gRock Media Group Debuts BigClique.com Search Engine
New York based gRock Media Group today launched a new crawler based search engine at httpwwwBigCliquecom
To compete with established players like Google Yahoo and BigClique debuts with an index of a several million web sites and a proprietary ranking algorithm that analyzes onsite and offsite criteria including page text tags inbound links and other factors BigCliquecom also utilizes a Segments technology which offers endless scalability running on a cluster of Dell Dual Xeon servers...
Searchenginewatch.com News Story
Gary blogged earlier about the Association of American University Presses having concerns that Google
Prints digital library program may be equal to widescale copyright infringement But that complaint if ultimately upheld in a court case would go far beyond print
digitization It might impact the fact that search engines already do widespread copying of content to provide the core search services we take for granted...
Google sees ad opening in custom home pages
The company began testing a service last week that lets users build a customized Google home page filled with news stock quotes and other features that crowd similar pages on popular portals like Yahoo and
As part of this effort Google is offering headline feeds from a narrow selection of information sites like News and in the future it will allow users to add feeds from their favorite sites
The customized pages can also list local movies and weather stock market quotes and driving directions and can display a preview of a users inbox from Googles Gmail service...
The Law of Unintended Consequence
In its simplest form the law of unintended consequence has evolved as an acceptable if not logical explanation for unanticipated effects In the medical world the law embodies the idea of side effects Aspirin can relieve a headache but in low doses it can potentially reduce the risk of a heart attack
The law is exemplified in microbiology when the elimination of one pesky diseasecausing microbe spawns the evolution of another more dangerous microorganism In economics the law means people acting in their own selfinterest can create a greater good...
Will Corporate America Discover Organic SEO?
Lately search engine marketing is on everyones mind research shows that advertisers intend to spend about 39 more on search engine marketing programs in than in
That sounds promising but the bulk of the money spent on programs went for paid placement sponsored listings not organic In 83 of expenditures were allocated for paid placement ads versus only 9 for organic Similar patterns are predicted for On the bright side half of the advertisers surveyed said senior management was very interested in programs and considered them a high priority...