15 November 2002

Interview time again.

This week it's a no holds barred chat with the very engaging Ralph Tegtmeier of fantomaster.com. Ralph gives us perspective on the the search engine world and tells us he's looking into the possibility of building a SEM-friendly search engine. Read on...

SearchDay provides a strategy for low-cost search engine marketing.

Inktomi exits enterprise search.

Weekly highlight: In a bold attempt to seriously challenge Google's market domination, AV rolls out a new interface coloured blue. We are not making this up.

And finally today, 40 years of CNNNN. : : (Thanks Sophie for the tip)

14 November 2002

Google and Looksmart execs join the Interactive Advertising Bureau board. "The IAB's board will help craft a message for the industry as it attempts to move from a niche of the advertising industry to an integrated part of it".

The Yahoo Buzz index.

Excellent usability guide from the Software Usability Research Lab, Wichita State University.

And finally, radical pong.

13 November 2002

Guess who Yahoos? Saddams son.

Webmasterworld highlighted this neat trick. Search on http at Google and you may see sites in descending PageRank order. The observant will note that Yahoo appears first.

And finally, poorn not found (Sigh, po$n mispelled to avoid getting trapped in spam filters. This link won't get you in trouble for viewing porm at work. Honest).

12 November 2002

The recent changes at AltaVista are reportedly about "...reasserting our leadership position in global search". Erm...."leadership" position?

Yahoo reshuffles top execs

And finally, aircraft homes.

11 November 2002

We've had a great response to Brett's thought-provoking interview that we published on Friday. Great stuff. We've got yet another thought-provoking interview coming up this Friday with....hmmm...we'll give you a clue: mussels and beer. Oh, all right. It's Ralph.

AltaVista changes their spots. A new design and a new blub: "AltaVista refreshes 50% of the results daily". No, we don't know what that means either.

A crimebusters search engine? Note the brand "Google" appears to have become the default term for "search engine". The NY Times has a longer article on the subject.

And finally today, stories created by computers.

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