Category Archives: Search Engines
Can Anyone Out-Google Google?
Venture Beat has an interesting story about a stealth start-up called Powerset that is apparently on the verge of raising some serious venture capital based on the promise of a new Google-killer search engine using artificial intelligence and natural language. … Continue reading
Live.com Doesn't Love Me
Microsoft has introduced a new and improved search engine called Live Search. So like any good blogger and ego-centric Web user, naturally the first thing I did was conduct a search for “Mark Evans”. Wait, what's this? Live.com barely has me on the … Continue reading
Ask.com/Bloglines Enter Blog Search Fray
Ask.com has finally jumped into the blog search arena with a new service that has some really nice curb appeal. A quick run-through this morning revealed some nice features such as a way to easily preview posts; the ability to … Continue reading
Google: The President's Choice of Web 2.0
In Canada, there's a grocery chain called Loblaws that has a premium, in-house brand called President's Choice. It is a fast-growing, high-margin business so over the years, Loblaws has aggressively expanded the brand into every aisle with hundreds of products … Continue reading
Google Q1 Tidbits
There will be a whack-o-coverage of Google's better-than-expected first-quarter results (CEO Eric Schmidt: "good news across the whole business") but here are some interesting tidbits from the conference call with analysts:- 42% of revenue came from international operations- $1-billion in … Continue reading
Surprise! Google Snaps Up MeasureMap
You had to figure Google had what it wanted in the Web analytics market with the purchase of Urchin but it's now obvious it wasn't enough amid news the search engine giant has acquired MeasureMap, which has been offering a … Continue reading
