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Emerging Web Standards: Keeping Up to Stay Ahead
Twenty years ago when the web was young, the topic of standards was mainly the purview of computer scientists, engineers, and enterprise technologists. But these days, with the impact of standards on everything from how content displays in various browsers and delivery on emergent devices to cost savings and search engine optimization (SEO), web standards have become everyone's business. Analysis by Nancy Davis Kho.
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Posted 06 Sep 2010
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PROJECT LEFTY: More Bang for the Search Query
The Federated Search Blog held its second annual writing contest to increase awareness of and interest in federated search. And (drum roll) the winner is . . . Kan Varnum (University of Michigan) who proposes a system that would improve relevance of search results based on known information about a searcher and his or her past search behavior. Read the winning entry here.
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Posted 12 Apr 2010
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Google Gets Stung by Its Own Buzz
The week of Feb. 9, 2010, may go down as one of the worst in Google's corporate history in terms of product launches and public reaction. On that day, Google Buzz (http://buzz.google.com) invaded every Gmail account holders' workspace through an auto-setup, opt-out routine. Other than widespread rumors of an announcement the day before, Gmail users had no warning that potentially highly personal information would suddenly be shared with their most-used contacts (email addresses) through cloud computing technology. Over the ensuing 7 days, Google weathered an angry online swarm of complaints that it had failed to account for personal privacy requirements. Read the story from ITI NewsBreaks.
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Posted 03 Mar 2010
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Searching for Social at Enterprise Search Summit West
This year's Enterprise Search Summit West was a bit different than previous years; aligned closely with the co-located KMWorld program, the more streamlined conference allowed search-focused attendees to take full advantage of the three day event or to maximize their knowledge seeking across the larger KMWorld conference. Held November 17-19 in San Jose, Calif., the summit covered everything from federated and semantic search, to the topic people just can't seem to stop talking about: social search.
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Posted 09 Dec 2009
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Submit Your Proposal for Enterprise Search Summit East (May 2010)
We are now accepting proposals to speak at Enterprise Search Summit 2010, which will be held May 11-12 in New York. (Pre-conference sessions May 10). Submit a proposal at: http://www.enterprisesearchsummit.com/2010/CallForSpeakers.shtml
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Posted 26 Oct 2009
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Engineering a Content Get-Together
Modine, a global manufacturer, was using multiple intranets, which left employees on different continents feeling as if they were working for different companies. To address the problem, Modine's IT team consolidated and redesigned the intranets into one global portal that included unified search functionality. Which search engine did they choose? and why? Find out in this case study from the Enterprise Search Sourcebook.
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Posted 24 Jun 2009
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Building Search Teams that Work
When search fails to perform up to expectations, the excuse is usually that the software does not work. That is rarely the case. In the majority of cases the problems lie with a shortfall in human resources and not a shortfall in technology resources. How many people does it take to make a good search experience? Consultant Martin White recommends a minimum of five . . .
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Posted 29 Apr 2009
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Fight Search Fallacies with Well-Formed Content
Your organization's intellectual property (IP) strategy should not be based on the selection of a search solution. Rather, careful consideration of the uses, content, context, and structure of the organization's current data can make a big difference in the selection of a search tool—one that will really work. Hear what taxonomy expert Marjorie Hlava has to advise in this article from our 2009 Enterprise Search Sourcebook.
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Posted 18 Mar 2009
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HCD Research Launches Social Pharmaceutical Marketing Tool
Marketing and communications research firm HCD Research introduced a new tool that uses social media-based sentiment and emotional analysis to give pharmaceutical marketers insight into brand power and scope. NetClassRX helps medical marketers sort through digital conversations on blogs, websites, forums, and social networks, finding and highlighting remarks that pertain to their brand.
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Posted 12 Aug 2010
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Endeca Joins PTC PartnerAdvantage Program
Endeca Technologies, Inc., a search applications company, announced that it has joined the PTC PartnerAdvantage Program to provide a direct integration between PTC Windchill and the Endeca Information Access Platform (IAP). With Endeca, PTC Windchill customers will be able to leverage the broad information visibility provided by Endeca Search Applications to support the many daily decisions required as part of their workflows.
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Posted 03 Jun 2010
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