Searcher articles from April 2004

Searcher archives from April 2004

Governance.(Searcher's Voice)(Editorial)
April 1, 2004... "Think Locally, Act Globally." Or is it "Think Globally, Act Locally"? Google had over 1.5 million hits for both. Lesson Learned? Thinking should come before Acting, no matter what the geography. Many years ago--decades actually--I had...

Toolbar tangle: searcher toolbars to the max.(Cover Story)
April 1, 2004... So many toolbars, so little browser space. Toolbars linked to the Internet Explorer Web browser have been around for what passes as an eternity on the Net, since at least 1997 when Alexa came out with its toolbars or browser-linked search tool....

Bookmarklets.(Toolbar Tangle)
April 1, 2004... Not all Windows bookmarklets and toolbars, however, work in Internet Explorer 5.x (IE5) or 6.x (IE6). Some are designed specifically for Netscape Navigator, Mozilla/Netscape 7.1, or Opera. According to Jesse Ruderman's Bookmarklets [http://www....

Deskbar search tools: the taskbar twins.(Toolbar Tangle)
April 1, 2004... Over the past few years, in the rush to develop and release search engine browser-based toolbars and IE alternatives that include search engine-like options, I think many search industry developers may have forgotten about the ability to add...

Toolbar features comparison tables.(Toolbar Tangle)(Buyers Guide)
April 1, 2004... Some toolbars can not be downloaded as a file and require an online installation, which may not be possible if you have high security settings on your browser. Features not directly related to search functionality are not included in this...

Toolbar talk: defining the toolbar tangled Web.(Toolbar Tangle)
April 1, 2004... A search toolbar is a software program built with Microsoft ActiveX technology (also known as an OLE [Object Linking and Embedding] control or a Component Object Model [COM] object). Search toolbars are usually designed for working with a...

Roger Lee Heath, perhaps best known for his medical inventions [http://www.rleeheath.com/about.htm], offers three IE enhancements and search technology products.(Desktop Clients And Client/Toolbar Combo Packs)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... * Roger Lee Heath, perhaps best known for his medical inventions [http://www.rleeheath.com/about.htm], offers three IE enhancements and search technology products: ActivatorDesk Personal Internet Desktop Browser [http://www.activatordesk. com],...

Copernic [http://www.copernic.com], another Canadian company, offers a similar line of products to Intelliseek, except that Copernic continued to evolve its Copernic Agent desktop client [http://www.copernic.com/en/products/agen/choose.html] after its launch in October 1997.(Desktop Clients And Client/Toolbar Combo Packs)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2004... * Copernic [http://www.copernic.com], another Canadian company, offers a similar line of products to Intelliseek, except that Copernic continued to evolve its Copernic Agent desktop client [http://www.copernic.com/en/products/agenVchoose.html]...

Dialog IQ.(Desktop Clients And Client/Toolbar Combo Packs)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... * The free Dialog IQ application lets those of you with established Dialog accounts conduct searches of Dialog, Profound, or DataStar. You can minimize the floating toolbar to the taskbar. The demo tour page for the toolbar was inoperative in...

FirstStop WebSearch.(Desktop Clients And Client/Toolbar Combo Packs)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... * The free, standard edition of the metasearch desktop client FirstStop WebSearch [http://www.firststopwebsearch.com] for personal, noncommercial use also comes with a browser toolbar; the commercial version costs $24.95. FirstStop's retail...

GGSearch.(Desktop Clients And Client/Toolbar Combo Packs)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... * If you just can't let go of Google, but don't like or want the Google Toolbar and Google Deskbar, while still needing the blog searching power of Feedster, I recommend the well-designed GGSearch [http://www.frysianfools.com/ggsearch/]...

Grokker 2.(Desktop Clients And Client/Toolbar Combo Packs)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2004... * I'm not a big fan of visual search engines that attempt to organize search results into categories and present them as a kind of map. I don't think Grokker 2 [http://www.groxis. com/service/grok/g_products.html] from Groxis, with its...

Grub.(Desktop Clients And Client/Toolbar Combo Packs)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2004... * Grub [http://www.grub.org], supported by LookSmart, was too cute to pass up. A distributed computing client modeled on the SETI Screensaver and other similar research-based screensaver applications, Grub crawls the Web in an attempt to build...

GuruNet.(Desktop Clients And Client/Toolbar Combo Packs)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2004... * Atomica Corporation's GuruNet [http://www.gurunet.com], while designed for the student market and, like many other search tools, defaulting to Google, contains one other underutilized database, the Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org], a...

KarToolBar.(Desktop Clients And Client/Toolbar Combo Packs)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2004... * Despite its name, the KarToolBar [http://www.kartoo.net/kar toolbar/en/index.htm or http://www.kartoo.net/a/en/metamoteur. html] from France's KartOO Technologies is a desktop application. KartOO uses Flash technology to display search...

RocketInfo Desktop.(Desktop Clients And Client/Toolbar Combo Packs)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2004... * The multiplatform RocketInfo Desktop [http://www.rocket desktop.com/downloads.html] client promises to propel you into the forefront of current events with its combined subscription-based news search engine and content manager. RocketInfo...

SearchRocket.(Desktop Clients And Client/Toolbar Combo Packs)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2004... * The SearchRocket metasearch client [http://www.searchrocket. com/downioad.htm], accessible from a browser menu icon or your programs menu, gets down to business upon launch by displaying itself in a sidepanel-sized window on the left and...

Kryloff Technologies' Subject Search Spider [http://www.kryltech.com/spider.htm], a retail product available separately ($49) or bundled with several other search utilities (SSSuite, $99.95), reminds me of the search interfaces for Copernic Agent and FirstStop WebSearch.(Desktop Clients And Client/Toolbar Combo Packs)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2004... * Kryloff Technologies' Subject Search Spider [http://www.kryl tech.com/spider.htm], a retail product available separately ($49) or bundled with several other search utilities (SSSuite, $99.95), reminds me of the search interfaces for Copernic...

WebFerret [http://www.ferretsoft.com], a desktop metasearch client with a toolbar, comes in free and commercial versions($29.95) and also integrates with IE.(Desktop Clients And Client/Toolbar Combo Packs)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2004... * WebFerret [http://www.ferretsoft.com], a desktop metasearch client with a toolbar, comes in free and commercial versions ($29.95) and also integrates with IE. Results are initially displayed as a single, four-column list in the WebFerret...

Social networking and trusted searching.(Toolbar Tangle)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2004... Although many equate social networking services with online dating services, connecting personal data and Web usage through such software can create a new kind of search paradigm, one that relies on the knowledge, browsing, and search patterns...

Resources and readings.(Toolbar Tangle)
April 1, 2004... GNET Download.com Directory This site includes user ratings and the number of times a file was downloaded: * Browsing Companions: http://download.com.com/ 3150-2366-0. html?tag=dir * Plug-Ins: http://download.com.com/3150-2378-O....

Online before the Internet: early pioneers tell their stories.
April 1, 2004... Part 6 Mead Data Central and the Genesis of Nexis In the January 2004 Searcher, Richard (Dick) Giering spoke about his early military and Data Corporation experiences in developing full-text retrieval technology. We pick up Mr....

Lysle Cahill on working at Data Corporation.(Online Before the Internet)
April 1, 2004... Data Corp. was issued a contract by the Foreign Technology Division of WPAFB [Wright Patterson Air Force Basel. The statement of work was to write a series of classified programs that would encompass all research being done by all military...

Paul Beck on Data Corporation and the newspaper business.(Online Before the Internet)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2004... I agree with Dick Giering's comments about Bill Gorog--an insightful businessman. I think of Dick as a technical genius and even a hard working sales person. He was a "driven" man--and very difficult to manage! In comparison, I am a...

Who's who: key people mentioned in this installment.(Online Before the Internet)
April 1, 2004... Collins, George M., Jr.--1939-1988: member of The Boston Globe staff. 1973-1980: newspaper's librarian. Died in 1998. Gorog, William F.--Executive Vice President, Data Corporation, 1956-1963. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Data...

What's what: names, acronyms, and abbreviations mentioned in this installment.(Online Before the Internet)
April 1, 2004... ASIS--American Society for Information Science. Founded in 1937 as the American Documentation Institute (ADI). Name changed to ASIS in 1968, and to the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) in 2000. Association...

EBSCO's new communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC) Database.(Web Wise Ways)(EBSCO Information Services)
April 1, 2004... Attention communication studies librarians everywhere: There is a new kid on the block. On January 1, 2004, EBSCO Information Services, a division of EBSCO Industries, Inc., premiered two new electronic products in communication studies. These...

Competitors.(Web Wise Ways)
April 1, 2004... ComAbstracts Publisher: Communication Institute for Online Scholarship (CIOS) URL: http://www.cios.org/www/abstract.htm Content: Indexing and abstracts for 61 titles For about 17 years, Timothy Steven (University at Albany,...

"OTFOOO": on-the-fly, one-on-one training for patrons.(Internet Express)
April 1, 2004... LaurieVan Court, reference librarian at the P.S. Miller Library in Castle Rock, Colorado, writes of a problem: It's one I suspect reference librarians everywhere are facing, with precious little guidance available in the...

Computer rage and limits.(Internet Express)
April 1, 2004... "And then, of course," Laurie wrote in the same e-mail message, "there are the techno-jerks. These are the guys (yes, mostly guys) who already know everything there is to know about computers. When they have problems on our computers, it is...

The fair, online and off: lessons to be learned.(Emmerce)
April 1, 2004... Ah, the North Carolina State Fair. In 2003, it celebrated its 150th anniversary with more than 830,000 visitors over a 9-day period. The 300+ acres of the fairgrounds accommodated rides, games, agricultural exhibits, vendors, and endless...

Hunches and lunches: using the information audit to understand information culture.
April 1, 2004... In my many years of working with information managers to develop strategic plans for their services and offerings, I have recommended and executed any number of information audits--and lived to tell the tale in conference presentations dealing...

Contacts.
April 1, 2004... AdOrigin Corporation P.O. Box 340374 Brooklyn, NY 11234 (718) 629-9853 (253) 423-2284 (fax) URL: http://www.blowsearch.com Alexa Internet Presidio of San Francisco, Building 37 P.O. Box 29141 San...