Search Engines & Research Tools

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IEEE Spectrum February 2006 Paul McFedries	Folk Wisdom How can nonprofessional taggers hope to create a WEb taxonomy that's as sophisticated as one that professional specialists would make? The answer lies in something called the architecture of participation: services get better as the number of users increases.
InternetNews January 31, 2006 Roy Mark	Internet Heavies Mum on China's Censorship Internet powerhouses Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Cisco have all declined offers to testify at Wednesday's Congressional Human Rights Caucus briefing on China's Internet censorship policies.
Search Engine Watch January 31, 2006 Gary Price	Search Overhaul for U.S. FirstGov Government Portal The feel, look, and organization of the actual FirstGov portal remains the same. What's new is it's search functionality. And the improvements are noticeable within the first couple of searches.
Information Today January 30, 2006 Paula J. Hane	ProQuest Decides That Evidence Matters Medical professionals - and their patients - should welcome online medical search subscription services such as ProQuest.
Information Today January 30, 2006	Weekly News Digest LexisNexis Redesigns Congressional Interface... WebFeat Express Integrates with EBSCO A-to-Z... EMC Documentum Adds Google Desktop Search... etc.
InternetNews January 30, 2006 Paul Shread	Google's Data Management Ambitions Grow Google made its second move into the information classification and management space Monday, combining its enterprise search offerings with Kazeon's ICM technology.
Search Engine Watch January 30, 2006 Chris Sherman	Google Releases Upgraded Toolbar Google has enhanced its toolbar for Internet Explorer, introducing several new features that will appeal to regular users of the program.
InternetNews January 29, 2006 Susan Kuchinskas	Google Updates Toolbar Google Toolbar 4.0 broadens its focus and functionality beyond Google Search, adding four new features: custom buttons, Web-based bookmarks and site-specific search.
InternetNews January 27, 2006 Susan Kuchinskas	Search's China Syndrome The Congressional Human Rights Caucus turns its eye to self-censorship in China by search giants such as Google.
Search Engine Watch January 26, 2006 Chris Sherman	Searching For a Better Image Ask Jeeves has launched a brand-new image search service, using some innovative techniques to identify high-quality pictures on the web. See how it stacks up against the competition.
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