Tag Archives: search

Demystifying Search and the Google-Bing Debacle

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Whitney Leave a comment

The most entertaining item to geeks in this morning’s news has to be Google’s accusation that Microsoft’s Bing search engine competitor is hijacking Google search results.  (The BBC has a good article about it here). Explaining how search works to … Continue reading →

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Bookstores and Public Life

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Whitney 11 Comments

This morning, I was getting caught up in news, and this article about the closing of a Barnes and Noble in Manhattan grabbed my attention.  It’s clear that Barnes and Noble has been acting more like a community center for … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Search and Strategy

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Whitney Leave a comment

One of the best things we ever did at Podcamp Philly was to team up with Li Evans and SearchCamp.  The Searchcamp topics cover everything about search engines, optimization, marketing, and more.  For anyone producing any content online, I am … Continue reading →

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The Evolution of Search

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Whitney Leave a comment

I’ve started an interesting book called Kluge- The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind by Gary Marcus.  In the opening chapter, Marcus talks about how biological systems evolve with a “good enough” threshold, not always with the most elegant design … Continue reading →

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