Web Search--AllTheWeb Cleaner, Easier To Read Interface/Search Result Pages Debut at AllTheWeb.Com
A new color scheme and layout makes for a much 'cleaner' design. Tabs provide rapid access to 6 databases (Web Pages, News, Pictures, Videos, MP3 Files, and FTP Files). You can also use the tabs to move between "advanced interfaces". A web search results page includes, "Fast Topics" (results organized into folders), and "Narrow Your Search" (suggested terms/phrases to help focus a broad search). Links to materials from the other 5 ATW databases might also appear on the results page. AllTheWeb's Jami Alexrod tells us, "This design is the first phase in a broader redesign of ATW. We are currently conducting usability studies on various designs and learning about which features are used and not used." She also let's us know that other new features that, "highlight FAST's search technology" are on the way. A formal relaunch for "sometime" this summer is being planned. It's great to see ATW continuing to develop this useful search tool. More details as they become available. See Also: Search Engine Showdown For More Info About The
Redesign and News About FAST Search & Transfer's (AllTheWeb's Parent Company) It's First Quarterly Net Profit.
(Update 5/8 10:00PM EDST) Although Google hasn't gotten back to me with a comment about the problem, they seem to have corrected the following filter issue. Web Search--Google From the Filtering Doesn't Always Work File
I was testing the Google "SafeSearch" feature recently and noticed an entry point into material that appears to bypass the filter. After setting the SafeSearch to "strict filtering", I ran a search on the term "adult". The "web pages" appeared to have the filtering in place but a click on the "directory" tab provided me with a link to the "mature content" category in the Google/Open Web Directory. Clicking on this link provides full acess to the directory. After just a few more minutes of testing I found many other single term searches that produced the same link.
sex
video tapes
adult dvd
thumbnail
searching
image galleries
gallery
brunettes
older
Magazines--Lists & Rankings
Source: Library Journal Best New Magazines of 2001
Michael Colford, LJ's magazine columnist, makes his picks. A link to each magazines web site is provided.
Online Industry--Hoover's Fee-Based Databases Hoover's Expands Biographies And Advanced Search Tool On Hoover's Online
New services for Hoover's subscribers. Additional Executive Biographical Content
"Hoover's Online has expanded its executive biographies to include age, salary, bonus and company address, in addition to biography, name and title. The biographies also now include a listing of other company affiliations - all companies in Hoover's database with which an executive is associated. Certain biographies also contain a new work history section, which details any archived title and salary information." New Search Criteria (Advanced Interface)
These include stock exchange, assets, auditors and ZIP code range. The entire Hoover's database is now searchable using more than 25 different criteria.
Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (4 Items) Information Technology--Employment--Lists & Rankings
Source: Computerworld Best Places to Work in Information Technology, 2002 (U.S. and Worldwide)
The top 100 employers in the U.S. and worldwide are listed.
-- Energy--Worldwide--Statistics Now Available, Full-Text: International Energy Annual 2000
"This report is EIA's annual historical data summary for world energy production, consumption, and carbon dioxide emissions. Country-level data are provided for 1991-2000 and, in many cases, for 1980-2000."
-- Science and Engineering--United States--Statistics
Source: NSF Full-Text Report, Science and Engineering State Profiles: 1999-2000 (NSF 02-318)
Available as an html or .pdf file. From the NSF site, "The data included here represent an electronic version of the database titled "Science and Engineering State Profiles." Published annually, this report provides state-specific data obtained from numerous surveys of NSF/SRS and other Federal Government agencies. The report for 1999-2000 includes a data source page and a set of 52 one-page science and engineering (S&E) Profiles (including ones for D.C and Puerto Rico)"
-- Intellectual Property--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: IP Worldwide Top IP Firms in 2001
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