Web Leaders Seek More Searchable Government
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These days you can Google just about anything, from your favorite celebrity's pet to your boss's middle name. But using the biggest search engine to get information about the government often falls short.
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The search engine is good for more than just scouring the Web. It's also a powerful tool for the shadier side of online data collection.
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One of the major issues plaguing search engines right now is the growing list of web documents available online. While no exact numbers are available, there are billions of search results to sort through. But, they can&#8217;t all be relevant both on material content and time &#8212; can they?  Of course they&#8217;re not, and Google [...]
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The web will be more interactive and will use tools to mine its vast pool of data, say experts.
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A new project called Digital Universe aims to make information on the Web better organized and more authoritative
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People search that connects users to chat to find answers.
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Ask.com is the newest search engine to dish up new features.
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With the campaign jabber of the 2008 elections already getting loud, an organization that promotes transparency in politics hopes one slice of the Web can promote reasonable, intelligent debate about issues.
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Eric Schmidt, the chairman and chief executive of the world's largest search engine, needs to update his profile on company Web site.
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A new tool aimed at circumventing Internet filters used by some governments was released Friday, offering hopes for freer access to information for activists, journalists and others.
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The portal's lapse tells a lot about the state of Web search privacy
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While the Internet's major search engines keep adding more computers to scan the Web and run increasingly sophisticated algorithms to pull up meaningful results, dot-com luminary Jason Calacanis thinks there's still a place for people power.
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Dozens of the political action committee's subscriber pages exposed by simple Google search.
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Governmental sites need to be revamped so people can find what they need, experts tell a Congressional committee.
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Internet search providers are reacting to users' rising interest in finding video content on the Web, while acknowledging that there are steep challenges that need to be overcome.
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For U.S. rule-watchers who live in the digital world, the new searchable online version of the Bush administration's semi-annual regulatory agenda is an early holiday gift. For those who like to scoff at 1,500-page lists of documents, it's cause for Scrooge-like complaints.
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With Google Desktop Search, users can sift through their e-mail, files, Web history and chats to find information in the same way they search the Internet.