When Bill Gross announced his search company, Snap, at Web 2.0, I never imagined the financial juggernaut it would become. Silicon Beat has the dirt. Gross on Snap's transparency: "It's kind of scary to put that data out there,' he added. "But it's liberating at the same time. I think…
When Bill Gross announced his search company, Snap, at Web 2.0, I never imagined the financial juggernaut it would become. Silicon Beat has the dirt.
Gross on Snap’s transparency:
“It’s kind of scary to put that data out there,’ he added. “But it’s liberating at the same time. I think it’s good in the long-term. I think it will be a trend. In every aspect, it’s better to be open.”
I really like Greg Linden's blog, he always has something interesting to say about search. So much so, that I sometimes forget he runs an interesting company too, Findory, and that every so often (more like very often, lately) Findory announces cool new features. Like the personalized news and blog…
PS – It’s kind of neat to read this site on Findory.
If you like the Lycos 50 or Yahoo Buzz or Google Zeitgeist, you'll like eBay Pulse. (thanks Anil)…
Stefanie Olsen of Cnet has dug up some dirt on the big three's plans for video search. Of particular note is her work uncovering Google's plans: Google's effort, until now secret, is arguably the most ambitious of the three. According to sources familiar with the plan, the search giant is…
Stefanie Olsen of Cnet has dug up some dirt on the big three’s plans for video search. Of particular note is her work uncovering Google’s plans:
Google’s effort, until now secret, is arguably the most ambitious of the three. According to sources familiar with the plan, the search giant is courting broadcasters and cable networks with a new technology that would do for television what it has already done for the Internet: sort through and reveal needles of video clips from within the haystack archives of major network TV shows.
The effort comes on top of Google’s plans to create a multimedia search engine for Internet-only video that it will likely introduce next year, according to sources familiar with the company’s plans. In recent weeks, Mountain View, Calif.-based Google has demonstrated new technology to a handful of major TV broadcasters in an attempt to forge alliances and develop business models for a TV-searchable database on the Web, those sources say.
Read MoreFrom an eweek piece by respected security expert Bruce Schneier: The problem is that GDS indexes and finds documents that you may prefer not be found. For example, GDS searches your browser's cache. This allows it to find old Web pages you've visited, including online banking summaries, personal messages sent…
The problem is that GDS indexes and finds documents that you may prefer not be found. For example, GDS searches your browser’s cache. This allows it to find old Web pages you’ve visited, including online banking summaries, personal messages sent from Web e-mail programs and password-protected personal Web pages.
GDS can also retrieve encrypted files. No, it doesn’t break the encryption or save a copy of the key. However, it searches the Windows cache, which can bypass some encryption programs entirely. And if you install the program on a computer with multiple users, you can search documents and Web pages for all users.//
Read MoreThis one has Company A (Brannock, the maker of those foot measuring devices) suing a Company B (ABC Industries) because Company B has purchased Company A's trademarks as AdWords. This is distinct from Company A suing Google and/or Yahoo, as is the case with Gieco, American Blind, et al. Brannock…
This one has Company A (Brannock, the maker of those foot measuring devices) suing a Company B (ABC Industries) because Company B has purchased Company A’s trademarks as AdWords. This is distinct from Company A suing Google and/or Yahoo, as is the case with Gieco, American Blind, et al.
Brannock files keyword lawsuit
The article also reminds us of the Rescuecom case, in which Rescuecom took the Geico et al approach of suing Google. Rescuecom is a computer services franchiser. (Nod to Gary for putting the PDF up, and to Google for making it HTML).
Read MoreSilicon Beat has the early word on this music search engine….I must say, while I have not checked out Go Fish yet, I remain particular to Music Plasma…….
Silicon Beat has the early word on this music search engine….I must say, while I have not checked out Go Fish yet, I remain particular to Music Plasma….
Google has added a "wish list" feature to Froogle. As Andy Beal puts it: You can now create a "Wish List" of items that you would like for Christmas, using Froogle. You need to either have a Gmail or Groups account in order to use the tool, which is a…
Google has added a “wish list” feature to Froogle. As Andy Beal puts it:
You can now create a “Wish List” of items that you would like for Christmas, using Froogle. You need to either have a Gmail or Groups account in order to use the tool, which is a great way to boost members before Q1 ’05.
Meant to post this a couple weeks ago, and now SEW and Corante have gotten the word out: Babelplex is a new tool that allows you to search side by side results in two languages. This is the first search based project for Babelplex's author, HK Tang. Born in Hong…
Meant to post this a couple weeks ago, and now SEW and Corante have gotten the word out: Babelplex is a new tool that allows you to search side by side results in two languages.
This is the first search based project for Babelplex’s author, HK Tang. Born in Hong Kong and educated at the University of Washington, Tang tells me “For Babelplex, I’ve realized if you simplify search down to the simplest equation there are two sides. Output which Google has solidly nailed down, and input which is very relevant when searching in foreign text. I’ve observed users who are limited by the language of their keyboard would use Yahoo! Directory rather than Google Search to find International pages. Also, my family is bilingual, so that has some influence on the inception of Babelplex.”
Thanks to reader Brendan Wilson for pointing this out: The Palo Alto Medical Foundation is warning against the use of Google Desktop (and presumably, any similar search tool). The foundation even published a FAQ about GDS. From that document: How does this affect me? If this tool has been installed…
How does this affect me? If this tool has been installed on a PC that you are using, it is possible for your private health information viewed through PAMFOnline to be cached on the computer’s hard drive and retrieved later by someone else.
What can I do about it? If you uncheck the “Include Secure Pages (HTTPS)” option, the tool will no longer be able to retrieve secure PAMFOnline pages.
This is one example of what I am sure will be a long, slow awakening to the power and potential of having search history in our lives.
