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Search Engine Watch
August 2, 1999 |
Go Beta Tests User-Assisted Directory Taking a page from the Open Directory, Go is inviting the masses of the web to help manage its directory of web sites. Currently in beta testing, the "Go Guides" program lets anyone participate in the process of categorizing the web.   |
Search Engine Watch
August 2, 1999 |
LookSmart Live Looks-Up Answers Looking for an answer? Look no further than LookSmart, which is providing custom research to frustrated searchers through its new LookSmart Live program. |
Search Engine Watch
August 2, 1999 |
Direct Hit Debuts at MSN Search, Lycos Both MSN Search and Lycos are now featuring Direct Hit results, and the company itself has just received $26 million in financing from a variety of venture firms. |
Search Engine Watch
August 2, 1999 |
Paid Links Dropped, Other Changes At AltaVista There were a number of developments at AltaVista last month, and here's a rundown to the major ones: |
Search Engine Watch
August 2, 1999 |
FAST Announces Largest Search Engine FAST Search is now claiming an index of 200 million web pages, which would make it the largest search engine on the web. |
Search Engine Watch
August 2, 1999 |
August 99 Search Engine Briefs HotBot has added a "Search Within" feature to its site. After you do a search, look to the right of the search box on the results page. You'll see a "Search within these results" option. Select the option, then enter new terms, and HotBot will run your query against only the pages that were found from the original search. |
Search Engine Watch
July 6, 1999 |
Netscape Search Gets Rebuilt Netscape released a new version of its Netscape Search service in June. Previously powered by Excite, the new service now draws on the Open Directory and Google for its listings. It's a powerful combination that makes Netscape Search worth considering among your top search choices. |
Search Engine Watch
July 6, 1999 |
Google Goes Forward While I've considered Google a "major player" in the search space for some time, the deal with Netscape gives it a mass audience for the first time, along with its first business deal. |
Search Engine Watch
July 6, 1999 |
Snap Gets Popularity Results Snap is now using GlobalBrain technology to refine its results and make the most popular sites appear first. As with Direct Hit, the technology monitors what sites people are clicking on and moves the top choices higher. |
Search Engine Watch
July 6, 1999 |
"Invisible Web" Revealed Lycos and IntelliSeek, maker of the BullsEye desktop search utility, have teamed up to produce an index of search databases to help users find information that is invisible to search engines.... |
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