Posts Tagged with ‘engine’

Starting today, Microsoft is “phasing in” a new version of Live Search, its online engine, in order for the company to better compete with two much more popular such venues on the Web, Yahoo! and Google. In a week, the new Live Search will replace the current version for all of Microsoft’s US-based users and will be accessible by all the world come the end of October.
What I can’t help but find most interesting about this announcement is Microsoft’s statement [...]

Spring is the season of rebirth and revival, which many companies with homes on the Internet have taken to heart. One such website, which just a day or two ago reemerged onto the scene with a fresh coat of paint, is Technorati, a well kept index of blogs, videos, and music. And I must say, the new incarnation is far more attractive.
There’s nothing miraculous about Technorati. The site tracks what’s new and what’s popular in Web 2.0, and sorts it [...]

Prior to this moment, a search on Wikipedia would best be done if one knew just what one was looking for, or, at the very least, close to it. With the launch of Wikiseek (beta), your method for finding stuff on the largest community-driven encyclopedia and general information source on the planet can be as specific or as vague as you decide to make it. It’s not Wikipedia for dummies, mind you. It’s just a great deal more powerful engine [...]