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Yahoo Launches MyWeb
Yahoo has launched a beta test of its MyWeb personalized search engine. You can get to it from the main Yahoo Search page. In the Yahoo Search blog Kevin Akira Lee describes MyWeb and what it can do:Specifically, My Web enables you to find the information relevant to you, save it, share it, add your own notes to it, and easily find it again, whether it's three days or three months later.
The idea is a simple one -- we provide a "Save" button on our search results, on the Yahoo! Toolbar (for both IE and Firefox), and, in the future, anywhere you might find useful info on the Web. When you hit the "Save" button, My Web grabs that page and makes a cached copy which is fully searchable. Anytime you need that page, all you need to do is search My Web.
Posted on April 29, 2005
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New Shopping Search Tools Debut
The Traders Trade Insider reports on two new shopping search tools. Become.com is a new search engine focusing on shopping that already indexes over 2 billion webpages. Become.com was developed by the founders of MySimon.com. Another shopping search called BrilliantShopper.com has launched in beta mode. The company says it has employed high-tech veterans from IBM, Disney, Ask Jeeves and KLA-Tencor. You can find a list of more shopping search tools here from SearchEngineWatch.com and search engines for specific stores can be found here on ShoppersShop.com.Posted on April 28, 2005
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Open Media Network Launches Beta
The Open Media Network (OMN) says it is a free public service network that will give users worldwide access to public television and radio programming, movies, podcasts and video blogs, while fully protecting the producers' copyrights. Open Media Network (OMN) was founded by Internet pioneer and Netscape veteran Mike Homer and includes Marc Andreessen as an advisor and board member. Blogspotting has more news about the OMN launch. This site follows recent launches of citizen journalism and user video websites like Google Video, Vimeo, NowPublic.com and OurMedia.org. There will probably be plenty more launching of these types of websites launching over the next six months as well.Posted on April 27, 2005
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User Submitted Video Website Launches
Vimeo is a new website that allows people to submit videos and then tag them. Micropersuasion.com reports that the service "is like Flickr and del.icio.us meets video." Numerous tags are already listed on the website. For example, the dance tag contains links related to dancing. The site will compete with the new Google Video service which allows amateurs to submit videos. So what does the Vimeo name mean? Vimeo's faq says, "It's video with me in it. It's movie out of order."Posted on April 26, 2005
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IncomingLinks.com Mantains a Directory of Directories
IncomingLinks.com is a new website that keeps a Directory of Directories. The site lists directories that welcome incoming links and provides information on how to submit your website to these directories. The website also offers some great promotional tips for webmasters. For web surfers the site provides a great collection of 590 niche directories.Posted on April 22, 2005
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Google Launches Search History Feature
Google has launched its new Search History Feature that allows users to keep track of all the searches they have made on Google. The search history feature keeps track of the keywords you have searched, what search results you have received as well as information about how frequently you use Google. For those concerned about privacy Google offers a privacy faq just for the search history feature. The privacy faq does say that even if you delete your search history the company "maintains a separate logs system for auditing purposes and to help us improve the quality of our services for users."Posted on April 21, 2005
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New Food Pyramids at MyPyramid.gov
The government has launched the MyPyramid.gov website to help explain the new food pyramids to U.S. citizens. Apparently, one food pyramid was not enough. The site says, "MyPyramid Plan can help you choose the foods and amounts that are right for you. For a quick estimate of what and how much you need to eat, enter your age, sex, and activity level in the MyPyramid Plan box." MyPyramid.gov offers color-coded food recommendations for grains, vegetables, fruits, milk, meat, beans and oils. Information about recommended levels of physical activity is also provided. A seperate website, MyPyramid Tracker, allows you to login and assess your food intake and physical activity levels.Posted on April 20, 2005
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BlueHereNow Launches Citizen News Portal
Blogging about Incredible Blogs has mentioned two new grassroots websites for citizen journalism: Ourmedia andNowPublic.com. We discussed OurMedia in this blog entry last month. NowPublic.com is an open source news website form BlueHereNow Technologies, Inc., a private Vancouver-based company. BlueHereNow describes the website as a place where bloggers can "convert their work into photo assignments, recruit local volunteers and even set budgets for material they would like to feature. The NowPublic community votes to prioritize assignments and filters real time coverage emerging from eyewitnesses and people close to the real story. Photographers can submit and circulate their work while safely managing their images using NowPublic's smart media format. Readers of NowPublic get a fresh look at events and can compare real time, breaking stories from the blogging community to coverage from other news media." There are already a number of news stories as well as a number of assignments posted to the website which is running in beta mode.Posted on April 18, 2005
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New Arts Portal Launches
A news portal for art professionals and art enthusiasts called Artsinfo.com has launched. The website is owned by art publishing company LTB Holdings. So far the website primarily offers art-related news and a newsletter, but much more is planned. In a recent article The Art Newspaper explains what will eventually be found on Artsinfo.com:The site, when fully operational later this year, will also have reviews, market trends and analysis, pre- and post-sale auction information, a worldwide directory of art venues with museum and gallery listings and inventory, and a global calendar of exhibitions, openings, and events at galleries, museums, and art fairs. As if that is not enough, it will also includes art travel information, book sales, job listings and even horoscopes. The art price database offers over four million prices, thanks to LTB's acquisition, last month, of the British-based Art Sales Index.
Posted on April 15, 2005
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HHS Launches Hospital Comparison Website
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Service has a new website called Hospital Compare. The government says the website will help you compare the quality of care hospitals provide. Hospital Compare was created through the efforts of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and organizations that represent hospitals, doctors, employers, accrediting organizations, other Federal agencies and the public.Posted on April 14, 2005
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Website Helps Moms Form Running Groups
SeeMommyRun.com is a free website that helps busy women find baby-friendly running or walking groups in their area. SeeMommyRun.com was started in 2004 in the D.C. metro area by Andrea Vincent. Vincent was an avid runner who ran with her husband before work through her eighth month of pregnancy. After giving birth, Vincent wanted to continue running, but she was new to the area. "I really wanted to find other moms to run with, but I didn't know a single mom in the area...Being a new mom is very isolating." A week after giving birth, Vincent launched the SeeMommyRun.com website which allows new moms to form their own running groups with other moms based on location and what days of the week they can run. The site has now expanded into other states including Florida, Texas, California, Arizona, Georgia, Colorado, Washington State and Oregon.Posted on April 13, 2005
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SchoolMatters Provides Data About Public Schools
SchoolMatters is a new public source for information and analysis of U.S. public schools. The site offers statistics for the entire state and local districts. Some of the statedata offered includes the state's spending on students, student performance by state and community demographics. Data for local school districts includes reading and math proficiency, number of students per teacher and enrollment figures based on racial/ethnic groups. The site also offers interactive comparison tools.Posted on April 12, 2005
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Tickle Launches Ringo Photo-Sharing Tool
Tickle Inc. has announced the launch of Ringo, which helps friends and family connect online. The utility offers secure address book and photo-sharing features that regularly updates friends, family and co-workers when an addition is made to their contact information or photos. Tickle Inc. also offers Tickle.com, a matchmaking and social networking service.Posted on April 11, 2005
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Google Adds Satellite Map Feature
Google has expanded its Google Maps service to include satellite images. People using the map search tool can now also zoom in on locations with satellite images from Keyhole Corp., a company Google acquired last year. News.com describes how the service works: "The new satellite feature allows consumers to get an aerial photo snapshot of the location for which they are searching. People can enter an address and click on the 'Satellite' link to view an area, zoom in or see neighboring locations by moving the cursor."Posted on April 8, 2005
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Search Engine Watch Award Winners Named
The winners of the 5th Annual Search Engine Watch Awards have been announced. The winners by category are as follows:Posted on April 7, 2005
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Sploid Offers Shocking Tabloid Headlines
A new weblog called Sploid has launched that is part blog, part tabloid new service. The blog links to various news stories around the Web but uses shocking tabloid-style headlines to describe the stories. The headlines are presented in a large, bold font. Sploid is being launched by Gawker Media, which also publishes other popular blogs like Gizmodo.com.Posted on April 6, 2005
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YagooHoogle.com
YahooHoogle.com is a new website that displays the results for both Yahoo and Google. The screen is split into two frames and Yahoo search results are show on the left and Google search results are shown on the right. Boing Boing first pointed out this new website.Posted on April 5, 2005
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ZoomInfo Compiles People Info
ZoomInfo is a new search engine that provides information about people. ZoomInfo gets informaton about people by extracting it from websites and online resources. The company also lets people enter and modify a personal profile. The website also offers fee-based services for corporations. Associated Press reports that some Internet privacy advocates are concerned. However, the company did tell the AP that it would let people delete their profiles. Currently, ZoomInfo says it offers 25,579,564 summaries of people on the Web.Posted on April 1, 2005
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