Bill Gates gave an interview to CNET about a variety of topics including web search and Google. An interesting passage is Gates' perspective on Google's mission to "organize the world's information" and whether that should be the goal vs. his…
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Don Norman has a great post criticizing the oft-lauded "simplicity" of Google's interface. It's worth quoting in its entirety:The Truth About Google's so-called 'simplicity'The truth? It isn't simple.Look, I like Google. It's a great search engine. But I am sick…
"Google hacking", using the power & reach of Google's web index to access sensitive information and hack into networks, is becoming more pervasive, organized and powerful. This article features Johnny Long, whose web site seems to be the starting point…
John Battelle reports on a recent new feature within Google search results where "related queries" get inserted within your original search results. For example, when you search for "on demand," you also get search results for "Comcast on demand." (see…
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Alejandro Diaz, a grad student at Stanford University in Communications (with a BA in Computer Science), has written an excellent (and nearly 200-page) honors thesis entitled "Through the Google Goggles: The Sociopolitics of Search Engine Design" [pdf]. Here is the…
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CNET reports that the University of California at Berkeley is creating an interdisciplinary center for advanced search technologies in search of creating the "ultimate search tool" and to "address the explosive growth of Internet search and the complex issues that…
Siva Vaidhyanathan has been engaged in a lengthy discussion regarding Google's recent decision to slow down their Google Print Library project. Much of the conversations have centered on whether Google should be considered a library. This response from Eileen Snyder,…
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Yahoo launched a beta version of MyWeb 2.0 which integrates personalized searching with tagging and social bookmarking. From SearchEngineWatch:With the release of MyWeb 2.0, Yahoo has added an extensive array of new features focused on community-based searching and sharing of…
The Google Library and Google Print projects seem to be confronting each other. TechDirt points to this article detailing the collision of these two different book scanning projects, and the court battle that might ensue. It's worth a read.
[via Siva Vaidhyanathan] Daniel Brandt at Google-Watch used the Freedom of Information act to compel the University of Michigan to reveal its previously secret contract with Google to allow Google to digitize its library. Here's his take on it:This agreement…
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