The Internet Traffic Report tells you what countries are currently online, and where the better connections are.

Internet Traffic Report

A very interesting dictionary. "A critical survey of questionable therapies, eccentric beliefs, amusing deceptions and dangerous delusions."

The Skeptic's Dictionary

A great search engine for those of us interested in the aspects of death (funerals, cemeteries, haunted houses, etc.).


The PostMortem Search Engine

A dictionary of British slang. I found it to be very helpful in translating an insult I heard on a talk show the other night. A lawyer called the host a "flannelmouth", and I found the definition on this site!

ILor was once touted as being the search engine that "goes beyond Google" (New York Times, 5/17/01). Now, it is powered by Teoma, and seems to have a lot of "Partner" results (i.e. paid for).

iLOR Search - The most user friendly search engine in the world

Vivisimo is a new type of search engine, in that is organizes the results in clusters.

Vivísimo - Organized Search Results with Document Clustering

Look out, people! I have discovered the wonders of Blogger's FTP, BlogThis, and can now add web pages at will. So, there will be a lot more entries in this blog.

Here it is! Well, apparently InQuira is an enterprise software program that is selling itself for corporate use.

Inquira-The Power of Natural Interaction

InQuira is a new natural language search engine. What I find interesting is that none of the articles I have seen so far give the URL of the site.

Start-up wants you to just ask - Tech News - CNET.com

This is a fun site. I took the test and it said I was 24!

What's Your Mental Age?

Wondir is an open source search engine that is somewhat different. They will be combining resources from FAQs, the invisible web, deep web searches, and online experts, to find answers.

Welcome To Wondir

digitElle services An excellent person for PR and media strategy.

Well, I'm back from Baja California Sur, and have finally finished wading through all my e-mail.

A new visual search engine has appeared on the scene, Kartoo. Too cool for words. This search engine shows links to and from sites with keywords.

How Much Is Your Search Engine Marketing Budget?

Now I find this article to be extremely interesting! Search Engine Marketing is yet another term for Search Engine Optimization. I reject the term because I am not marketing search engines.

The article talks about making room in a budget for doing SEO work, because it is as important as direct mail and other marketing techniques.

Observations on Spring InternetWorld 2002:

Yes, it was rather disappointing as a tradeshow. Where were all the biggies, all those companies that want us to be loyal to them, but can't bother being loyal to us enough to even show up? Microsoft, Oracle, and others didn't show. L-Soft (developer of LISTSERV) wasn't there, nor was Earthlink.

AOL was there and very loud. According to a speaker I talked to, InternetWorld Chicago has already been cancelled (was in June). What Penton Media needs to do is scale down to web services, i.e. search engines, submission services, e-mail services and marketing.

I went to the Intenet Luncheons ($45 for a lousy lunch), and the person running the roundtable didn't even bother to show up. I did meet some very interesting people in usability design who had no idea how much sociology plays into their area.

I've noticed after reading a great many articles on blogs and blogging that people tend to use their blog to pontificate on current events and great matters.

Sorry, this isn't one of THOSE blogs. I prefer to talk about search engines and my work. Although, you never know...

I finished my ebook on specialized search engines! The problem now is marketing it.

My first ebook was easy, because I targeted archaeologists and others interested in the field. This one is targeted at people who use the Internet for research.

Specialized Search Engines

Strange items found in bubble gum machines: small plastic figurines called "Buddha Babies." In a Big!Lots store (formerly Pic' and Save) in Mira Mesa, there is a machine with these "toys" in it. For 50 cents, you can get these solemn baby figures in a variety of meditation poses.

Does anyone remember the POV series on public television? Does anyone remember public television for that matter?

One's point of view does change as one gets older. I found myself explaining how to network to a newbie, and laughed, remembering when I started out, back in 1998. Now, I am such a networker, that people come to me! :)

I got sooooooo tired of those damn phone solicitors/telemarketers that I went out and bought one of those TeleZappers. Supposedly it sends out a signal to their phone machine that tells their computer that our line is disconnected. This doesn't work for those that dial our number directly.

The idea is that, over time, fewer and fewer telemarketers will call. We will see.