Just another search engine?

Dear reader,
Another search engine has popped into existence. Oparla is about to launch on 14th of April. Oparla is supposed to have a unique social search software. Although I don’t think it is entirely unique after what Google has been doing previously, what IS unique is that Oparla will have a daily prize draw for [...]

Kumo vs. Google

Dear reader,
Quick note: This week Cnet published a screenshot along with an internal memo on Kumo, Microsoft’s upcoming new search engine. The new search engine is also going on Microsoft’s internal testing phase this week. Although I doubt Kumo will eat Google’s market share anytime soon, it will be interesting to see what Microsoft has [...]

Google Japan penalized by Google

Dear Reader,
Funny things happen in the cyberworld. Google Japan did a campaign paying for bloggers to link and blog nicely of them in order to boost the campaign. The result? Mother company Google penalized them by lowering the PageRank of Google Japan from 9 to 5.

New search engine to harness librarians as a source for web page trustworthiness!

Dear Reader,
It has been quiet for some time in Webgrizzly’s camp. Or maybe more like deathlike silence.
Nonetheless, here’s some good news. A new search engine is on its way. So where’s the good news, one might ask? The good news is that this time its results won’t be based on popularity but on trustworthiness! At [...]

Rise of defcon

Dear reader,
It’s getting hectic again at work so blogging will become a secondary priority for a while. This means that I will be returning to my usual pace with new blog posts.
In the meantime, why not try the 4hoursearch.com that showed the world you could get better search results than Cuil with just 4 hours of [...]

Former Google engineers challenge ex-employer with ‘Cuil’ search engine

Dear Reader,
Yesterday a brand new search engine saw daylight. Cuil has a fresh GUI and a new type of search listing. Because of being used to how search engines show results at present, it might be a challenge for new users to get to know this search engine’s way. But so far I think the [...]

Headliner: Google

Dear Reader,
Google is in the headlines right now. Earlier today I trackbacked TechCrunch’s article about the rumour of Google acquiring Digg. Later on I found Google Operating System’s contrasting article on the same subject.
Another thing I found out about today is Google’s new article repository, Knol. A bit Wikipedia-like endeavour for creating articles but with the [...]

Google offers $200 million for Digg?

Dear Reader,
TechCrunch has released news about Google looking to buy Digg for $200 million. There had been rumours on this already in March this year. Interestingly Google has been experimenting with Digg-like features in their search lately.

New features coming up in iGoogle!

Dear reader,
Google is going to enhance its iGoogle service by integrating functionalities from Google Reader, Gmail, Chat, etc. into iGoogle’s soon renewed GUI. This is currently tested by a bunch of lucky few.
Check out the Google Operating System blog along with instructions on how to be able to test it yourself!! Magnificient!

Live search regains its share with Live Cashback

Dear Reader,
After launching the new Live Cashback feature on Live search, Microsoft has regained its previously lost share in the search engine market. Live Cashback, as Techcrunch put it, goes straight for Google’s throat by moving from CPC (cost-per-click) to CPA (cost-per-action), meaning that a lot of the revenue is given back to users! As [...]