Inside Google reports that Alexa.com has finally released a toolbar for Firefox.
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While searching Yahoo!, if you needed help in figuring out the exact query, then you’re requests have been granted. A feature that existed in the Yahoo! Toolbar in Firefox is now available on Yahoo! Search.
The Google Webmaster Central Blog has an indepth article on Using the Robots Meta tag to instruct Google and other search engines about your site.
With a change that is bound to effect millions of sites, all links on en.wikipedia.org articles will contain the rel=”nofollow”.
This was stated in an email from Brion Vibber to the Wikipedia mailing list.
rel=”nofollow” is used to tell search engines to not follow the link. This was an attempt to thwart link spam. However, this has [...]
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Polar Rose, a Swedish firm, plans to make it possible for users to search through photos of people online.
It relies on a combination of face recognition algorithms and the collective intelligence of users for the same.
Originally developed by CTO Jan Erik Solem, the software is unique in that it is able to extract 3D information [...]
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Snap today released Image Search.
Built similar to Snap Web Search, Snap Image Search provides you the results on the left with a large preview of the image on the right.
And if you haven’t yet done so, read how to add Snap Preview Anywhere to your website.
Google today launched Patent Search for US Patents.
Google Patent Search uses much of the same technology that powers Google Book Search, so you can scroll through pages and zoom in on text and illustrations, with plans to add saving and printing features in the near future.
Patent Search already includes seven million patents granted by United [...]
Received a tip from Anjali about a new web based service that they have released.
Titled FoundIt, it enables a user to get a birds eye-view of all of one’s local files; these include Word, powerpoint, images, web history, email, etc. One can then search within a certain file type or globally and by keywords or [...]
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Live Search’s Weblog today announced an application which brings local search, maps, driving directions, and live traffic information to your mobile phone.
You can browse through news, maps and Windows Live Spaces by visiting the search page from your mobile phone.
You can also access these features via SMS, very useful for those who don’t have GPRS [...]
Netvibes Blog announced this feature today.
You now have the option to filter your search results or search the web. Unlike the traditional search methods, the filter option just goes through all the content in all your tabs and displays which results match your search term.
The modules this can search in are:
Feeds
All Digital Life Assistants [...]
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