Current Technically Speaking, May 2005
I remember a comedian who used to say that after looking all over for something and finally finding it he would look in one more place just so he could say that the thing he sought was not always in the last place he looked With all the buzz about federated searching improving online catalogs and the hundreds of silos of information out there itamps harder and harder to even find that one more place to look Moreover itamps easy to forget that what weampre looking for is often right in front of us
Sometimes it seems like the dumbest computer I encounter in my daily endeavors is the one that sits on my desk or on my lap...
Ask Jeeves unveils new feature
California Question What wellknown Internet search engine continues to lag industry leaders no matter how smart it becomes
Answer Ask Jeeves Inc
The Oaklandbased company on Thursday is launching its latest effort to win more fans The hook A new feature designed to provide more immediate answers to inquiries
With the change Ask Jeeves will display a Web Answer to many of the requests its search engine processes For instance if someone enters worlds largest lake into Askcoms search box the top result will include a snippet listing the Caspian Sea including its size and location...
Jeeves acquisition fires up search wars
47InterActiveCorp has agreed to buy online search engine Ask Jeeves for 18bn The acquisition is designed to allow to tap into the search market which is huge and growing chief executive Barry Diller said in a conference call yesterday
has built up a network of websites through acquisitions including travel service Expedia online dating site Matchcom invitation management service Evitecom and ticket agent Ticketmastercom
The company is also a large player in the market for home shopping networks with stations in the Germany and Japan...
Jeeves asks for search improvements
Ask Jeeves has unveiled two enhancements to its search engine promising increased ease of use
The company said that its new Zoom technology will help users by offering to expand or narrow a search or by suggesting related keywords
Search results for Beatles for example would include an offer to zoom in to lyrics biographies or history
Asking to zoom out would add results like Rolling Stones and Woodstock The related search would point to John Lennon and other band members...