a staff writer at WebProNews, informs us of a study conducted by ChangeWave Research which has been attempting to document Internet favorites, and the results of it are as expected. According to InternetRetailer.com, the survey concluded that while Google is the favorite search engine of choice, Yahoo! was voted as […]

June 14

In-depth review of Google Scholar

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Dr. Peter Jaczo, a very notable scholar, has reviewed Google Scholar. Dr. Jaczo’s review is extremely in depth and there isn’t a single inch of Google Scholar that he didn’t cover. If you’re interested in reading and searching for journal articles, abstracts and other scholarly literature, I highly recommend that you read […]

June 13

Yahoo News Beats Google News In Jackson Verdict

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Search Engine Watch is reporting that Yahoo News reported the Michael Jackson trial verdict a significant amount of time before Google News.
The fact that Google News uses automation to decide what to feature on its home page versus Yahoo employing human editors is often raised as a issue when comparing the services. In the case […]

June 11

Introducing the Google Search blog

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Welcome to the Google Search blog — a look inside the world of search from the people of the web.
The name of this website was inspired by our dear friends at the Yahoo Search blog.
First, I’d like to thank those of you who volunteered to be one of the founding members of the blog. These […]