Tag Archives: search engines
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Google Desktop
Leave a comment15 October 2004 by Ian Davis
Well, it’s finally here, and it appears to work as advertised. More later when it’s finished indexing everything on my …
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Google Is Just A Company
121 April 2004 by Ian Davis
One of the most insightful comments I’ve seen on the gmail controversy: The obvious difference between a domestic cat and …
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The Google OS
Leave a comment31 March 2003 by Ian Davis
An interesting article that claims that Google is Knowledge Operating System. It draws an analogy between the web as a …
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Whither Google and Yahoo?
Leave a comment13 May 2002 by Ian Davis
Whither Google and Yahoo? Some interesting speculation by Tara Calishain on the likely outcome of the Yahoo/Google deal which is …
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Google replaces Overture on AOL’s portal
Leave a comment1 May 2002 by Ian Davis
Google replaces Overture on AOL’s portal. Google will also feature on Netscape and Compuserve. Overture and Google are definitely head …
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AltaVista Reprise
Leave a comment4 May 2001 by Ian Davis
It’s nice to see the old AltaVista interface back. For a long time AV was my search engine of choice, …
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Spamming Google
Leave a comment18 April 2001 by Ian Davis
I had a great idea yesterday for spamming Google. Why would I want to spam Google? Well, I don’t but …
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Google Custom Logo Archive
Leave a comment30 March 2001 by Ian Davis
Via ResearchBuzz, the Google Custom Logo Archive. I wonder how long Google can keep the corporate lawyers from destroying their …
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Why Does the Open Directory Work?
Leave a comment2 February 2000 by Ian Davis
I posted this as an Ask Slashdot today, but in case it doesn’t get picked here it is: The Open …
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MySpider
Leave a comment28 December 1999 by Ian Davis
MySpider is a collaborative index that takes some of the open directory and mixes it with the community rating of …
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