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Monday, 16th April 2007

Briefs: How You're using AskCity: 4 Months In; PureVideo Launches Celebrity Video Engine

+ How You're using Ask City: 4 Months In (via Ask.com Blog)
Note from Gary: I'm going to put on my Ask.com hat for just a moment. One of the most useful features (very cool, too!) is that with AskCity the user can determine the specific area they want to search using the circles, rectangles, and lines found below the maps on AskCity. On any AskCity map look for the markup tools at the bottom of the maps. With this example, I've chosen to draw a straight line and a circle. At the top of the line and circle look for the magnifying glass icon. Click it. Now, search for whatever you like, try coffee if you need an example. Your results, in this example, will be on or near one specific street (the straight line) or inside or just outside the radius of the circle. More about all of these mark-up tools in this blog post.

+ Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to Provide Statewide Access to Key State and Local Newspapers from ProQuest CSA

+ Up Close & Personal With Robots.txt (via Search Engine Land)

+ PureVideo, a metavideo engine (first mentioned on ResourceShelf late last year), has just released HollyWood Close-Up aggregating video and imagery about celebrities. Bored? Another video vertical they offer is StupidVideos.com.

+ Yahoo! and Newspaper Consortium Expand Strategic Partnership

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