Search Google, me or my…

Search Google, me or my friends!. Search Tool Added Through Lilia Efimova …. Search Tool AddedThrough Lilia Efimova I found Micah Alpern’s microblogosphere search tool (go see Micah’s weblog). As a search tool to search my own blog, and the ones I read, was something I already had on my wishlist of improvements for my blog, I’ve imeddiately added it…

CIA’s World News Connection Database…

CIA’s World News Connection Database Will Now Be Maintained and Hosted by Dialog. Open Source IntelligenceInformation Industry–DialogNTIS’s World News Connection Database Will Now Be Maintained and Hosted by DialogFrom the announcement, “[Dialog] will take over hosting and maintaining World News Connection (WNC), the U. [The ResourceShelf]

Academic Info: A Great General…

Academic Info: A Great General Knowledge Web Directory. Web Resources of the Week 1) Academic InfoI’ve done my best to point out some of the great general interest web directories available for researchers in the past two years. I’ve mentioned on numerous occasions the LII, InfoMine, and the Resource Discovery Network. [The ResourceShelf]

Content Recommendation Engine [1]. James…

Content Recommendation Engine. James Miller discusses how search will evolve following Google’s decision to buy Pyra Labs, and how that could further impact advertising, because “a superior search engine could challenge both big media companies and advertisers. A media company’s most valuable asset is its brand name. Since you can’t read everything, you must make quick, often uninformed decisions about…

The future of online community…

The future of online community. I used to think I knew what online community was all about. I thought it had something to do with discussion forums, like the one here at InfoWorld I’ve recently tried to colonize. Having spent too many years, keystrokes, and brain cells debating the pros and cons of various discussion technologies, I’ll just cut to…