by Ron Miller

Consumer search engines display burst of innovation

In a surprising display of simultaneous innovation, the three major search engines announced some significant changes this month.

Read my full commentary on FierceContentManagement.

Facebook Should Stay Out of Web Search

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Facebook's current search tool is awful. Instead of trying to conquer web search, it would be better off making it easier to find your friends and content you have previously posted -- and leave web search to Google.

Read my full commentary on FierceContentManagement.

Search is the key to everything

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Whether it's Spotify, Twitter, Netflix or your enterprise; you need good search tools to find the content you are looking for (and they seem to be lacking, don't they?).

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IBM Hops on the Big Data Analysis Band Wagon

As businesses are forced to process more and more data, it's becoming more of a curse than a blessing, and that's why finding ways to make sense of that data is becoming big business.

Read my full commentary on the NESS SPL Blog.

With Zagat Purchase, Google Faces Identity Crisis

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Google's purchase of Zagat thrusts it firmly into content production, but it's going to be difficult for the company to sell content and deliver unbiased search results.

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No Escaping Google's Search Dominance

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It's common to hear about Bing challenging Google in the US, but in reality it has a minor share of the search market. As content producers, we are beholden to Google whether we like it or not.

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Semantic search could be further away than it seems

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Watching Watson on Jeopardy, it's easy to think we've made a huge leap, but most companies don't have millions to spend on their on search engines and mainstream Semantic Search still has a ways to go.

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Sites that scam Google could be hazardous to your placement - FierceCM

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Google recognizes that scammers, spammers and keyword con artists are out there, but for every site that scams its way to the top of the results, the more your site could be pushed out.

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Google's Search Rankings Questioned - Internet Evolution

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I'm no lawyer, but if Google is favoring its own content over others, given its total dominance in Web search, that constitutes unfair business practice in my view.

Is Google a content company or a search engine? Time to decide.

Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.

Another Stupid Google Trick: Narrowing Results by Date

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How many times have you entered a search in Google, only to find the first few results are several years old and you want the latest news.

By going into Advanced Search, you can narrow the results to a specific time period. Unfortunately, Google only lets you choose the time periods they've defined for you, but it can be helpful to narrow a list of search results to something more relevant.

Follow these steps:

1. Enter your query.
2. Click the Advanced Search link below the query entry box. The Advanced Search page opens.
3. Click Date, Usage Rights, Numeric Range and More. 
4. Click the Date drop-down and make a selection.
5. Click the Advanced Search button, and you should get results that only have date within the chosen time period.