Searching the Internet 002: Advanced Searching with Google and Yahoo

Episode 002 of Searching the Internet.

The second episode of Searching the Internet. This episode discusses some search engines news and then looks at some of the advanced search features of Google and Yahoo. Also the nich search engine Scirus is discussed. Scirus is a science search engine .

00:00 Intro
02:06 Google releases 3D software called SketchUp
02:57 Google maps adds Spain, Germany, Italy, and France
03:31 Yahoo updates its index
03:59 Yahoo re-introduces Babelfish
04:46 Yahoo’s travel search engine Farechase is out of beta
06:46 Google advanced search features
Example: “George Washington”
Example: bass -fish
Example: science inurl:(rss OR xml OR feed OR atom OR rdf)
Example: science (filetype:doc OR filetype:xls)
17:18 Yahoo advanced search features
Example:science and filetype is rss/xml
20:39 Scirus; a science search engine
25:34 Wrapup

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