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Mahalo, Squidoo etc
What is The Future of Human Powered Search? by Bernard Lunn, Read Write Web (Oct 8) Can general purpose human powered search engine succeed? Lunn looks mainly at Mahalo where people are paid for content, and Wikipedia which dominates the...

Another use for advanced search commands
How To Diagnose Your Site with Google Advanced Search by Ann Smarty, Search Engine Journal (Oct 7) Diagnose your own site and any other with these tips on using advanced commands of Google to look at most viewed pages, size...

Tips for webmail users
Being smart about Web mail, by Michael Horowitz, Cnet (Oct 8) Good tips for people who use web mail accounts such as GMail, Hotmail, Yahoo....

Google - more types of content in web results
Google Starts To Classify Content Types In Web Search by Matt McGee, Search Engine Land (Oct 9) Search Engine Land notes -- "two recent changes suggest that Google is improving its ability to classify different types of content that’s gathered...

Yahoo BOSS for Academics
Academics sink teeth into Yahoo search service by Stephen Shankland, Webware (Oct 10) "... Yahoo, is trying to give a little more power back to the professors and grad students through a program called BOSS (Build Your Own Search Service)....

At Risk
11 troubled Web companies: The next Kozmos? by Rafe Needleman,Webware (Oct 10) "Here, in no particular order, are 11 online services companies that could face a similar fate. Several of them are 2008 Webware 100 winners. Like I said, popularity...

Ubiquity carries significant risk
With 'Ubiquity,' Mozilla chooses functionality over securityby Chris Soghoian, Webware (Oct 9) Ubiquity is a new add-on for Firefox that gives the users many direct commands they can use when browsing, but, it seems, at significant risk of leaving the...

Mapquest adds local info
MapQuest taps Yelp info for local push by Stephen Shankland, Webware (OCt 9) "MapQuest will begin showing business reviews from start-up Yelp on Thursday, part of a plan to expand from just a mapping site into a go-to hub of...

Geode knows where you are
Firefox Geode: Web sites know where you areby Stephen Shankland, Webware (Oct 7) "... Mozilla Labs released a Firefox plug-in Tuesday called Geode that lets Web sites figure out a person's approximate geographic location and use it in online services--as...

Opera 9.6
Opera 9.6 focuses on neglected features by Seth Rosenblatt, Webware (Oct 8) "E-mail and RSS feed improvements top the list of changes for Opera 9.60, moved out of beta today for Windows and Mac. As noted when the 9.60 beta...

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