Stephen E. Arnold: Search is a Lost Cause — And Big Data Is Incapable of “Social Reflection”
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Stephen E. Arnold: Goldman Sachs Web Conference Leaves Out Search Vendors
Goldman Sachs Web Conference Leaves Out Search Vendors What tech companies does the financial sector think are on top right now? TechCrunch discussed invitees ahead of the recent Goldman Sachs Private Internet Company Conference in Las Vegas in, “Here Are the Hottest Companies in Tech Right Now, According to Goldman Sachs.” Reporter Colleen Taylor reproduces …
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Stephen E. Arnold: Exploratory Search Trends Debated
Exploratory Search Trends Debated An article titled The Changing Face of Exploratory Search on Linkedin presents the current trends in search. Exploratory search is distinct from navigational search, the latter searcher-type knows what she is expecting to get in terms of results. An exploratory searcher might know the search criteria but not how many results …
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Stephen E. Arnold: Big Search Failures
Google Can’t Shake Foundem, “Abuse of Dominance” Charges Still Loom Search Innovations: Revisiting the Past Yahoo and Search: Innovation or PR?
Stephen E. Arnold: RadioSearch Engine Updated by the Minute
Never Forget a Radio Station Again Last Christmas I was ready to annihilate my regular radio stations, because they kept playing the same carol mix over and over again. There was not one new song introduced within a twenty-four hour period. Looking for some relief, I surfed the FM waves in hopes of finding a …
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Stephen J. Arnold: NSA Drives Many to Private Search – Phi Beta Iota: Lacking Code Level Integrity, Privacy is Not an Option
Users Seek Private Search Options After NSA Revelations This is certainly no surprise. CSO reveals, “People Flock to Anonymizing Services After NSA Snooping Reports.” Writer Grant Gross highlights several anonymous search services that have seen usage soar since certain NSA practices have come to light. DuckDuckGo is on the list, as well as Tor and …
Stephen E. Arnold: Google Banner Ads Displace Search Results
Google Banner Ads Take Over Results Pages Google is always striving to improve their flagship search engine. Well, improve its profitability, anyway. Ars Technica reports that “New Banner Ads Push Actual Google Results to Bottom 12% of the Screen.” These new adds do not unobtrusively hug the top of the page; for thirty companies lucky …
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