Globalbrain ads – some history
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I came across these ads the other day and thought I would share them. These ran back in 1999/2000 when Snap.com was promoting itself heavily on TV. They are focusing on the fact that Snap.com used GlobalBrain technology to power their search. Why is this relevant to site search? SLI Systems acquired the GlobalBrain technology [...]
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Search Engine Land search
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We’re now powering the site search on Danny Sullivan’s Search Engine Land. Danny has requested a slightly different format to normal – with the facets at the bottom. You can get to them by clicking the more options link beside the sorting options: Most of our customers have the facets either at the top, or […]

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Carolina Rustica Video
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Google posted a video showing how Carolina Rustica (one of our customers) are using Google Adwords and other products - like Google Checkout. Richard Sexton said they shot over 8 hours of footage to make this 2 1/2 minute clip. It's a nice video - it puts a very human face onto ecommerce.
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Yahoo Search Suggest and Search Assist
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In the last few weeks Yahoo has launched Search Suggest and they're testing an enhanced version of this called Search Assist. This is part of a growing trend of using AJAX in search. Yahoo's new tools are really useful - they help you complete your search query as you start typing. Search assist goes a [...]
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