On-Site Searching Still Stinks
It has been said many times before. Jared Spool said it in 1997. Today 8 years later little have been done to improve them: Site-specific search engines. If you browse a website chances are that it has...
View ArticleSearch Engine Optimization in the news
It all began about a week ago with Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz’ releasing his “Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization“. I had a look at the guide back then, but did not mention neither it nor its...
View ArticleSharing data is the first step toward community
Via Del.icio.us popular list I found this quote from an IBM Linux commercial Collecting data is only the first step toward wisdom but sharing data is the first step toward community This is why we...
View ArticleTechnorati Tips and Tricks
Technorati is for blogs what Google is for the rest of the web: The #1 place to go when searching for a topic of interest. One of its most powerful features is the ability to use tags – the so called...
View ArticleWindows Vista setting new standards for Find-as-You-Type searching
Very interesting read from a user interface point-of-view. I stumbled upon a walkthrough of Windows Vista. An interesting perspective here is that the search field has gotten a prominent position on...
View ArticleGoogle Trends and Usability
While browsing on Google today I discovered that they had just launched a new service called Google Trends. Apparently you can use this service to “see” what the world is searching for. Actually this...
View ArticleGoogle gives you free internet
According to a newly published website and a press release, the Californian giant Google is now offering free broadband internet. How do they achieve this? Through the toilet in your house! The...
View ArticleGoogle Power Tool for Webmasters
If you run a blog or any other website for that matter, you might want to check out Google Webmaster Central – in particular their Google Webmaster Tool – if you haven’t already seen it. Google...
View ArticleI can’t get an AdSense account
This is one of the most dissatisfying customer experiences I’ve had in a long, long time. I’m managing a website for a customer and they want to have the AdSense program running on their site. Piece of...
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