Winning elections on-line

14Sep08

The US elections are continuing to demonstrate how the internet is playing an increasingly important role in engaging with voters. Research in the US has shown that 7% of on-line searchers may change their votes. In a close election what political parties do on-line could make the difference between winning and losing.
Democrat Barrack Obama has [...]

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Unleashing the power of wikipedia

04Aug08

Powerset is a powerful search engine for Wikipedia. Once used I would argue that you will never want to go back to the in-site search on the Wikipedia site again.
This is how Powerset describes itself and what it does:
‘Powerset’s goal is to change the way people interact with technology by enabling computers to understand our [...]

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Tags: flock, google, powerset, search engine, web 2.0, wiki, wikipedia, windows live search

Creating a site map for Google

30Jul08

With more and more people finding sites through search engines it is essential that your site is search engine friendly. One way you can improve your ‘relationship’ with search engines is the creation of a Google sitemap.
Google sitemaps help Google to crawl your site, telling it where all your interesting content is, which done properly [...]

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Tags: google, seo, sitemaps, webmaster tools

The Cuil new search engine… but how Cuil is it?

29Jul08

I noticed a large number of ‘Tweets‘ from my Twitter feed about a new search engine called ‘Cuil’ which has been created by former employees of Google, and for some a possible threat to Google’s dominance. The Google association has without doubt helped feed the publicity for what otherwise could have just [...]

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Tags: browsers, cuil, google, msn, safari, search engines, seo, yahoo

Google asks are you in the Knol

24Jul08

Google have launched Knol, trumpted as a potential threat to Wikipedia, though for me more another source of information (as part of an information mix) and opportunity for individuals and organisations to demonstrate and share their knowledge and specialities.
For companies, organisations and individuals, Knol offers a huge opportunity. A chance for them to show that they [...]

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Tags: google, knol, knowledge, social media, web 2.0, wikipedia