search-engine
Twitter Becomes Profitable
Like many startups, Twitter spent their early years focused on gaining subscribers. However, that left many in the community wondering how Twitter would ever turn a profit. They focused on users to the exclusion of worry about making money – or so it seemed. In a move that really shocks no one, Twitter has inked [...]
How to Compare Search Results between Bing, Yahoo, and Google
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed You, much like the rest of the galaxy, are likely using Google as your search engine. But is Google giving you the best results? How would you know unless you compare the results between search engines? Copying and pasting searches into [...]
Windows 7 Search Connectors: Twitter, YouTube, Amazon, eBay…
Thanks to the power of RSS, and the flexibility of OpenSearch, Microsoft has extended the search experience within the Windows 7 Explorer shell. I’ve been an advocate of RSS search for years (that’s what lead me to develop TagJag.com, which remains quite functional to this day). With TagJag, one can generate instant feed searches for [...]
Cuil – A First Look
Much controversy has surrounded the release of Cuil. Bloggers have lashed out at the problems they have come across. So, I decided to ask some friends what they think. Seems to me that everyone’s missing the original value proposition of Cuil. Their original claim was that they were going to build a search index at [...]
Is Gada.be for You?
I needed to do this sooner or later, so I’ve revamped our About page with the following sections, outlining Gada.be cases for eight types of users: Enthusiast, Mobile, Developer, Business, Casual, Researcher, Jobseeker, and Shopper. I’d consider this a comprehensive list, but I’m sure there are a few usage points and user types I missed. [...]
OpenSearch RSS AutoDiscovery for WordPress Searches
I started to compile a “wish list” of WordPress plugins. Turns out, many of my wishes have already come true – it just took a little digging on Google. Too bad there’s not an amazingly comprehensive WordPress plugin directory / wiki (and if there is, nobody really knows about it yet). One of my wishes [...]
