Search Engines

OneRiot Solves The Realtime Search Problem

by Jeff Weisbein May 7, 2010
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Last October I wrote an article entitled “The Real Problem With Realtime Search” in which I explained one of the major problems of realtime search revolved around the lack of relevancy.  In addition to the lack of relevance within results, we were inundated with unfiltered streams of the same data and most of the time [...]

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The Real Problem With Realtime Search

by Jeff Weisbein October 3, 2009
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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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Google vs Yahoo & Microsoft

by Jeff Weisbein July 30, 2009
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Well, it’s a done deal.  Microsoft and Yahoo have come to a 10 year partnership agreement with regards to search.  Microsoft’s new Bing search engine will be powering Yahoo search and handling the back end, while Yahoo will essentially be the sales team.  While there was no up front payment from Microsoft to Yahoo, the [...]

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SearchMe: The Search Engine That Never Was

by Jeff Weisbein July 25, 2009
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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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Yearly Checkup: Cuil

by Jeff Weisbein July 20, 2009
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It has been nearly one year since we reviewed Cuil, the brand new search engine which launched in July 2008 that was said to be able to take on Google.  I think it’s quite clear based on the traffic statistics that Cuil is not so cuil (read cool) anymore.  In fact, Cuil is so unpopular [...]

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Open Letter: Attention All Search Engine Startups

by Jeff Weisbein June 17, 2009
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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

by Jeff Weisbein June 11, 2009
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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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Google Quietly Takes Ideas From Cuil

by Jeff Weisbein May 29, 2009
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Cuil, the search engine which launched last July, brought a few new ideas to the world of search including larger text descriptions, timelines, categorically related searches, and streamlined video results. A couple of weeks ago Google introduced Google Search Options which can be found on the top left underneath the search bar (right under blue [...]

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Microsoft Officially Announces Bing

by Jeff Weisbein May 28, 2009
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In an official blog post on the Live Search blog (and tweet – see below) today Microsoft announced that they are in fact dropping Live and opening up Bing.  Microsoft says Bing will allow users to more easily find what it is they are truly looking for with new tools and an improved search engine.  [...]

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