Web Search
Source: Search Engine Showdown Search Engine Overlap and Unique Hits Statistics Updated on Search Engine Showdown
After more that two years without an update, Greg has new overlap and unique hit reports on the Showdown site. According to the site, "These reports show how much overlap there is between the search engines and which search engines found Web pages that none of the others found."
- Web Navigation
Source: Newsbytes And Another One Bites The Dust: RealNames Is Going Out of Business
From the Newsbytes article, "RealNames Corp., one of the firms that pioneered the keyword approach to Internet addressing, will go out of business Monday, and as a result thousands of Internet keywords will go dark before the end of June, according to a source familiar with the situation." "Triggering the shutdown was a decision by Microsoft Corp., which allows keywords to resolve in its popular Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser, not to renew its exclusive contract with RealNames, the source said." See Also: Direct to the RealNames Web Site (Update 5/13): "RealNames calls it quits, blames Microsoft" (via Computerworld)
Web Search--Google
Source: Washington Post "What Does Google Say About You?"
A paragraph or two about how Google and other engines work would have been helpful in this article. Also, alerting folks to the existence of other search engines should have been included. It seems many people have forgotten that web search does not always equal Google.
Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (3 Items) Business--European Union
Source: European Commission Three New Reports About Small and Medium Size Buisnesses in the EU
1) Full-Text, SMEs [Small and Medium Enterprises] in Europe
"...gives basic statistics on European SMEs (employment characteristics, size, productivity, key SME sectors, etc)"
2) Full-Text, Highlights from the 2001 Survey of European SMEs
"...presents the findings of a 2001 business survey of nearly 8000 enterprises throughout Europe."
3) Full-Text, Regional Clusters in Europe
"... looks at 34 business clusters across Europe, half in the science-based industries, and the rest in "traditional" ones. It characterises them in a variety of innovative ways and discusses policies supporting developments of enterprise clusters at national and EU levels." See Also: A Page With Summary and "Fast Fact" Info For the Three Reports
-- Higher Education--United Kingdom
Source: The Times Full-Text Available Online, Good University Guide 2003
Includes all league tables.
-- Business--United States--Lists & Rankings
Source: Forbes/Milken Institute Updated List Now Available, Forbes/Milken List of Best Places for Business and Careers-2002
Numerous lists and interactive tools. From the list, "Forbes/Milken list of Best Places for Business and Careers ranks 200 metropolitan areas based on the latest government data for employment and wage growth over one- and five-year periods. Analysts at the Milken Institute also search for critical shifts within the vast technology sector, weighting one- and five-year changes in gross tech output, technology as a percentage of the total metro economy and the diversity within tech industries."
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