Does Google Use WhoIs Information?
Lengthy post from Graywolf in answer to the question “Does Google use whois information“? The short answer? Probably. Just a little. The long answer? Follow the link above. In summary, Google possibly use whois data for: a site under a manual review checking on domains that are close to expiring cross-matching whois data corresponding phone number and physical address Only …
Search Pulse Radio Show
Barry is starting a new search-related podcast called “The Search Pulse Live”. The show will “air” starting this Tuesday, on September 5th at 5PM (EST). Look out for it on Webmaster Radio. Other popular search-related webcasts include: SEO Rockstars Rainmaker The Daily SearchCast Strike Point Power Source Click This! Net Income I wish there was a way to quickly scan …
Optimizing For Google Classes – $30
Google’s Search Evangelist, Adam Lasnik, is offering courses: Class Title: Optimizing Your Websites for Google Search Instructor: Adam Lasnik, Google, Inc. Date/Time: September 18, 2006 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Place: Catholic University Fee: $30 Bargain if you live nearby. Possibly only open to government employees. Thx WMW.
Shifts in Search Engine Development
Here’s quite a good (short) paper on the past, present and future trends in research on search engines. It is entitled, helpfully enough, as “Shifts in Search Engine Development: A Review of Past, Present and Future Trends in Research on Search Engines“. This paper was written in 2004, and provides an easy-to-follow overview of search engine technology. Of interest to …
Nested Search Rankings – MSN Patent
Bill spots another patent, this time from MSN. The summary: “Take a search query, and grab 100.000 relevant pages in response to it. Take those 100,000 results, and rerank and sort them looking at some other factors. Then pull the top 1000 of those, and shuffle their order based upon other features from them. Take the top 500 and rerank …
How To Avoid Being Stomped By Google
Interview with Paul Graham, partner at Y Combinator, a Mountain View firm that invests in very early tech startups. Interesting search-realted snippets: “I wouldn’t advise competing with Google in things they’re good at. So what is Google good at? As a first approximation, making things their own developers use at work. So they’ll do a better job on an online …
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