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Top 5 Visual Search Engines

Posted on 09. Jul, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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Visualizing search results can tread a fine line. A fragile line that separates usefulness and gratuitousness. To some degree, this judgement is subjective depending on the orientation of a user’s brain. The visual folks out there will be drawn to visually rich interfaces, and in this case, search results. Take a look and let me know what you [...]

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Usability Study suggests Bing topples Google?

Posted on 29. Jun, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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I’m sure everyone is aware of the titanic battle between Bing, Microsoft’s new search engine, and Google. But I doubt the pundits give Bing any hope of pushing Google off their long occupied and solitary pedestal. To get an idea of user preferences between the two search engine interfaces, Catalyst Group, a New York based usability research company [...]

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The Search Engine Decision

Posted on 17. Jun, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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It seems there has been a recent surge in search engines fighting for our attention. They all claim to serve information via their own unique approach. Google vs Bing vs Wolfram Alpha vs Hunch - You be the judge, which search engine is for you?

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Microsoft's New Search Engine, "Bing" is Rolling Out

Posted on 29. May, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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Microsoft’s new search engine called “Bing” is being rolled out on June 3. To be specific, Microsoft is referring to it as a “decision engine” because it’s supposedly built to enable informed decisions. The video below does a great job explaining how it works. Also, check it out at bing.com Their press release: Microsoft’s New Search [...]

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Wolfram Alpha: A computational knowledge engine

Posted on 21. May, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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Wolfram, the potential game changing computational knowledge engine, (not a search engine) recently went live. Why isn’t Wolfram a search engine? Well that’s because it takes your query and creates content from it, by outputting graphs, maps, tables, and information that you may not have directly requested. Wolfram relies on knowledge from official sources to do this. [...]

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A Google Documentary

Posted on 05. May, 2009 by Bradley Hebdon.

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An excellent documentary that reveals where Google has come from and where they’re headed, as well as their general philosophies and methodologies. We also get to see the faces, personalities, and egos behind the search engine. Whether you agree or disagree with Google’s approach to leveraging information, this is a must watch video.