On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:58:17 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
<newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>__/ [ DJ ] on Saturday 29 April 2006 18:46 \__
>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:6459058.iugK3BSlLl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> __/ [ DJ ] on Saturday 29 April 2006 08:25 \__
>>>
>>>> Not really a big issue but Alexa / A9 doesn't seem to use google anymore?
>>>
>>> Blimey! You're quite right. I can see the gross degradation in terms of
>>> the
>>> relevance of results, having used A9 several times in the page. Why would
>>> they give up Google? Either Google have something against them (the image
>>> search component suggests otherwise) or somebody paid a decent sum of
>>> money
>>> to have things changed.
>>>
>>> I suspect the latter is true:
>>>
>>>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/28/technology/28soft.html&OQ=_rQ3D1&OP=7574baa1Q2F6tJr6R-Q7Clm--uv6vFFn6FQ3E6vE6uJQ7Cxi-q-Q24Q606vEl-Q5DuBxuQ22q
>>>
>>> Is Microsoft Preparing a Big Attack?
>>>
>>> The context for this article: taking aim at Google. They invest a billion
>>> or
>>> two in this, I suspect.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Roy
>>>
>> Looks like it taking msn results - a big step backwards for Alexa - msn
>> results in my opinion are pretty poor compared with google.
>
>You encouraged me to write about it, eventually <
>http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/04/29/a9-alexa-microsoft-live/
>>. Thanks for the heads-up.
>
>I used to recommend A9 for those with high-speed connections I quite liked
>the image view (reminds me of < http://bettersearch.g-blog.net/ >), which
>complemented the SERP that was a Google twin with extra widgets (site info,
>related sites, traffic ranks, etc.). Without quality results (deep,
>inquisitive, as oppose to shallow), I might as well just stick with
>Wikipedia/Google/Scroogle. Wait until deploration among A9 loyals begins.
>
>I happened to notice that A9 are finally doing some Wikipedia harvesting as
>well (albeit it's optional).
What's the way that Amazon determine the "like that" choices, you
know, people who bought that book also bought, etc? What's the proper
name for it?
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