Cuil just launched their search engine which boasts the largest index on the internet with 120 billion pages. (121,617,892,992 to be precise, as posted on their home page.) While the exact numbers are not always made available, Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft also all have 10s of billions of pages in their indexes. Having as comprehensive […]
Entries from July 2008
The Problem: Too Many Results
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Reformulation · Discovery · Personalization
Yeah, We’re Cool
July 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Today Surf Canyon was awarded “Cool Site of the Day” by… well… www.CoolSiteoftheDay.com. They’re quite cool, too.
Tags: Media
v1.1.2 - The “Google Preview” Edition
July 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Today the latest release of Surf Canyon was unleashed upon the world. The most important development is the enhanced compatibility with the Firefox version of Google Preview, which is available on addons.Mozilla.org. Google Preview “inserts preview images (thumbnails) of web sites into the Google and Yahoo search results pages” and these previews are now available […]
Tags: Announcements · Testimonials · Media
Fast & Easy Wordnet Java
July 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
One of the techniques that Surf Canyon uses to determine if a search result is relevant to your query is to examine synonyms. Princeton University provides Wordnet, a structured lexicon that acts as a dictionary and thesaurus. There are a few open source Java libraries that provide a Java API to Wordnet. […]
Tags: Code
Enter Your Friends to Win!
July 16th, 2008 · 15 Comments
Weekly Prize - $25 Gift Certificate from Amazon.com
Update (8/26/08) - This will be the last week for this promotion. The final winner will be announced tomorrow, August 27th, 2008. Thanks to everyone who participated!
This week Surf Canyon is initiating a contest to promote the new “Email This” feature. A $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com will […]
Tags: Contest · Announcements
v1.1.1 - Toss Your Cookies
July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
v1.1.1 of the extension was released today. Here are the major improvements:
Now works if your browser does not accept cookies
User interface translated to Deutsch and Português
Craigslist enhancements
Various patches and performance enhancements
Tags: Announcements
Givin’ ‘em What They Want
July 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Kaila Colbin, who blogs for VortexDNA, had some very flattering comments in a MediaPost Search Insider article entitled “Speculating in (Online) Real Estate”:
“I love this idea [Surf Canyon] for a few reasons. It fits neatly into what the user is already doing at the time: no upskilling or behavioral change necessary. It integrates beautifully […]
Tags: Testimonials · Media
