Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Search till u drop


DYK:About these search engines

1.
a9.com is a subsidary of amazon
USP is the optional "all-in-one" search. For google users, this means, u can search Web,Images, books all at the same time.
What caught my attention was this line "Search results enhanced by Google. Results also provided by a9.com and Alexa."displayed at the bottom of the search results page. I was trying to figure out what they meant,when I stumbled upon this:
http://www.stung.co.uk/search-engine-relationships.html.
http://www.bruceclay.com/searchenginerelationshipchart.htm
2.
previewseek
They claim to be "the world's most advanced artifical intelligence based search engine launched to the world on August 1st, 2005". In comparison to Google or a9, what I liked the most about the search experience was the absence of sponsored links in the search results(Duh! its still Beta). I find these links extremely annoying!

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Nick of Time


While I was riding back home, my thoughts came back to my previous post. Thats when I remembered something interesting I had read a few days back..

DYK: It would be impossible to understand life in all its hugeness and complexity if one is constantly consulting a minute counter- Ricardo Semler

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Whatz with these numberz


DYK: The uncanny timing of my previous blogs...

I want to break the jinx with this blog.

Lack of...

.... motivation
.... content
.... time to sit down to do any one activity for more than 15 mins

and the list for WHY I DIDNT BLOG FOR 13 DAYS could go on.... But whatever the excuses, I may not blog frequently..

DYK: I like to read a lot of blogs rather than fill this space. So here's the first one I recommend.
Rich Burridge : I read his blog in the first browser window I open every morning :)

Thursday, December 01, 2005

Vous avez su...

DYK : Vous avez su = Did you know - in french