SearchTools BlogSearchTools Blog - LiveJournal.comCritique of the Google Custom Search Traffic Report- August 29, 2007 Edward Tufte would be disappointed in Google. The traffic reports in the Google Custom Search Business Edition are not only insufficient, but somewhat misleading. Below is a picture from a CSBE search for a B2B site that I helped install in August 2007. The fact that it's a line chart, with no data points given, filled underneath,makes it look active. It seems as though something's happening, the traffic is making progress, or worse, losing ground. The deep dips look scary, as though the...http://searchtools.livejournal.com/75856.html Google Search Appliance and Mini - SearchTools Report Updated- August 20, 2007 I have updated my report on the GSA and Mini search appliances, with detail based in part on my recent experiences customizing a Google Mini. The report includes information on the pricing as far as I could find it, the terms of licensing, new features, links to informative documents, and features that are not included with the Mini appliance. Once I update my full product review, I will have a chance to pay attention to other search engines, and that will be lovely.http://searchtools.livejournal.com/75633.html Google CSE - different results when searching more than three sites- August 16, 2007 A support document for the Google CSE (Custom Search Engine)and CSBE (Custom Search Business Edition) notes that some results may be different than those found in the same search on Google.com. It attributes this to including more than three sites in the CSE, and says that the CSE is using a subset of the Google.com index. They recommend limiting the CSE to three sites, changing the behavior to 'Search the entire web but emphasize included sites', or adding refinements that have the same...http://searchtools.livejournal.com/75274.html Google Launches Site Search Service for Business- August 3, 2007 Google's Custom Search Business Edition uses the Google web search index limited by site or sites. It provides most of the Google web search features and is very cheap, only $100 per year for up to 50,000 pages, $500 for up to 500,000 pages. More here at my InfoToday article more at the SearchTools Google Service report page.What do you think of ithttp://searchtools.livejournal.com/75028.html |