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Online information, search engines, and other net happenings. Updated frequently and organized by topic. Old entries are constantly updated so you can follow the whole story.

 
Interview With Fast
The Wall Street Journal has interviewed Fast. Unfortunately you must register to read the article. The article includes an overview of Fast, how it plans on keeping up with the internet's growth, and other topics. Via VAS&ND.
• An Interview with FAST Search and Transfer's CEO, John Lervik [blog entry: VAS&ND, July 12 2002]
• An Interview with FAST Search and Transfer's CEO, John Lervik [article: The Wall Street Journal, July 8 2002 issue, registration required]
Topics: Fast
Date: Friday, July 12, 2002   |     |   permalink

 
OAIster Searches Academic Databases
OAIster searches several hundred thousand records from 56 institutions (view list). Via VAS&ND.
Topics: Alternative Search Tools, New Websites
Date: Thursday, July 11, 2002   |     |   permalink

 
Follow-up on FTC Requests
As previously reported, the US Federal Trade Commision requested that a number of search engines distinguish their paid links more clearly. This article from the Associated Press follows up on the search engine's reactions. One change is that AltaVista now labels paid links as "sponsored matches."
• Spot Check By AP Reveals Most Engines Slow to Respond To FTC Requests [forum thread: Webmaster World, July 11 2002]
• Associated Press Study , Engines Slow to Respond to FTC Requests [blog entry: VAS&ND, July 11 2002]
• Search engines responding slowly to regulator's request [article: Mercury News (AP), July 11 2002]
Topics: PPC Engines, AltaVista
Date: Thursday, July 11, 2002   |     |   permalink

 
Google-Yahoo Contract Extended Until September
Yahoo has extended their contact with Google, who will continue to provide search results to Yahoo until September 2002. There has been much speculation that the contract will not be renewed, and that Yahoo may switch to Fast. From C|Net, via Webmaster World.
• Google and Yahoo [forum thread: ihelpyou Services, July 11 2002]
• Yahoo Sees Double-Digit Marketing Services Growth [article: Reuters, July 10 2002]
• Google's Contract with Yahoo [forum thread: Webmaster World, July 10 2002]
Topics: Google, Yahoo
Date: Thursday, July 11, 2002   |     |   permalink

 
Open Directory Reaches 3.5 Million Websites
The Open Directory Project (which is owned by AOL, but remains open), now includes over 3.5 million web pages. Via Webmaster World.
• DMOZ 3,553,877 sites [forum thread: Webmaster World, July 10 2002]
Topics: AOL
Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2002   |     |   permalink

 
Google's Success in France
This article interestingly mentions that only about 1% of searches on Google make use of advanced search features. Plenty of other statistics (mainly France and French related) can be found with the article from a Panorama eStat/@position report.
• Panorama eStat/@position : Les raisons réelles du succès de Google [article: Lettre de l'E-marketing, July 10 2002, French]
• Le phénomène Google [article: eStat, May 18 2002, French, PDF]
Topics: Google, Worldwide
Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2002   |     |   permalink

 
Everyone's Using Google
Another article about how everyone uses Google. The article mentions that queries "spike" on Sunday nights (i.e. before homework is due). The database sizes mentioned in the article are rather outdated, and the article's search tips are so-so. The article is about Google, however one example is word1 AND word2, which is not proper syntax for Google. The article mentions Mamma as a newcomer, however it has been around for several years (and it is not a search engine).
• Most Web Searchers Go Google [article: The Salt Lake Tribune, July 8 2002]
Topics: Google
Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2002   |     |   permalink

 
Overview of FirstGov
An article on the Chicago Tribune provides a good overview of FirstGov, the US government's public portal, and what features it has.
• Federal search engine valuable research tool [article: Chicago Tribune, July 8 2002]
Topics: Specific Search Tools
Date: Monday, July 08, 2002   |     |   permalink

 
InfoSpace May be Removed from Nasdaq
InfoSpace faces delisting from the Nasdaq Stock Market if its shares don't improve. InfoSpace owns MetaCrawler, Dogpile, parts of Excite, and other internet properties.
• InfoSpace Faces Possible Delisting [article: The New York Times (AP), July 6 2002]
Topics: Alternative Search Tools
Date: Monday, July 08, 2002   |     |   permalink

 
Banned by Google or Banning Google
Traffick responds to an e-mail asking why a website ranks so low on Google. The answer turns out to be that the website's robots.txt file does not allow engines to crawl it.
• Site Banned by Google? Or Was it the Other Way Around? [article: Traffick, July 5 2002]
Topics: SEO & Spam
Date: Monday, July 08, 2002   |     |   permalink

 
Espotting Now on AltaVista France, Italy, & Spain
European pay-per-click search engine Espotting has extended their agreement with AltaVista France by six months, and reached agreements for AltaVista Italy and AltaVista Spain. Via Webmaster World.
• Espotting on AltaVista Spain, France and Italy [blog entry: Pandia, July 7 2002]
• Espotting extends reach in Spain & Italy [forum thread: Webmaster World, July 4 2002]
• Espotting Media Extends its Partnership with AltaVista to New European Territories [press release: Espotting, July 2 2002]
Topics: PPC Engines, Worldwide
Date: Sunday, July 07, 2002   |     |   permalink

 
Use "OR" or "|" on Google
You can now use | instead of OR as a boolean operator on Google. For example, "joe smith" | "smith, joe" instead of "joe smith" OR "smith, joe". From J Ruderman via Google Weblog.
Topics: Google
Date: Sunday, July 07, 2002   |     |   permalink

 
 
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