Google just announced that they will be an offering a series of online courses on what they call “Power Searching.” As first seen on The Verge … Read more
What’s Your Search Strategy? Go Beyond Getting Found
Remember the Sunday newspaper’s classified job ads? Eagerly awaited by job seekers, they were the gateway to career opportunities and future employment. A … Read more
Get Your PhD In Googling? Not Quite, But This Is Still Cool
I get around web search pretty well. Granted, I don’t often have major people searching needs; I still know my way around the block when it comes to … Read more
MillionShort: The Search Engine That Removes Top Sites From Its Index On Purpose
Imagine going to your search engine of choice, typing in your search and getting results that don’t include major news sites, Wikipedia, or all of … Read more
Traffic Is Exploding On Blekko And DuckDuckGo (And Why That’s Good For Sourcers)
If you follow technology companies closely, you know how rare it is to see that “Aha!” moment. Sometimes they fail quickly, other times they … Read more
Facebook May Be Entering The Search Game For Real
One of the biggest frustrations of sourcers has to be the walled garden that is Facebook. While its people search capability being called modest may be a … Read more
Is Google Preparing To Make A Hard Move To Semantic Search?
Imagine being able to go to Google and typing, “List software developers within 25 miles of Mountain View, CA” and instead of a host of links, … Read more
Bing, Google Going Head-to-Head On The Search Transparency Front
Search results are important, especially to those who spend an inordinate time sitting in front of the blinking cursor on their favorite search engine, … Read more
Should Your Job Title Really Be “Phisher”?
If you are one of those recruiters that uses a keyword search resume bot in conjunction with a mass email to every result that gets returned, you are NOT a … Read more
Search Updates: Amazon Cloud Search and Google “Plus Your World”
A couple of things have happened in the word of search in recent weeks that were overshadowed by some of the legislature going through the US House of … Read more