Archive for October, 2004

Satisfied Google Desktop Search User

posted by Pole Position Marketing Team on Sunday, October 17th, 2004

Hey, you’re new. We like you already! You obviously have great taste! If you like what you read here you’ll probably want to subscribe to our RSS feed (or the audio RSS feed). Stick around and be sure to speak up and post a comment or two! I am also using the Google Desktop Search […]

Desktop Search Goes Google

posted by Stoney deGeyter on Friday, October 15th, 2004

Those of you who know me know that I’m very leery about downloading software, tools or programs onto my computer. I simply hate the clutter that is created by installing new programs, not to mention slowing down computer performance as well as the possibility of causing windows to crash more often. However, after reading about […]

Google Personalized Search

posted by Pole Position Marketing Team on Monday, October 11th, 2004

Google has rolled out their Personalized Web Search service which allows you to build a custom profile and then have your search results biased according to your profile. By manipulating a slider control at the top of the results page, you can change the level of personalization used and watch your search results […]

PR Update

posted by Stoney deGeyter on Friday, October 8th, 2004

Reports of a PR update are spreading like wildfire. After 4 long months of no PR bar update this is a welcome bit of news. I did some looking through PPW and found that several newsletters which had yet to receive PR since going online months ago now have, so it does appear that PR […]

MSN 2nd Preview

posted by Stoney deGeyter on Friday, October 8th, 2004

Check it out while you can.

Snap is back!

posted by Stoney deGeyter on Friday, October 8th, 2004

For those who have been in the search game long enough you might remember the snap.com search engine. If I remember correctly it was even run by NBC for a while before going defunct. Snap.com was recently re-launched in beta this week and they are trying to stir the search pot to lead the industry […]

Block Level Technology Update!

posted by Pole Position Marketing Team on Thursday, October 7th, 2004

According to a recent TRN article, a joint research effort by Microsoft Research Asia and the University of Chicago has produced a system for block level web page analysis (which analyzes and indexes web pages according to spatial blocks and is supposed to be a very accurate method of determining the specific themes or subjects […]