mostly research stuff
“I got a girl and she wants a lot of love….That’s the kind of trouble I need plenty of….We’ll kiss all night, I’ll squeeze her tight…But we’re kissin’ cousins ‘n that’ll make it all right” - Elvis Presley
…ever wonder precisely where feeds into aggregate-results-driven search engines come from?… and try to separate the varlets from their masters? …ever stop to consider how specific search engines simply cull data, comb other search engines and regurgitate it all as a new meal, like animals?…here’s a wake up call: search engines are to each other as kevin bacon is to hollywood…i recently checked out bruce clay’s search engine relationship chart to soak up some easy to digest info…definitely worth a visit…if you’ve never heard of bruce clay, he’s this guy in ca who has become a soi-disant search engine optimization guru…
…what you do here is load the image map, and then simply mouse over the search engine or directory resource of interest (e.g. dmoz, or one of the 15 others) and you’ll see four possible relationships emerge, as indicated by colored arrows (sorry b&w monitor users and color blind folks ;)…each resource either supplies primary or secondary search results, and additionally, each resource might be providing directory driven results (e.g. from dmoz) or results via paid inclusion (pretty much everything else)…like a search engine mazzaroth (but 16, not 12 ;)
this is a great way to stay on top of the data network behind your regular results….oh, btw, tool number 2 from bruce: his new search engine hub, which kinda kicks ass…it’s a very, very simple text/query entry box surrounded by logos for 16 different major search engines and directories - just enter your query and click the engine…beats the hell out of installing yet another toolbar…
this blog is mostly safe for work, though i sometimes throw around a 'fuck' or two. you'll find a bunch of my articles from CI Magazine, SCIP online, other research pieces and some other crap. enjoy. there's lost of content here related to getting information about, around, from and through people and organizations...
anon y'moso
August 20th, 2004 at 2:25 pm
that is some very cool shit!
Dave
August 23rd, 2004 at 10:03 pm
now i can’t remember where i read it, BUT, the stat was that via search engine licensing, 95 percent of all search results viewed by internet users come from either google or yahoo. that seriously sucks.
go nutch! go nutch! (www.nutch.org)
ANNONOYMS
December 14th, 2004 at 9:37 pm
I like my cousin alot!
Sir Seek Search Engine
August 12th, 2005 at 11:24 am
Seems like its just a few major search engines that run the show…