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Twitter Search Made Better
If you’ve ever had to search for something on Twitter, you know how difficult and frustrating it can be. First, the site only lets you search back through a couple weeks of tweets. Worse than that is the fact that you cannot narrow down whose tweets you will see in your results. This often means [...]
China Responds To Google’s Threats
China has finally broken its silence regarding Google’s threats to leave the country. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu has indirectly responded to the search giant’s warning that they will stop censoring results in China, and may close down its Google.cn site altogether. Google is blaming recent security attacks as the main culprit for their decision. [...]
What Did You Get for the Holidays?
I’m curious to know what you got for Christmas! Did Santa bring you everything you asked him for? Were you happily surprised by anything? What pieces of technology were you ecstatic to open this year, or find in your stocking? Everyone in our community is abuzz with glee over gifts they received. Some were luckier [...]
How to Surf
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Most of you know that I am an experienced surfer. I’ve been at it since about 1994, through various platforms and browsers. Yes, I’m an Internet surfer! I’ve never gotten on a physical surfboard, or been on one in the water. [...]
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 [...]
Green Screen Challenge – Microsoft Bing
Every week I try to post a new Green Screen challenge. The community loves participating in these – and some of the resulting videos are just amazing! I have a great time every week watching them all, and trying to choose my favorites. This past week, I asked you to edit a video where I [...]
What are Tags?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed If I were to tag my dogs, I would use words such as: wicket, pixie, dog, puppy, paws, pet, tail, wag, and so on. Tagging things is second nature to me now. But I’ve come to realize that not everyone knows [...]
Does LeapFish Leapfrog Google for Searching?
If you were looking for a Google alternative, here’s one that might strike your fancy – assuming you’ve tried everything else to this point, there’s now LeapFish to look at. The interesting thing is: with LeapFish, you’ll still be using Google (and then some). This sponsored review was requested by LeapFish, courtesy of IZEA. In [...]
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 [...]
Which Do You Use More: Mouse or Keyboard?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Which input device do you rely on more – the keyboard or the mouse? Are you someone who uses them equally? I still use a keyboard more than my mouse. I love keyboard shortcuts. They increase my productivity by quite a [...]
How Do Your State’s Search Statistics Stack Up?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed What was the last thing you searched for on Google? Do you know what your neighbors search for? How is the data of your area’s searches correlated with other sets of data that’s relevant to your state? StateStats allows you to [...]
How to Meet Geeks
You can take advantage of this growing community by being an active part of it. After all, it’s yours! 1. On the front page of http://geeks.pirillo.com/ you’ll find a list of the day’s registered birthdays. It takes less than 20 seconds to stop by someone’s profile and wish them well. You don’t have to be [...]
Danny Sullivan – Search Life Meets Real Life
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Widely considered a leading “search engine guru,” Danny Sullivan has been helping webmasters, marketers and everyday web users understand how search engines work for over a decade. Danny’s expertise about search engines is often sought by the media, and he has [...]
Are You Tired of the Same Old Search Engine?
Daniel is a community member, who also happens to work for MSE360. He sent me the following email: MSE360 uses several API systems and a custom crawler called Fred to provide a unique search experience. Unlike nearly all other search engines currently on the market, MSE360 combines Web, Wikipedia, Blogs and Images into one easy-on-the [...]
Should Search Engines be Community Driven?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed If you Google the word Chris, you will find me. If you’re not in Google, you’re just not there. Where do you go to search? Do you only use one search engine, or does it depend on what you’re looking for? [...]
