The launch of the highly anticipated Wikia search engine has received unprecedented coverage on the Internet. The general consensus around the web is that it has been a disappointment and even a “Complete Letdown.” considering the sister site that it evolved from Wikipedia was such a huge success. My brief personal experience with it [...]

For someone who is a hardcore Google user, I thought I knew all the Google search hacks and tricks, well I was wrong.
Most of people by now are probably aware of the advanced search options that’s available when you search Google.

For those of us who want to complete their search in a single search query [...]

If you are a keen gadget user and online shopper, then you would be familiar with the experience of Googling your product of interest, checking out the product specification on the manufacturer’s website, trawling through online forums, reading all the online reviews about the product you can find and even having a pick at [...]

It’s not rocket science to work out that search trends can be highly seasonal depending on the year, month or even day and that such trends provide some interesting insights into what’s hot, what’s topical and sometimes what you have missed out during the year !
Google, Yahoo and Ask.com have all revealed their 2007 [...]

One of the interesting thing about the whole YouTube phenomenon is that it is really not about video search but more about the social aspects of uploading video and sharing videos. For example, a search for uranium on YouTube simply found various documentary that has the keyword “uranium” in its metadata either in the [...]

During a conversation with a friend the other day, we got onto the topic of searching for email and I was surprised to find that whilst desktop searching technology has really matured significantly over the last couple of years (with a bit of help from more powerful PC !) most people are not really [...]