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New e-gov supremo looks a safe pair of hands
Comment And so back to the government's search for a safe pair of hands, for what is likely to be an advisory rather than direct action role. So, it seems he's definitely diplomatic and doesn't upset people on committees - these are all jobs that basically... [26 May 2004]
Will's Web Watch: Do surfers really love to hate?
Comment There was outcry when Google's site was blocked in China for failing to filter search results for outlawed spiritual movement Falun Gong. We're also kidding ourselves if we think searches for 'Christian', 'Jew', 'Muslim', 'Hindu', 'gay... [12 May 2004]
Portals and knowledge management - doors opening
Comment Navigational knowledge management, on the other hand, is focused on trying to glean knowledge from the vast reams of information that companies have collected; this involves search and taxonomies, for example. [26 Apr 2004]
Will's Web Watch: Stop thief!
Comment Ego-surfing - the practice of typing your own name into a search engine to find what results are returned - can throw up a number of surprises. A search under my own name will often return results where silicon.com content is being reproduced... [15 Mar 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Muddled thinking on education
Comment Martin Brampton goes in search of the happy medium which must exist somewhere amid all the talk of hiring, firing, employment, unemployment, skills shortages and retraining. The latter seems to have more potential for a long term payback in... [24 Feb 2004]
Devil’s Advocate: Google - an electronic freedom argument
Comment I remember Google as the first time I decided to make a search engine my home page. Google cleverly kept that in the background, replacing complex and cluttered pages with a simple and direct search facility. [03 Nov 2003]
Devil's Advocate: Paranoia and the PC power paradox
Comment Yet why should we suppose that the search for profit is the most appropriate deciding factor to dominate all our efforts? I know what we use them for, but does that lead to results that we really want? [07 May 2003]
A digital brain courtesy of Microsoft, post-Napster music and guess who can't get broadband...
Comment Just type 'potty' or the poor child's name into the search tool and it will return any appropriate results in a thrice, assuming you added the right keywords or notes when saving the file originally. Then, whenever you need to find something you... [21 Nov 2002]
Will Yahoo! pull through on advertising?
Comment each time people click on its sponsored search results. Taking away an estimated $20m in revenue generated from an agreement with pay-for-placement search company Overture Services, Yahoo's online advertising business declined 19 per cent from the... [09 Oct 2002]
Google searches for more moola
Comment The company has developed a search engine that returns results based on site popularity, plus other other factors. In addition, Google's AdWords Select allows web sites to pay for top ranking in search results, set off to the top right of the page. [30 Aug 2002]
Google searches for more moola (part two)
Comment Lloyds is paying for placement in search results related to more than 1,000 insurance-related keywords over the coming year. The deal highlights advertisers' embrace of search marketing, widely noted as one of the most important publicity tools on... [30 Jul 2002]
Search and destroy: Why the BBC is no better than Microsoft
Comment Since the launch of BBCi's much-publicised 'unbiased' search engine almost all the talk has been about the fairness of its results - how come BBC Search keeps returning BBC URLs, people ask. If you're not familiar with the 'the search is over' tag... [23 May 2002]
The Bloor Perspective: Linux or Windows, benchmarking kafuffle and online dating
Comment Go to Google.com and do a search for the following "disclose results" OR "disclose the results" AND "benchmark test" OR "benchmark tests". The customer shall not disclose the results of any benchmark test to any third party without Network... [18 Feb 2002]
The Bloor Perspective: Work work work, OS attacks and the secret of Google's success
Comment In other words, more relevant and more precise search results. Google works a bit differently from other search engines. Internet company Alldas.de compiles statistics on website defacements, the results of which can be found at http://defaced... [28 Aug 2001]
Transatlantic Cable: Your job, terminated with extreme prejudice
Comment For instance, one former employee of the search engine LookSmart (who wished to remain anonymous) received two months' salary when he was let go earlier this year. Cisco, for instance, is currently laying off several thousand workers after... [25 Apr 2001]
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