Google should be regulated: survey

TWO-THIRDS of Australians believe internet search engine Google should be subject to government regulation on issues such as personal privacy.

The engine that's still searching

Eric Schmidt reflects on his decade at the helm of Google and what might have been, writes Stephen Hutcheon.

Bare hands meet top technology in frantic search

THEY have acoustic sensors, remote cameras and sniffer dogs to help them, but rescuers are also using their own tools and bare hands as the search for survivors becomes desperate.

Net Returns For Tourism

AN internationally recognised expert in the use of search engines in tourism will speak at the University of Wollongong's Marketing Innovation Research Centre tomorrow.

Fairfax In Internet Search Advertising Joint Venture

FAIRFAX Media is hoping to snare a slice of the burgeoning internet search market by acting as a middleman between the search engine companies and small advertisers. The new company, Advantate, will target companies not big enough to have staff or advertising agencies to organise advertising deals with search engines.

There's More To Academic Research Than Hitting The Search Button

My daughter started writing research papers at the same time the search engine AltaVista became available in the mid-1990s. When she started using search engines for research, I talked to her about the way the internet had changed certainty about authority.

Wiki's Search Service Challenges The Big Players

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is putting in place the building blocks for a community-developed web service to compete with search engines such as Google and Yahoo!.

Adding Your Website Is Quite Easy

Q: I have made a simple website to promote my business. How can I let search engines know about it so people can find it?

Battered Looksmart Says It Can Look Smarter In Its Search To Save The Day

LookSmart's dumping illustrates how search engines have become big, tough businesses as new methods are devised to turn clicks into cash, writes Rod Myer.

Narrow Down Your Search

Q: I RARELY seem to be able to find what I am looking for when using the search engines. Is it me or am I doing something wrong?

Warning On Search Engines: No Competition Breeds Bias

A trend towards a search-engine hegemony is as disastrous to democracy as concentration of media assets, according to a US study.

Meet Basics Or 'search Engines Won't Come Knocking'

Too many websites go unnoticed, writes Nicole Manktelow.

Search Engine - Search Engines

google.com Since the amazing Google burst on the scene, for some it is the only search engine. A combination of link-based "importance" rankings and fast return times make this a very likely place to find what you're looking for, first time. Google keeps improving, with a recently a

Uncovering The Dark Secrets Of The Web

TRAWL the internet using any of the major search engines and you will usually turn up thousands of references that match some part of your query.

Engine Fuel Or Engine Fool?

The struggle to find quality in amongst the quantity still plagues search engines, writes Nicole Manktelow.

Google Is King Of Search Engines

OF all the Internet search engines, none holds a candle to Google.com with its ability to get quick answers.

Battle For Search Engine Hit List

SEARCH engines on the Internet are like the music or movie charts: everyone wants to be in the top ten.

Get Your Search Engine Into Gear

Q I RARELY seem to be able to find what I am looking for when using the search engines. Is it me or am I doing something wrong? A THE primary goal that all search engines strive for is relevance. They have been trying for years to develop very sophisticated methods of determining the content and, ultimately, the relevance of a website based on key words or phrases.

Let The Search Begin By Registering Your Site

Q I HAVE made a simple website to promote my business. How can I let search engines know about it, so people can find it? A EVERY major search engine has a facility to let you register new pages.

Icon's Pick: The Top Ten Search Sites

We examined the most popular search engines and directories and rated them on how well they performed plain-English searches and category searches and how efficiently they cached information and handled advanced and specialised techniques as well as Boolean queries. We checked for the relevance of the first 10 hits and error messages. The following are the top 10 performers. Using a combination of these engines and their power search tools, you should only ever be a few clicks away from your target site or