December 30th, 2008
Earlier this year Cuil (pronounced ‘Cool’) was believed to be a Google killer. A new search engine started by some industry veterans and well funded. I was personally amazed to see the amount of PR and buzz it managed to create early on. Though the day it launched we were disappointed (it didn’t index us), the quality was not upto the mark. And eventually, few months down the line it seems to have hit a dead end with no real traffic.
So what really caused this crash? Is Cuil really that bad? Maybe not
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Categories: Reviews, Tech Industry News |
Tags: competitions, cuil, cuil search, google competitor, google killer, search, search engines, search wikia, wikia | 2 Comments
July 24th, 2007
Days after Google announced it will retain cookies containing user data for two years, interestingly, Microsoft and Yahoo! have announced somewhat similar data retention policies.
Microsoft said it will be storing Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and other Web search data for 18 months only, unless users want the information stored for longer.
Besides, Microsoft will store such terms from user account information separately — that personally identify users in some way.
The company also said it would allow users opt out of behavioral ad targeting that is offered on third-party Web sites.
Meanwhile, Yahoo! said it will be removing portions of IP addresses and personally identifiable cookie IDs after retaining them for 13 months — unless of course the user or the company wants to retain the data for a longer while.
Last week, apart from Google, even Ask.com said it would allow users to search anonymously without retaining their search data. However, the company said that for those who did not wish to remain anonymous, their search data would be retained for no longer than 18 months.
All said, search engines seem to be in a race to outdo each other as regards retaining user data for not such a long time. The reason being a general apprehension regarding the risks associated with too long a retention period…
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Microsoft_Yahoo_Go_Googles_Way/551-82340-643.html
Categories: Google, Tech Industry News, microsoft |
Tags: cookies, Google, Internet Protocol, ip, IP addresses, microsoft, search engines, yahoo | No Comments
