Category Archives: search

posts about search engines

That mystery stainless steel inner tube is an exhaust donut (probably)

Posted on Friday, September 24, 2010 by Rex Hammock

A week ago, I blogged about the mystery stainless steel tube I saw during a recent trip to Maine. I used the item to demonstrate the challenge of “visual search” based on shapes and colors. Visual search is a big … Continue reading →

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Help solve the mystery of the stainless steel inner tube thing

Posted on Friday, September 17, 2010 by Rex Hammock

[See note at the end of this post.] During a vacation in Maine last week (the vacation photos are here, but it now seems like a month ago), I saw a stainless steel inner tube-like thing (if you’re reading this … Continue reading →

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Google continues its search for the holy grail (a journey that leads to a war with Facebook)

Posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 by Rex Hammock

[Warning: This post rated PG, for "Pretty Geeky."] Late yesterday (Wednesday, June 29) on its “Social Web Blog,” Google announced enhancements to the feature called “social search” they launched several months ago. I blogged about social search when Google first … Continue reading →

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How Google’s algorithm rules everything

Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by Rex Hammock

Steven Levy has a fascinating look at Google’s algorithm in Wired magazine. For those of us who are hopelessly wonkish about all-things-Google, there is little new in the facts presented — it’s not a “how-to” article about search engine optimization … Continue reading →

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Google advertises in lots of good old fashioned ways

Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 by Rex Hammock

In his typical insightful way, master of the search universe Danny Sullivan provides a thorough breakdown of the Google ad that appeared on the Superbowl last night. In his post, he also runs down several past examples of Google using … Continue reading →

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