Search
Searching for meaning
The type of Internet search that we have now is mostly based on scanning for specific text although searching pictures is beginning to add some graphical features. The present search algorithms work remarkably well but have serious limitations and often turn up irrelevant links.
For example, if you ask a question, search engines will be [...]
Google improves movie searches
Updates and changes to search keep pouring out of Google. Here’s one for movie fans. Google has announced:
Did you know you can immediately discover movie times and locations by typing a simple search on Google? For example, search for [where the wild things are] and you’ll see times and places to watch the film, or [...]
Bing updated
As posted yesterday, Google is updating its search engine. Not to be outdone, Microsoft isn’t sitting still and will be bringing out a new version of Bing. Mary Jo Foley has some details at her ZDNet blog.
New version of Google search coming soon?
As previously posted, Google has been working on an update to the architecture of its search engine. The project is called “Caffeine” and an experimental site was made available for trying out the new search engine. That site has now been pulled and this announcement posted:
Based on the success we’ve seen, we believe Caffeine [...]
More Google search functions
Yet more additions to Google search have come out.
One is called “related links”. Google Operating System describes the feature:
Google Related Links is a new Google Labs service that lets you add a list of related web pages and searches to your site. Unlike the homonymous service released by Google in 2006, the new Related [...]
Bad search results
Back in prehistoric times BG (Before Google), the content of the Internet was indexed by human editors. Thus, a listing in one of the search facilities back then was the result of some person or persons making a judgment on the quality and relevance of a link. However, as the content of the Internet exploded, [...]
Searching for music
It’s been hard to keep up with Google announcements this week. Here’s another one. Google is introducing a music search feature:
Every day we get millions of search queries about music. You want to know more about your favorite artists, find that new album or iconic song or figure out the name of that tune stuck [...]
Google search adds similar images
Doing an image search for pictures? Find one you like and now you can search for similar images at Google image search. The Official Google Blog describes the new feature:
Today, we’re happy to announce that Similar Images is graduating from Google Labs and becoming a permanent feature in Google Images. You can try it [...]
Is real time search a moneymaker?
Microsoft and Google have been falling all over themselves trying to one-up each other in searching Twitter and Facebook. Aside from the pleasure of elbowing a rival, is there any money to be made? Monday’s New York Times business section looked at this question. The gist is that no one is sure. Neither Microsoft nor [...]
Social searching from Google
Google has unveiled another form of search. It’s social searching.
More easily find relevant blogs, reviews and other public content from your social circle.
Sign in to Google and do a search. If there’s relevant web content written by people in your social circle, it will automatically show up at the bottom of your search [...]
More on people search
Periodically, I write about sites for finding people (for example, at this link). Recently, Steve Bass did several pieces in his newsletter about finding people. One is called Find Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime (Almost). It relates a specific example of how he went about finding someone. He followed that with a list of some search tools [...]