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Life without Google: Can Yahoo regain search share?

Yahoo has a strategic plan due in 100 days and lags Google in most metrics. Yet despite Yahoo's issues it still has the No. 2 market share in search. But if Yahoo wants to change its standing it should work on its interface a bit more. According to Nielsen/Netratings, Google's...

Tags: Web Technology, Search, Life Without Google, Google, General

Blog posts 2007-07-27

Life without Google: ChaCha bets on people power

Can human aided searches be a differentiator? A lot of search firms--including ChaCha--sure hope so.Just to be upfront--I'm skeptical about people powered search. Despite that perspective, I decided to give ChaCha a whirl as part of my Life without Google series see gallery right.I discovered ChaCha courtesy of Webware, a...

Tags: Web Technology, Search, Life Without Google, General

Blog posts 2007-07-10

Life without Google: Can Clusty get traction?

Clusty is a meta search engine that gives you a result and then offers you to drill down based on clusters of content. The big question is whether you'll appreciate these clusters.The Clusty approach is particularly handy if you're doing basic research and don't mind suggestions for more information (see...

Tags: Web Technology, Search, Life Without Google, Google, General

Blog posts 2007-06-22

Life without Google: Quintura a nice alternative with adoption hurdles

Quintura has just about everything you'd want in an alternative search engine: Solid results, a nice interface that's intuitive and social features to share searches with friends. However, Quintura see gallery isn't easy to add as a default search into your browser. Those hurdles may ultimately limit adoption rates.As I've...

Tags: General, Google, Life Without Google, Search, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-06-18

Life without Google Day 5: The Kartoo experience

Can you get used to a search engine that has a creepy little mascot whose eyes follow you around as you click on icons?If so maybe Kartoo is for you.Kartoo is a meta search engine see gallery that is interesting from a user interface perspective. The search is so-so, but...

Tags: Web Technology, Search, Life Without Google, Google, General

Blog posts 2007-06-13

Life without Google: Today is Google free day

Richard MacManus at Read/Write Web has declared today Google free day. Among his rules: Don't use any of the five major search engines; Avoid meta search engines; Ditch vertical search engines; Consider changing your home page or uninstall everything; Document your experience.Richard will be trying out Hakia. I'm perusing Kartoo as we speak. Updates tomorrow....

Tags: Search, Life Without Google, Google, General

Blog posts 2007-06-12

How much is that Safari search box worth?

One of the more annoying things about the Safari Beta 3 is the inability to add search providers to the search box in the top right. At least there's a good reason for limiting choice: Money.This topic is more of a passing interest to me given that I'm doing a...

Tags: Yahoo, Web Technology, Search, Life Without Google, General, Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-12

Life without Google: The importance of toolbars and browser add-ons

As I go out and try different search engines, one thing is increasingly clear: Toolbars and browser add-ons are crucial. In fact, the lack of browser integration is probably the biggest reason alternative search engines remain just an alternative. My plan for this life without Google series was simple: Find...

Tags: Web Technology, Search, Life Without Google, Google, General

Blog posts 2007-06-11

Life without Google: Altavista a depressing dead end

Using AltaVista was like going into a house that has been closed down for the last five years. There was mold, cobwebs and overall the whole experience was depressing when you ponder what might have been.Simply put, I made a wrong turn, which may be a common thing in my...

Tags: Yahoo, Web Technology, Search, Life Without Google, Google, General

Blog posts 2007-06-08

Life without Google Day 2: Windows Live Search a viable contender

Microsoft's search efforts--Windows Live Search--have been much maligned, but actual search experience may differ from perception.Indeed, the numbers don't lie. Microsoft is a distant third behind Google and Yahoo, according to Comscore. In April, Microsoft's search had a market share tally of 10.3 percent, third behind Yahoo's 26.8 percent and...

Tags: Search, Microsoft, Life Without Google, Google

Blog posts 2007-06-08

Life without Google Day 1: The Ask experiment

Has Google become so ingrained in our lives that we can't live without it? There's only one way to find out: Stop using Google for a few weeks. While you can stop the Google you can't stop the Web searching. Hence my experiment to swear off Google and try other...

Tags: Yahoo, Web Technology, Search, Microsoft, Life Without Google, Google, General

Blog posts 2007-06-06

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"Turkey Day" tech support survival kit

Not bad, AdrianI agree about the Microsoft Security Essentials, as it is now my standard install. I typically find a nice performance improvement after removing whatever security suite they have and installing MSE.For scanners, I use Malwarebytes. It is small and easy to run, and finds and removes...

Tags: MSE, VIPRE, Defraggler

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

iPhone replacements

washed out row of pixelsI had a washed out row of pixels on my screen and they just gave me a brand new one. Took about 5 minutes, and when I hooked it up to iTunes, everything I had synced: contacts, songs, movies, text messages, alarm clocks, notes, etc. was...

Tags: Sales strategy, Smart phones, Sales force management, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, sales

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Chrome OS: More questions than answers?

And exactly why....would students be part of the target market or any other particular group for that matter?This is a silly post. Chrome will be lean, cloud based, local caching of data, some and growing off-line capabilities and probably grow in features/capabilities over time. It will NOT be everything to...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Outlook, Wi-Fi, operating system, Google Inc., Chrome, HTML5, Chrome OS

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Beware business cloud dangers, says EU agency

Spoken like someone without a clueBut then again, what can be expected from trolls anymore?Originality?Security & AccessGrant the LEAST amount of access for the end user.DENY then ALLOW, why would you open up Port 80 to the world if you only do business in the United States or local area...

Tags: agency, cloud provider, legality, data centre, security

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Apple's app approval revolt: Will it matter? Maybe

Once somebody matches the ease of the App store,Create a desktop application which makes it brain-dead simple to buy, install, arrange, and sync software and multimedia content with the Droid and it will take off like crazy. That's about the only thing the iPhone has over the Droid at this...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, developer

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Do former CEOs make better politicians than career diplomats?

Well, The Poll is Evidence of the ProblemAt this point, those who think CEOs would not make good politicians outnumber those who do. But the original question was a comparison; do former CEOs make better diplomats than career politicians? Too many people have still been brainwashed into thinking that politicians...

Tags: Professional development, career, career diplomat, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation

lol...and double lolwhoever thinks that windows 7 is any better than any previous disaster they created will be dispelled soon.Google will take over and leave MS in the dustGoogle is going to take over and leave the lethargic Windows in PC dust.loverock's mother herei must apologize for my 44 old...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Rupert Murdoch's Google taunts are a bid to unite publishers - content will be king

Rubert Murdoch, go away.He is an old man from the last century. Why doesn't he just retire rather than being a super ludite mucking up and fighting modern technology?And why does he seem to need the money that he will never be able to enjoy. It is very...

Tags: Google Inc., advertisement, Rupert Murdoch

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Who needs an Office app? Google Docs, Calendar & more all work on Nokia N900

I like the direction this is headingThose keys look awfully small compared to your thumbs (or maybe you have HUGE thumbs ;-) ).In any event, I like the look of the future. You need a foldable, netbook size BT keyboard the size of a cigarette pack, a little stand, all...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Google Inc., Nokia N900, Microsoft Office, Google Docs

Discussion threads 2009-11-14