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27.1 mln users do local searches

While local listings were the leading search objective in terms of users, (27.1 mln data users searched for local listings in Q3 2007), 14.8 mln said they searched for information such as sports scores, news or weather, while nearly a quarter (11.3 mln) said they searched for mobile content, according...

Tags: Local Search, Search, NB

Blog posts 2008-02-08

Yell.com Toolbar (xpi)

Yell.com search Toolbar. The UK's local search engine - search for UK businesses. Version 2.1 includes unspecified updates.

Tags: Toolbar, U.K., Local Search, Paul Smith, Search

Software downloads 2008-01-22

Dynamic Load Balancing in WDM Networks

This paper new load balancing techniques are proposed based on IP-like routing, where the forwarding mechanism is only driven by the destination address. The aim of this work is to consider the applicability of this approach in the context of optical networks. The proposed algorithm (RSNE - Reverse Subtree Neighborhood...

Tags: Technique, University Of Trento, Load Balancing, WDM, Local Search, Productivity, Search

White papers 2008-01-01

Images: EveryScape offers 3D map views

The local search site lets you navigate through cities, ski down mountains, and check out the insides of local hotspots. by CNET News.com

Tags: 3D, Local Search, Search, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2007-10-28

Google Local Search: $31 billion risky business

Last month I underscored the local advertising opportunity is currently wide open, putting forth “Google: $31 billion local dilemma”: High-profile, venture capital backed, locally-focused, online start-ups that launched with much fanfare and support are in critical condition—Judy’s Book, Backfence, InsiderPages—, unable to gain sufficient traction within local communities or...

Tags: Search Advertising, Metrics, ROI, Google Software Applications, ecommerce, Amateur Content, Venture Capital, VC, Google, Yellow Pages, Search, Local

Blog posts 2007-02-23

Google Local at Google.com

Google is keen on the $31 billion local advertising opportunity, as I discuss in ““Google: $31 billion local winner?” Most Google searches for local businesses are initiated at the general search box at Google.com, despite Google’s best efforts to drive users to start their local searches at Google Maps....

Tags: SEARCH, Google Local, Google Inc., local listing, local search, local business

Blog posts 2007-01-29

FileMonkey (exe)

The FileMonkey file operations package automates common file management tasks. Main features include perform search and replace on multiple file contents, names or folder names using wildcards such as asterisk. Rename files or folders to match a sequence or crop names. Copy or move files. Split, join, or merge. Change...

Tags: Folder, Local Search, Search

Software downloads 2006-12-20

Ask.com's Trojan Horse--AskCity

Ask.com isn’t suffering from an inferiority complex, despite being fourth in the search engine rankings. Company CEO Jim Lanzone told me that he expects to reach double digit growth for his search engine, which currently is less than 6 percent according to various measurement services. He pointed to the fact...

Tags: AskCity, Jim Lanzone, Search, Web Technology, Personal Technology, General

Blog posts 2006-12-03

Local Search (Local_Search)

Find what you looking for: from parking near the big game to that little restauraunt in Italy. First, enter "what" your looking for. Second, enter "where" you'd like to find it. Hit the search button and you'll be taken to a map that shows your results.

Tags: Local Search, FreshLogicStudios, Search, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-05-10

Magic Map (North America Edition) (exe)

Magic Map helps you locate your targets quickly by phone numbers, street addresses, or zip numbers. You can try to find anything you like around any neighborhood using the new local search feature. Flexible personal marker sets can help you create customized views with your own information on the map...

Tags: Phone, Local Search, North America, Search

Software downloads 2006-04-11

Performance and Cost Tradeoffs in Web Search

Web search engines crawl the web to fetch the data that they index. This paper re-examines that need, and evaluate the network costs associated with data acquisition, and alternative ways in which a search service might be supported. Based upon an analysis of the Research Finder system it introduces a...

Tags: Web, Performance, Australian Computer Society, Internet Search, Local Search, Search

White papers

Additional Resources

Smart fabrics and interactive textiles

The European market for smart fabrics and interactive textiles SFIT represents about 300 million euro today and is growing at a yearly rate of about 20%. These smart textiles are used in 'clothes that monitor your heart, measure the chemical composition of your body fluids or keep track of you...

Tags: Textiles, Vertical Industries, Monitors & Displays, Benefits, Healthcare, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Components, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille, Sensor, Information And Communication Technology, SFIT

Blog posts 2008-10-15

Workout for brain just a few clicks away

Researchers at UCLA studied people doing Web searches and found that it sharpened the memories of middle-aged and older people. CHICAGO--Searching the Internet may help middle-aged and older adults keep their memories sharp, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. Researchers at the University of California...

Tags: Brain, Internet Search, Internet, Search, Reuters, research, search, brain

News items 2008-10-15

Google blocking Chrome from some countries

Google tends to comply with the governments of countries like China who want to prohibit some search results from being shown to their citizens -- it's a bit of a touchy subject, but that is the choice Google has made, and for now, that's how it's going to be. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-10-14

The University of iTunes

The ability, or rather art, of being able to be in bed, pyjamas on (or off, if that's your style), mug of tea in your hand, cuddled up all warm and snug, whilst being able to listen to their adoring lecturers waffle on in class about particle physics or some...

Tags: University, Apple iTunes, Lecture, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Keeping the dream alive - bootstrap your way out of the death spiral

Jennifer Leggio is on the road. Guest editorial by Ryan Kuder I was very publicly laid off from Yahoo! back in February. It's a gut-wrenching experience for anyone who has gone through it. At the time, my choices were to get a new...

Tags: Dream, Network, Yahoo! Inc., Start-up, Jennifer Leggio, Ryan Kuder, VC, Angels, Networking

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Yahoo, Google, DOJ play let's make a deal; Google could walk

Google and Yahoo are talking to the Department of Justice about heading off an antitrust suit over the companies' search advertising deal. According to the Wall Street Journal, Google and Yahoo are offering up concessions to the Department of Justice to push their deal through. For Google,...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Search, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Google will appeal German copyright decision

In a decision that directly conflicts with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' interpretation (Perfect10 v. Google, PDF), a German court has ruled that Google's display of a thumbnail image of a photographer's work violates his copyright. "It doesn't matter that thumbnails are much smaller...

Tags: Google Inc., Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-14

10 mistakes to avoid when seeking a new job

Sometimes, all it takes is a small mistake or oversight to turn off a potential employer. Calvin Sun offers this list of job-search gaffes that could torpedo your chances of getting hired.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.

Tags: Job, Mistake, Calvin Sun, Blogging, Recruitment & Selection, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Download resources 2008-10-14

Egnyte: using and sustaining Enterprise 2.0

Egnyte, in a nutshell, is a software as a service, cloud storage application. But it's a lot more than just that. It feels like your online home of files, storage and where you put your valuables. Egnyte started out because the small business, which is...

Tags: Apple iPhone, On-demand, Server, Enterprise 2.0, Egnyte, Backup Facility, Storage, Backups, Hardware, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-13