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5 July 2002

The Touchgraph Google Browser is a stunning use of the Google API toolkit. You can use this tool to examine graphical versions of networked relationships. Brilliant.

Google is growing faster than any other property on the web. Neilsen NetRatings say Google had over 55 million site visits in May.

New search engine Open Find releases Beta. The creators are the first to admit "it's not quite finished yet", however they claim to have 3.5 billion documents indexed.

Changes are happening behind the scenes at WiseNut. The format of the search results has been changed to a cleaner look but the index is still stale. Looksmart has recently completed their aquisition of WiseNut.

And finally today, drinking too much water can kill you. Erm...yes, it's called drowning. ;)

4 July 2002

FAST selected by UK's larget ISP. FreeServe, to supply search results.

We've added a new article "How to get your Flash site seen by search engines".

And finally today, singer catches fire at National Opera.

3 July 2002

Some Search Engines are considering changes in practice after the FTC strongly suggest that advertisements within search results should be clearly marked.

AltaVista have launched a new "interactive" search service called Prisma. There's a FAQ here. Take it for a test drive at AltaVista.com. For the SEO, it's a great way to examine themes. For the average user, it's an elegant solution for refining search queries.

Webmasterworld announce Pub Conference 2 for search engine marketers, webmasters and anyone vaguely interested in drinking. Sign-up here.

And finally today, can silence be copyrighted? We're not sure, but we're going to download it anyway ;)

2 July 2002

Lycos enhances features. Lycos derives results from the FAST search engine and has benefited from recent changes in the underlying FAST architecture. According to Lycos, benefits include faster searching and higher relevancy.

Are the record labels finally waking up to the internet? Their painfully slow reaction time and smug shutdown of Napster has done nothing but fuel the explosive growth of free file trading networks. Who would have guessed? Best record companies stopped listening to the RIAA and started listening to their customers.

And finally today, alternatives to AudioGalaxy.