Google Scholar Offers Access To Academic Information
By Danny Sullivan, Editor, SearchEngineWatch
November 18, 2004

"Google has launched a new Google Scholar search service, providing the ability to search for scholarly literature located from across the web."

Big News: "Google Scholar" is Born
ResourceShelf
November 18, 2004
By Shirl Kennedy and Gary Price

"The world of online 'scholarly' research is changing today as Google introduces Google Scholar. This specialized new interface -- which will NOT be linked from Google's main search page -- will allow users to search a treasure chest of 'scholarly material.'"

NoodleQuest - Search Strategies Wizard

NoodleQuest is a wizard that helps to develop the optimum Web-based search strategy. Just answer a few questions about your research topic and NoodleQuest will reveal and explain some of the best search strategies you can use.

HONmedia - Medical images

"HONmedia is an unique repository of over 6'800 medical images and videos, pertaining to 1,700 topics and themes. This peerless database has been created manually by HON and new image links are constantly being added from the world-wide Web."

Tips from Tara: Research help from a Web heroine

By Sree Sreenivasan, Columbia Professor & Poynter Visiting Professor
Poynter Online

"Last week, I wrote about Gary Price, Web hero. This week, it's Tara Calishain, Web heroine. From her base in Raleigh, N.C., she has helped make sense of the Internet for thousands of her fans. If you aren't a fan yet, it's time to become one. 'I really, really love helping people use the Web better,' she says. Her enthusiasm is infectious whether you are reading her words online or talking to her on the phone."

Documents Galore: Reports, studies and more

By Sree Sreenivasan, Columbia Professor & Poynter Visiting Professor
Poynter Online

"Gary Price is a Web hero. He's a mild-mannered librarian who helps tame the Internet for the rest of us. In a 2003 column, I praised his ResourceShelf.com as 'the best way I know of to keep abreast of useful new online resources.'

Price and two of his fellow librarians have now created a way for journalists, researchers, and others to specifically track important documents: DocuTicker.com. Each day, reports and studies from government agencies, think tanks, nonprofits, academics, etc., are linked in blog format by Price, Steven Cohen, and Shirl Kennedy."

A Virtual Resource Shelf: New resources, speech transcripts and more

By Sree Sreenivasan, Columbia Professor & Poynter Visiting Professor
Poynter Online

"One problem with writing a column about websites is that some sites change their addresses, or worse, go to that big cybergraveyard in the sky. I am often forced to ask the wonderful editor of this column, Julie Moos, to update an old column for me. Here I am needing help again - with a column I wrote in Sept. 2001 about the Speech & Transcript Center based at George Washington University.

Turns out the site is no longer hosted by GWU because its creator, Gary Price, in now on his own. That useful site is now available at his personal site -- with special attention being paid to transcripts dealing with Gulf War II."

A Virtual Resource Shelf: "New resources, speech transcripts and more
By Sree Sreenivasan, Columbia Professor & Poynter Visiting Professor
Poynter Online

" One problem with writing a column about websites is that some sites change their addresses, or worse, go to that big cybergraveyard in the sky. I am often forced to ask the wonderful editor of this column, Julie Moos, to update an old column for me. Here I am needing help again - with a column I wrote in Sept. 2001 about the Speech & Transcript Center based at George Washington University.

Turns out the site is no longer hosted by GWU because its creator, Gary Price, in now on his own. That useful site is now available at his personal site -- -- with special attention being paid to transcripts dealing with Gulf War II."

Documents Galore: Reports, studies and more

By Sree Sreenivasan, Columbia Professor & Poynter Visiting Professor
Poynter Online

"Gary Price is a Web hero. He's a mild-mannered librarian who helps tame the Internet for the rest of us. In a 2003 column, I praised his ResourceShelf.com as 'the best way I know of to keep abreast of useful new online resources.'

Price and two of his fellow librarians have now created a way for journalists, researchers, and others to specifically track important documents: DocuTicker.com. Each day, reports and studies from government agencies, think tanks, nonprofits, academics, etc., are linked in blog format by Price, Steven Cohen, and Shirl Kennedy."

OmniMedicalSearch.com - New Medical Metasearch Engine

"OmniMedicalSearch.com, a medical metasearch engine, is open for beta testing. Targeted for both the general public and medical professionals, OmniMedicalSearch.com covers 25 databases including authoritative medical search engines, image libraries and the latest health and medical news."

Via Search Engine Report #93

Searching for The New York Times

Wired
July 14, 2004
By Adam L. Penenberg, assistant professor, New York University, and the assistant director of the Business and Economic Reporting program in the department of journalism.

"'How can the mighty New York Times, which considers itself America's paper of record, be the paper of record in cyberspace when its articles barely show up on Google,' the story asks. The answer is easy. Because the New York Times pulls much of its content behind password protection after about a week. If the page is no longer accessible, people can no longer link to it (which helps with search ranking), and the actual content of the story is lost.

The NYT apparently doesn't care, figuring that the money it makes off of archive sales and database searches is more important than Google traffic. Plus, not mentioned is the fact that many stories will show up within Google News for up to a month through a special crawling deal that's been arranged with Google."

Via SearchEngineWatch

Need to find a NYT article? Don't forget your public or academic library databases! With your library card or university ID, you can search library databases from your home or office. Ask @ your library's Circulation Desk.

Behind the Scenes at Yahoo Labs

By Gary Price, News Editor, SearchEngineWatch
June 24, 2004

"Dr. Gary Flake is Principal Scientist & Head of Yahoo! Research Labs. In this wide-ranging interview, he talks about the daily work of researchers at Yahoo Labs, and what they're doing to make search better."

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A Visual Search Engine for Music

By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch
July 12, 2004

"Want to find music similar to what you already enjoy? Musicplasma creates intriguing music maps revealing connections between musicians, styles and musical epochs."

The Current Time, Around the World

By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch
July 19, 2004

"Need to know what time it is in Ouagadougou? Wondering if your colleague on the other side of the planet is awake or asleep? No need to search for it: Timeticker displays the current time for dozens of countries throughout the world."

Meet The Crawlers

By Christine Churchill, SearchEngineWatch
July 21, 2004

"Representatives of Yahoo, Google, Ask Jeeves and Looksmart offer an inside glimpse of recent developments at the major search engines."

A special report from the Search Engine Strategies 2004 Conference, March 1-4, New York City.

The Future of Search

By Andrew Goodman, SearchEngineWatch
July 22, 2004

"Representatives from the world's biggest search engine companies sat down with Danny Sullivan and several hundred of his closest friends to talk about the future of search and information retrieval. The imperative to avoid giving away deep company secrets meant that audience members had to listen extra closely and read between the lines at times."

A special report from the Search Engine Strategies 2004 Conference, March 1-4, New York City.

Major Search Engines and Directories

By Danny Sullivan, Editor, SearchEngineWatch
April 28, 2004

"In the search engine list below, Search Engine Watch provides a guide to the major search engines of the web. Why are these considered to be 'major' search engines? Because they are either well-known or well-used."

Yahoo! Search Starts to Blog

By Zachary Rodgers, ClickZ News
August 19, 2004

"Now Yahoo has a blog, one totally devoted to search and feeling more blog like in informal nature than rival Google's blog. A blogroll and amazingly, comment ability, adds to this. More about the blog here, Yahoo! Search Starts to Blog."
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Tune in to Search Engine Radio for the latest on Search:

Search Engine Radio Talk Show - Tuesdays at 9 AM PDT

"Search Engine Radio is the only Internet talk radio show 100% dedicated to Search. From the best strategies for optimizing your site, to the best software tips for tracking pay-per-click campaigns, to the latest news about Google, tune in to SEORadio.com to keep up on everything about Search."

Tune in to Search Engine Radio for the latest on Search:

Search Engine Radio Talk Show - Tuesdays at 9 AM PDT

"Search Engine Radio is the only Internet talk radio show 100% dedicated to Search. From the best strategies for optimizing your site, to the best software tips for tracking pay-per-click campaigns, to the latest news about Google, tune in to SEORadio.com to keep up on everything about Search."

Recall Toolbar - Search Within The Places You've Been

"Search through the content of web pages you've already visited using this toolbar for Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer already has built in search capabilities like this (push the History button, the use search in the window that appears). This looks to provide a nicer, more search engine-like interface, however."
Search Engine Report #94

Creative Commons RDF-enhanced search

"Want to find material you can use through a Creative Commons license? This new search engine, powered by technology from Nutch, lets you scan the web to do just that."
Search Engine Report #94

Four Things Yahoo Can Do That Google Can't

ResearchBuzz.com
Aug. 17, 2004

"Unlike Google, Yahoo lets you see all links to a particular domain rather than a URL, lets you filter out your own site when doing reverse link lookups, lets you search for more than 10 words in a query and lets you search for RSS/Atom/web feeds. Learn more in the PDF file from Tara Calishain."

Topix Upgrades News, Adds Email Alerts

By Gary Price, News Editor, SearchEngineWatch
August 2, 2004

"Topix.net, one of the most useful news aggregators and search tools on the open web, has enhanced its service with a number of new features."

Yahoo Offers Anti-Spyware App

By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch
August 10, 2004

"Tired of those unwelcome pests that invade your computer without permission? Banish intrusive spyware and tracking cookies with Yahoo's newly upgraded toolbar."

Capturing Your Personal Web

By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch
August 11, 2004

"Forget bookmarks: Web content managers allow you to create your own personal, searchable cache of web pages."

Another Expanded Whois Service

By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch
August 12, 2004

"Doing in-depth investigation of a web site? Whois.sc offers a wealth of detail about the people and technology behind just about any web site on the planet."

Lycos Introduces People, Discussion Search Tools

By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch
August 23, 2004

"In a bid to differentiate itself from Google and the other major search players, Lycos has rolled out two search tools aimed at helping people connect with other people."

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About URL

By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch
August 24, 2004

"A new tool from search craftsman Michael Fagan uncovers a hidden wealth of information about virtually any web page."

Amazon's a9 Launches

SearchEngineWatch Blog

"The press is buzzing today with news of the launch of Amazon's a9 search product. Battelle offers an overview. You'll also find stories in the NY Times, News.com, and the SF Chronicle."

Google "Enhances" Local Search

SearchEngineWatch Blog

"Word from the Googleplex today that they've added some new features to Google Local."

Nextaris: An Integrated Web Research Dashboard

By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch
September 9, 2004

"Nextaris pulls together all of the tools you need to find, save, and share information with others in a single online location."

Search Engines 201

By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch
September 13, 2004

"Want to dive deep -- really deep -- into the technical literature about search engines? Here's a road map to some of the best web information retrieval resources available online."

Delving Deep Inside the Searcher's Mind

By Heather Lloyd-Martin
September 14, 2004

"Which search engines do searchers prefer and why? How do users use search engines to find the information they want? And how do searchers perceive paid versus free listings? New research offers insights into the workings of the searcher's mind."

A special report from the Search Engine Strategies conference, August 2-5, 2004, San Jose, CA.

Swiss Army Knife Meets the Kitchen Sink

By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch
September 15, 2004

"Looking for a search toolbar, an RSS reader, online bookmark manager or web research manager? Look no further: Pluck incorporates all of these features into a single, elegant search tool."

Ask Jeeves Serves It Your Way

By Gary Price, News Editor, SearchEngineWatch
September 21, 2004

"It's a busy day at Ask Jeeves with the announcement of several new services and enhancements, including the launch of a new personalized search tool and a major upgrade of the company's Teoma search engine."

Is Google News Biased?

By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch
September 27, 2004

"Respected online journalism observer J.D. Lasica has penned a thought-provoking piece in the Online Journalism review comparing Google News with Yahoo News. Balancing Act: How News Portals Serve Up Political Stories compares Google News, which uses computer algorithms to identify top stories, and Yahoo News which favors old-fashioned human editors. Lasica wonders, do Google's automated search results display a conservative bias?"

Reducing Information Overkill

By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor & Gary Price, News Editor, SearchEngineWatch
September 30, 2004

"Vivisimo has launched Clusty, a meta search engine with an impressive array of tools that helps you quickly find relevant results from a variety of information sources."

Yahoo Introduces Personal Search

Danny Sullivan, SearchDay, Oct. 5, 2004

"Yahoo has enhanced its My Yahoo service with personalization features including search history, the ability to save pages to a 'personal web' and block URLs from appearing in search results. This article is from Chris, who finds personalization at Yahoo is nicely done but underpowered compared to some other similar services and more a good start than a must-use application, in his view.

I'm much more positive and explain why in My Yahoo Search Offers Personal Search Features -- plus
note that Google has no future plans for search memory-style tools to announce at this time. I hope they get them soon, because I'm finding them compelling."

SearchEngineWatch Blog Opens
By Danny Sullivan, Editor, SearchEngineWatch
September 16, 2004

"Our Search Engine Watch Blog is now live, and we hope you'll enjoy this new way for us to communicate about search engines."

A Google-like Portal of the World's Leading Scientists
By Chris Sherman, Associate Editor, SearchEngineWatch
July 28, 2003

"ISIHighlyCited.com calls itself 'an expert gateway to the most highly influential scientists and scholars worldwide,' using similar techniques to Google's PageRank to identify these intellectual leaders. This free search tool makes it easy to identify individuals, departments and laboratories that have made fundamental contributions to the advancement of science and technology over the past several decades."

Why I love... the Wayback Machine
The Guardian

"Since 1996, it has been quietly storing hundreds then thousands then millions then billions of pages of internet content, in order to provide a permanent record of the web as it used to be."

Feedster's New Blog Search Enhances RSS Search Service

"Feedster, Inc., is a rapidly growing Internet RSS search engine that provides easy access to relevant and up-to-date information for both consumers and web service developers. Today, the Company announced its ability to segment search results by source type. The first example of the resulting specialty search engines is found at blogs.Feedster.com."

MSN Does Not Steal Google Results to Seed New Index
Search Engine News Journal
11/15/2004

"Columnist Barry Schwartz is the Editor of Search Engine Roundtable and President of RustyBrick, Inc., a Web services firm specializing in customized online technology that helps companies decrease costs and increase sales."

Free Range Librarian: Tara Calishain's Web Search Garage

"I had a review copy of Tara Calishain's "Web Search Garage," but it vanished in a September household move. And sad I was until her book resurfaced, because I know when Tara's name is on a book that I'm going to like it, and it is all that and then some: fun to read; full of good tips, advice and strategy; accessible, pertinent, and not a bit intimidating. In addition to being a good book for librarians, this is a book I'd feel comfortable recommending to library users looking for a "good book" on searching the Internet. I picked up a few good tips myself. Buy at least two copies and keep one out of circ, in the back where staff can use it. A good book to recommend to patrons for their personal libraries."
Karen Schneider

New and Developing Search Engines
Ariadne Issue 41
October 2004

"Phil Bradley looks at both existing search engines and new ones to bring you up to date on what is happening in the world of Internet search engines."

MSN Search's Beta Blunder
BusinessWeek online
NOVEMBER 12, 2004
NEWS ANALYSIS:TECHNOLOGY
By Jay Greene

Oops -- Microsoft's debut of the first public version of its $100 million search engine didn't quite go according to plan

"Nov. 11 was supposed to be a big day for the folks running MSN Search. The new service, albeit a test version, was slated to launch and begin Microsoft's (MSFT ) big push into the lucrative and competitive world of Internet search technology. But the day didn't start off too well. The site -- http://beta.search.msn.com -- went down almost as soon as it went up."

Google's index nearly doubles.

November 10, 2004

Google updated their blog today to indicate over eight billion pages crawled, cached and indexed.