That's one of the searches in this parody of what Dick Cheney's search history might look like, from Vanity Fair. I like seeing this kind of stuff in mainstream culture, it means the very concept of clickstreams and Database of Intentions is seeping into our consciousness…. (Thanks, David)…
(Thanks, David)
Gary has the scoop on two approaches that take their cue from ant and dolphin behavior. Press release fodder or breakthrough? You be the judge….
What to do?…
Google is now hosting landing pages for small businesses. Yahoo already does this, the Yellow Pages as well….
…That's new MSN chief Steve Berkowitz, late of Ask.com, in a revealing NYT profile by Saul Hansell. In it Steve acknowledges that Microsoft has lost its way in search and other online services, that the Live brand is confusing, that his job is made more difficult by Ray Ozzie's…
Hey, here's an award for the best blogs on search! Nominations are now open! Er….hint, hint….
The Coming Age of the "Cellcast" or "Mobilcast" Updated and Enhanced Web Research Tutorials Now Available from Intute's Virtual Training Suite New "Briefing Paper" Looks at Digital Preservation Internet Archive's Wayback Machine Announces Size Increase New From United Nations: First-Ever Global Web Accessibility Survey…
Trailing the web search market, Compete has a monthly update showing that Google regained ground from October, up 3.5 points, to a high of 66%. While Yahoo lost share, 3.6 points, to fall under 21%. Meanwhile, Ask maintained recently elevated levels, closing at 4.8%. Jeremy Crane has the Compete…
Jeremy Crane has the Compete post, with an amusing introduction.
Hey Searchbloggers: Some of our most avid readers are having problems with the "human detector" on Searchblog, and can't post comments. In fact, I can't post myself! I'd like to get to the bottom of this, so can you guys help? Can you try to post a comment on…
Some of our most avid readers are having problems with the “human detector” on Searchblog, and can’t post comments. In fact, I can’t post myself! I’d like to get to the bottom of this, so can you guys help? Can you try to post a comment on this post, and if it works, great, we’ll see that. If it does not, can you send me an email (jbat @ battellemedia dot com) with your OS, browser type, and the comment body text? I’d be very grateful. The “human detector” is doing a great job stopping spam, but lately, it seems to be doing a poor job at detecting humans. Thanks!
Update: Thanks for all your help. I think I may have figured this out, or at least, we’re closer. Seems that if a commentor posts a comment with three or more URLs, his or her comment is automatically labeled “junk” – and that kicks in all sorts of other complications. Have to pry apart the various throttling technologies like Akismet from the human detector, but for now, I think that’s the main issue. If you post a comment, please keep URLs to one or two, until I figure out how to fix it…thanks.
(Image cropped from the NYT) Susan Decker gets called out for praise in this NYT profile: Throughout that challenging period [after the crash], Ms. Decker played a leading role in helping reset expectations on Wall Street and inside the company. She was also instrumental in helping recruit a management…
Throughout that challenging period [after the crash], Ms. Decker played a leading role in helping reset expectations on Wall Street and inside the company. She was also instrumental in helping recruit a management team that put the company on a path to renewed growth.
Those accomplishments earned her a healthy dose of credibility and loyalty, according to people inside and outside Yahoo….
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