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Monday, 21st April 2003

More Online Dictionary News

Online Dictionaries
More Online Dictionary News
Thanks to R.A. for sharing some info about the AllTheWeb and Google dictionary feature. Although both engines offer similar tools results may vary.
As many of you know most search terms at Google and now at AllTheWeb are hyperlinked to a dictionary definition (American Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed.) via Dictionary.Com. For those of you who haven't used this feature take a look at your search terms at the top of the page, in the blue bar. Here are examples from AllTheWeb and Google.
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R.A. points out that some of the words added to the 4th ed. of the AHD are not hyperlinked via Google. Two examples. The word "shoah" and the word "e-tailer".
Compare to AllTheWeb (shoah, e-tailer). A Google spokesperson told us that they're aware of the problem and working to update the database. An issue for search geeks. Sure. But it's also an example of how access to what appears to be the same database could yield different results.
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Finally, the new Yahoo and Ask Jeeves also have dictionary features. Your search should be structured define . Yahoo example. Ask Jeeves example. Yahoo taps the American Heritage Dictionary while Jeeves uses Merriam-Webster and others.
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See Also: A Recent Post About Using Online Dictionaries to Listening to Word Pronunciations

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