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Social network meets search engine at Delver

Posted: July 15th, 2008, 3:11pm CEST

Tags: Local Search

An interesting symantic search application is now available at Delver. I just set my profile and started building my search network.. so for it looks quite clever albeit rather slow! The concept of...

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Topix.net

Google click fraud

Posted: July 8th, 2008, 9:00am CEST

Tags: Search Engines

Many web site owners are getting their Google Adsense account terminated when they have done nothing wrong to deserve the punishment.
PhotoTiles 1.0

Posted: July 7th, 2008, 2:22pm CEST

Tags: Search Engines

Precipitate from Google Code lets you search for and launch "cloud data" from within Spotlight or Google Desktop, currently with support for Google Bookmarks and Google Docs.
MapsAlive Incorporates Video Into Interactive Maps

Posted: June 18th, 2008, 4:52am CEST

Tags: Search Engines

AvantLogic, developers of MapsAlive , the premier interactive map and floor plan application, today announced the ability to include video in interactive map tours created with its popular web application.
Website Revolutionizes Rental Market

Posted: June 12th, 2008, 7:57pm CEST

Tags: Search Engines

A website service that offers a centralized market for apartment and housing rentals is open for business.

All Points Blog

Biggest Day in Cell Phone Nav use? Day before Mother's Day

Posted: June 3rd, 2008, 1:00pm CEST

Tags: Local Search

That's the word from Networks in Motion, which measured close to five million navigation requests. Besides directions people searched for florists and restaurants.

- TWICE

Topix.net

GIS Planning, Inc. Integrates Browser-Based Google Earth into its Services at Google I/O

Posted: May 30th, 2008, 8:56pm CEST

Tags: Search Engines

As soon as Google announced the availability of browser-based Google Earth functionality, GIS Planning, Inc.'s development team jumped on the opportunity to integrate the popular application into their existing ...
A good VoIP application is worth paying for

Posted: May 29th, 2008, 1:58pm CEST

Tags: Search Engines

You only need to type "voice over IP security" into Google and find the millions of results to realise the depth of the fear.
Google to Discuss OpenSocial API, Other Topics at Developer Conference

Posted: May 27th, 2008, 5:23pm CEST

Tags: Search Engines

Google is demoing new products and services, including Google App Engine and OpenSocial this week at the Google I/O Developer Conference in San Francisco.
Quote of the Week

Posted: May 15th, 2008, 3:45pm CEST

Tags: Search Engines

"Google Maps is evolving from a driving directions and business search tool, to a comprehensive representation of all the world's information, on a map." - An unnamed Google employee quoted on the Google ...
Marchex Goes Mobile

Posted: May 1st, 2008, 12:35pm CEST

Tags: Local Search

Marchex, Inc. , a local online advertising company and leading publisher of local content, today announced that it has extended its local advertising strategy to the mobile market, entering into agreements to ...
Urban Mapping Launches Geotargeting Platform and Publisher Solution for Local Search

Posted: April 22nd, 2008, 5:15pm CEST

Tags: Search Engines

Urban Mapping, Inc., the leading provider of location-rich content for interactive applications, today announced general availability of GeoMods, a geotargeting technology platform and publisher solution ...
Urban Mapping Launches Geotargeting Platform and Publisher Solution for Local Search

Posted: April 17th, 2008, 8:13pm CEST

Tags: Search Engines

The Urban Mapping GeoMods Solution Can Help Search Marketers Substantially Increase the Effectiveness of Locally Targeted Online Advertising SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban Mapping, Inc., the ...

AnyGeo - Anything Geospatial

Local Search + maps GenieKnows Local - a decent start!

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 7:39pm CET

Tags: Local Search

I just received a heads-up from the developers of a new local search resource - one heavily focused on mapping - GenieKnows Local. At first glance it offers up a similar functionality to Google Maps...

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Mapperz - The Mapping News Blog

MetaCarta - GeoSearch News

Posted: March 25th, 2008, 1:22pm CET

Tags: Search

MetaCarta Launches New Web Site that Collects Local News from Around the World and Visually Displays it on a Map Geographical Search News: [geosearch.metacarta.com] GeoSearch News lets users...

Map and GIS News finding blog. With so many Maps and GIS sites online now it is hard to find the good from the not so good. This blog tries to cut the cream and provide you with the newest, fastest, cleanest and most user friendly maps that are available online. News has location and it is mapped.

All Points Blog

The Ultimate News Search Map

Posted: March 24th, 2008, 1:09pm CET

Tags: Local Search

It took a while to get here and many news sites and hackers have put together lesser implementations along the way, but Geosearch News is finally here.

MetaCarta's "demo" provides what may be the best geographic search tool for the largest changing digital data database of unstructured content on the planet. The site offers search by content and geography. And while at the smallest scales just AP and Reuters stories are offered, as you "zoom in" (either via map or keying in geography) more and more sources' stories appear on the map (some 1400 at last count). And, remember this is MetaCarta's "smart" geospatial searching, so it relies on extracting location information outside the first sentence and distinguishing Paris, France from Paris, Texas. It also know about "points of interest." That means each story can be "located" in more than one place. It also means that stories seemingly in unrelated geographies may pop up in a search.

I searched on my city, outside Boston and "run" hoping to find stories on running races in the last 24 hours. (You can set time parameters for up to month into the past.) I found a story from the Asbury Park Press (AP) about "State Police chief goes to Harvard." Why? The keyword "place" is noted as Kennedy School of Government as noted in this sentence: "The head of the New Jersey State Police, Col. Rick Fuentes, was among a select group of law enforcement professionals chosen for the Kennedy School of Government's Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety, a three-year working group that started this year." And, this sentence has the word "run": "Any time you run a major institution like the State Police, there is no question you have problems and concerns," Milgram said. "I hope Col. Fuentes and I will be measured against how we respond to those problems and concerns." In short, you need to be a good searcher to get what you want. But, that's true of any sort of search.

The source of each story is noted in the list of articles returned from a search. But sometimes those sources are quite cryptic such as "feeds.feedburner.com." I had to click through to the story to learn the source. Another challenge, be careful about searching too far back in time; some articles are "no longer available."One more challenge: there's limited help available - just an FAQ.

Still, there are some goodies hidden within! If you stay at the small scale and click on AP and Reuters articles, the full text appears in a new tab, in the app. And, there's a bonus with the AP/Reuters stories: every location in the article is put on a summary map called "Places in this Article" below which other stories from those wire services for those geographies appear. MetaCarta has a formal relationship with these wire services. Article from other sources, with which MetaCarta does not have such relationships, such as the New Jersey paper above, open in a new browser window without those goodies.

The app uses Google Maps as a front end, but any renderer could be used. Last time I saw it, it used Virtual Earth.

MetaCarta offers GeoSearch News to show off its technology and perhaps, to become the center of news searches. This is a quite powerful app, with lots of sources. Still, it takes some time to master.
Getting on the Map Without an Address

Posted: February 19th, 2008, 3:39pm CET

Tags: Local Search

Chris Silver Smith in the Locals Only column at Search Engine Land takes on the question: How do you get your business in Google Maps if you don't have a physical address? Who has that sort of problem? Contractors who work out of their trucks - painters, roofers, etc. - who live somewhere but cover a territory elsewhere and who many not want their home addresses listed. The short answer from Michael Jones: get a PO box.

Perhaps the next iteration of local search will be geared more to business territories. Pizza places can geographically draw where they deliver or painters can determine their range, etc.?

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17 items tagged "Search"

Posted: July 15th, 2008, 3:11pm CEST

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Posted: July 8th, 2008, 9:00am CEST

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Posted: July 7th, 2008, 2:22pm CEST

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Posted: June 18th, 2008, 4:52am CEST

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Posted: June 12th, 2008, 7:57pm CEST

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Posted: June 3rd, 2008, 1:00pm CEST

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Posted: May 30th, 2008, 8:56pm CEST

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Posted: May 29th, 2008, 1:58pm CEST

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Posted: May 27th, 2008, 5:23pm CEST

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Posted: May 15th, 2008, 3:45pm CEST

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Posted: May 1st, 2008, 12:35pm CEST

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Posted: April 22nd, 2008, 5:15pm CEST

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Posted: April 17th, 2008, 8:13pm CEST

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Posted: March 25th, 2008, 7:39pm CET

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Posted: March 25th, 2008, 1:22pm CET

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Posted: March 24th, 2008, 1:09pm CET

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Posted: February 19th, 2008, 3:39pm CET

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