Search Engines & Research Tools

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Information Today April 7, 2003 Wallace Koehler	ICANN Adopts Whois Policy The Whois regime has long been criticized as anti-privacy in that not only was it relatively easy to access information about domain name owners, but the information was fairly extensive and detailed. New changes have the potential of limiting access for the searcher community.
Reason April 2003 Jesse Walker	Mickey Mouse Clubbed Disney's cartoon rodent speaks out on the Eldred decision. Eldred challenged the Bono Act, which lengthens copyright timespans.
Search Engine Watch April 2, 2003 Danny Sullivan	Loving Each Other More: Search Engines & Blogs There's a good reason for Google or someone else to create a robust, blog-specific search engine. In addition, there are things bloggers could do to make their content more accessible to ordinary web search engines.
Search Engine Watch April 2, 2003 Danny Sullivan	Search Privacy At Google & Other Search Engines This article examines what Google and other search engines record about your searches.
Search Engine Watch April 2, 2003 Danny Sullivan	Google And The Big Brother Nomination This article explores allegations by Google Watch that Google is a threat to privacy and Big Brother like.
Search Engine Watch March 18, 2003 Danny Sullivan	Disney Would Sell Infoseek Search Tech, Switches Go To Google The Walt Disney Internet Group says that it has been approached by companies looking to acquire the search technology and patents it has left over from the company's purchase of Infoseek, the search engine later transformed into Go.
Information Today April 2003 Richard Poynder	Surviving in a Harsh World Created in 1924, the U.K.-based Aslib has a proud history. It founded world-class LIS journals like the Journal of Documentation (JDoc) and has been a premier information research organization. Recent changes in the business climate have forced changes. Aslib CEO Roger Bowes defends them.
Information Today April 2003 Robin Peek	Could Peer Review Be Wrong? Seriously questioning the validity of the peer-review process is like debating the merits of a holy grail. But two scholarly societies are now asking if peer review is in fact such a good thing.
Information Today April 2003 Dick Kaser	Opinion: Do You Yahoo!? Paul McFedries was on the receiving end of a cease-and-desist notice from Google lawyers after having published a definition for the new verb "google" at his Word Spy Web site. The whole incident raises an interesting point about the protection of trademarks in general.
Information Today April 2003 Stephanie C. Ardito	NFAIS 45th Annual Conference Attended primarily by aggregators, the event is a major opportunity for providers to voice and share their concerns about the day-to-day operations of their businesses and to speculate about the future ofthe industry.
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