International Search Engines and Directories: Beyond Tourist Sights and Sites
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By Padilla, Cynthia  Finding good sites for international information is a challenge for many types of online research. In an increasingly global environment, the Web is not just for those with English as their mother tongue, nor is Google the only search engine.
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By Steve Lawson  GOOGLE are overhauling their search system so it returns results from news sites, blogs and video services instead of just from web pages.
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What's new in search? Found in the forums: Is SEO Necessary? Top Ten Search Factors 2007; Bringing SEM In-house; and more.
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Taking the pulse on hot topics and social media sites for SEO insight
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Ask.com enhances its search engine offerings.
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The search engine makes a deal with five libraries to scan and store their books online. Also: A judge rules Maryland's anti-spam law unconstitutional & hellip;.  Europeans join to make fourth most powerful megacomputer & hellip;. and more.
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Focus your search results automatically by including characters and words that put a finer point on your queries.
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Search junkies can be psyched for a cool site, but will some features backfire?
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Links to this week's topics from search engine forums across the web: SEO Thoughts on Google - Yahoo! Local Listings - New Program - User Reviews and Local Search Optimization - Data Providers: The Engine That Drives Local Search - Google Affiliates Update - Confessions of a White Hat Content Spammer: What I've Learned by Ignoring Google
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Huge databases that generate Web site content on the fly can be the bane of search engine spiders' existence. They can't find pages; they can't see URLs. So they can't index pages.
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New search tools include both people and discussion finders.
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Blog: A first look at Searchles: a new web app that seeks to combine social networking with web search functionalities.
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A recent ComScore study showed that in 2006 International usage of Google grew 13%, projecting it to the #2 spot in the Top Global Web Properties list, nudged between Microsoft and Yahoo, which each grew by 5%. The ranking were judged by Total Unique Visitors in 2006, not page views or usage, if so, we&#8217;d probably [...]
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Forget bookmarks: Web content managers allow you to create your own personal, searchable cache of web pages.
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Carsten Cumbrowski, a Search Engine Journal columnist, has developed a tool which some webmasters may find useful. It converts the .CSV files which can be downloaded from Google Webmaster Central into cleaner customized files which can be used with other tools and software. I met Carsten at Search Engine Strategies San Jose and learned that he [...]
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Attaching location data to images enables new ways to search photos, give slide shows or be a virtual tourist. For now, early adopters only need apply.Photos: A look at geotagging technology
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Also: The truth about shopping engines. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.