SEARCH ENGINES

Mar 13, 2002 | Google, search

This article starts out by explaining the different approaches chosen by Google, Yahoo, and AltaVista for indexing the Internet – and makes it easier to understand why Google is so scarily accurate. It drifts a bit at the end, but the first half is interesting...

SEARCH ENGINES

Nov 27, 2001 | Google, search

Google is experimenting with different ways to rank web sites when it reports search results. Here’s an interesting article about search engines and the extraordinary things done to increase site rankings on Google and the other search engines.

GOOGLE ELMER FUDD

Oct 3, 2001 | Google

There’s no clear explanation yet of why you can access Google Hacker, Google Bork, bork, bork!, Google Elmer Fudd and Google Pig Latin. Isn’t the Internet interesting?

GOOGLE TOOLBAR

Mar 18, 2001 | Google, IE

Google continues to provide search results that are so accurate that it’s spooky. It bears repeating – as much as I hate screen clutter, I recommend the Google Toolbar, a browser addon that puts a slender Google search bar across the top of the screen. Not...