For the past few weeks, the arrival of the new search engine Wolfram|Alpha was hyped as the next stage of search engine technology -- a "Google-killer," a new way to ask the Internet a direct question. So naturally, a few enterprising technology writers and bloggers wanted answers to some very speci...

Google launched on Tuesday a series of new search features that let users integrate options for displaying and analyzing their search results beyond the traditional listing of keyword hits ranked by assumed relevance. The new services are part of a platform of additional features Google is developin...

The innovations that many Google users take advantage of -- Google News and Google Reader being just two examples -- were home brewed in the company's Google Labs division. On Monday, the search giant pulled back the curtains on that research and development department, giving Google Labs a new outw...

The founders of the social network Twitter -- having already conquered the technology press/mainstream media and experienced the kind of rapid growth that one usually associates with viruses or kudzu -- are hard at work on new features that may lead to the true holy grail of Web 2.0 companies: money...

You Googled "Conficker," and you read the stories about the computer worm that's vexing security researchers around the world. Your fears about your own PC soon hit critical mass, so you then Google "how to detect/remove Conficker." What you get is the latest example of social engineering from Inter...

Microsoft has tipped its hand, perhaps intentionally, with the leak of screenshots revealing Kumo -- the renamed, revamped version of its Live Search. The screenshots were accompanied by a memo penned by search executive Satya Nadella, asking Microsoft employees for feedback. The new search engine a...

Search engine giants Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft all announced on their respective official search engine blogs that they would begin utilizing a new so-called canonical tag that will help their search engines cut through the clutter of the Web. More specifically, the announcements are a signal to ...

Yahoo introduced a new feature Wednesday designed to help make online research easier. Dubbed "Search Pad," the new companion search tool will enable users to keep track of Web sites and take notes when conducting online research. Currently in beta, Search Pad is designed to allow students, informa...

PRODUCT REVIEW

LeapFish Easily Swims Through Multiple Search Ponds

California-based LeapFish launched a new style of search engine last month, offering users a multi-dimensional search aggregator that combines several features to provide more focused results. This one deserves a prominent spot in your browser bookmarks. Similar to the Gogimon Search Channel, which ...

Anyone using Google between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. EST on Saturday saw an interesting message pop up alongside nearly all their search results: "This site may harm your computer." Users may indeed know that Web sites sometimes harbor suspicious computer code that can dump spyware or worse on their comp...

A story in the Sunday Times of London sent Google's public relations machine into an advanced search for answers. The Times reporters wrote about a new Harvard study that examines the energy impact of Web searches. The story's lead paragraph: "Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer c...

Anyone who's tried designing a Web site or working with a designer knows that the job inevitably turns out bigger and more complicated than expected. Some have created a graphically rich thing of beauty only to discover that half the users visiting the site are frustrated by slow wait times. Links o...

The drawback with using most search engines is they all seem to give similar results and generally all have the same look and feel. They lack personalization and offer a mostly boring environment. "Most people select the first few results on Google, even though Yahoo and Microsoft Live give better b...

Yahoo announced Wednesday that it is enacting a new global data retention policy. In most instances, the Internet search engine and portal will now anonymize user log data within 90 days. After a three-month time period has elapsed, Yahoo will scrub out any data -- such as IP addresses, cookies and ...

Google has released a new search editing tool that gives users more control over their results. SearchWiki enables users to customize their searches by re-ranking, deleting, adding and even commenting on their search results. Users will also be able to see how others have edited their searches; howe...

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