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Search Engine Freshness Showdown

Greg Notess, Reference Librarian at Montana State University, long-time member of the Internet Librarian Hall of Fame, and creator of Search Engine Showdown, has just produced an analysis of the "freshness" of the results you get from the major Internet search engines. Although "freshness" is not the only measure of the usefulness of results you get from a search engine, it is certainly one of the most important.
posted by Fearguth at 7:02:00 PM

Meet Krishna Bharat (aka Al Gorithm), Creator of Google News

Google News has recently emerged as a major challenger to purveyors of Web newsites that rely on human editors for updating. Why? Because Google News is automatically updated 24/7 by software designed by Krishna Bharat. Click on the link above to read all about this revolutionary development.


posted by Fearguth at 7:46:00 PM

Specialized Search Engine FAQs: More Questions, Answers and Issues

Gary Price, recognized world-wide as an authority on Internet search tools and a long-time member of the Internet Librarian Hall of Fame, has just published an article for Searcher Magazine that will bring you up to date on the latest developments in the Internet search tool arena. He published a similar article a year ago, but much has changed over the past twelve months. So, to get up to speed, click on the link above.
posted by Fearguth at 1:30:00 PM

Google Catalog Search

If you would like to search over 5,000 mail-order catalogs online, you can, courtesy of Google Catalog Search. When we say search, we mean: you can search every word of these catalogs. Furthermore, you can view every page of these catalogs, just as if you were holding them in your hands. And not only this: Google Catalog Search allows you to click on a link that will take you directly to the website for each of the companies that produce these catalogs. The only thing that Google Catalog Search doesn't provide is the money you might spend ordering goodies from these websites.
posted by Fearguth at 3:37:00 PM

How to Deal with Plagiarism

Sharon Stoerger, on behalf of the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has published this impressive Web page dealing with the problem of plagiarism on college campuses.
posted by Fearguth at 4:17:00 PM