Tag Archives: search
Carrot2 Search
Search is likely a technology-based opportunity most of us have given up exploring. We use Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo and leave it at that. Perhaps if we feel especially inquisitive we use more than one of these options. Search is … Continue reading
Justice Department suit may impact you
Let me start with this. You and I are partly responsible for this situation. We spend our time searching and on other social media services and do so without sending money to the companies providing these services. We do have … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged cost, google, search
Comments Off on Justice Department suit may impact you
Google Alerts (revisited)
I week or so ago I generated a post reacting to the claim that successful bloggers updated their posts. This was kind of a revelation to me. In fact, in continuing to think about this I think I remember a … Continue reading
Search blogs
I just read one of those year-end wrapup posts in this case focused on blogging trends in 2018. If you are interested, I provide the link. It was my impression that this survey focused on mostly paid bloggers and the … Continue reading
Should have stopped with PageRank
I was a fan of Google and Google search from the beginning because their algorithm for prioritizing search results made sense to me. Pagerank was similar to citation frequency which academics recognize as an indication of the importance of their … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged bias, google, search
Comments Off on Should have stopped with PageRank
Demonstrating the filter bubble
Five or six years ago or so, Eli Pariser wrote a book entitled the Filter Bubble. The core idea in this book was that online information companies personalize our online experience serving our personal priorities rather than presenting the world … Continue reading
Searching with the duck
I like the idea of keeping competition going even when there is a large lead for one online service. DuckDuckGo continues as an alternative to Google. DuckDuckGo advertises its advantage as privacy and I read that the number of searches … Continue reading
Filtering by reading level
Google used to allow the filtering of search results by reading level, but for some reason (not officially announced) this advanced feature was removed. New businesses emerge to fill a niche left unexplored by the big players. Choosito appears to … Continue reading
I wonder how Google identifies SEO scammers
I have a Google search question. Can the Google search algorithm tell the difference between a social bookmarking site and a link farm. I know that Google search drastically lowers the ranking of sites it interprets as a link farm … Continue reading
Are you literate?
Interesting video (60 minutes) on the topic of literacy from Google (Dan Russell). If this interests you, follow this blog – Dan Russell