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Battle for Relevance: Yahoo

July 16, 2010

When I asked Twitter the other day, “Who will become more irrelevant (or die) first – Microsoft or Yahoo?” I can’t say I was surprised by the overwhelming response answering Yahoo, or maybe it was more along the lines of “Yahoo is relevant?” I think you get the point. When Michael Arrington interviewed Yahoo CEO [...]

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Is Twitter Still Interesting?

July 13, 2010

Is Twitter still interesting? I think that is a legitimate question. I’m not asking if people are still using the service (because they are), what I am asking is if Twitter is up to anything interesting and what they are planning to do for the web. Twitter was always expected to blow our minds with [...]

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The Real Problem With Realtime Search

October 3, 2009

Realtime search is a huge topic of discussion today. By huge, I mean, literally huge. Various industry blogs discuss it all the time and even Google seems to be interested in the realtime arena. In the society we live in today where everything is instant and people love instant gratification it’s not a surprise realtime [...]

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YouTube Redesign Focuses On Search

August 13, 2009

Maybe you noticed (and you probably did) – YouTube redesigned the header of their website. It now focuses on search. Granted, YouTube is owned by Google this seems like a logical move. The YouTube search also now has advertisements and what YouTube is calling Featured Videos on the side of the results. Very similar to [...]

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SearchMe: The Search Engine That Never Was

July 25, 2009

SearchMe, the visual search engine which currently is redirecting to Google, due to lack of funds and no buyer insight is essentially the search engine that never was. Granted, there are a lot of search engines out there that really never take off, SearchMe is an interesting example to look at. As I talked about [...]

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Open Letter: Attention All Search Engine Startups

June 17, 2009

Dear Search Engine Startups, I realize that I may only be 19 years old and lack a lot of the experience that a lot of big name (or just older) entrepreneurs may have acquired throughout their years in the industry but it doesn’t mean that the advice I provide in this open letter should be [...]

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Bing Review

June 11, 2009

A week ago, I proposed a challenge to myself. I challenged myself to “Bing It” for an entire week. I will admit there were times during the challenge where I had wished I could Google something, however, I was able to make it through the week without Google search. It was definitely a great experience [...]

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I Will “Bing It” For An Entire Week

June 1, 2009

I have decided to challenge myself for an entire week – I will only use Bing for searches. That’s right – no Google, just Bing. Why am I doing this? Well, I have been a die hard Google user since I got on the Internet and to date I have not found a better way [...]

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Google Quick Search Box Review

February 14, 2009

Google released a new product for the Mac called Quick Search Box. Essentially what Quick Search Box does is search your computer and the web seamlessly through one application. Think QuickSilver but on steroids. Google QSB (Quick Search Box) allows users to quickly search their computer for files, applications, documents, etc or the web for [...]

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How To: Use Google and Improve Search Results

December 20, 2007

We have all been there – searching through thousands of search results trying to find it is we were actually looking for when we began the search. However, what most people are unaware of is that Google ignores everything after the tenth word in a search query. How exactly can you narrow down the results [...]

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