Recently, two people I really respect disagreed on the significance of Google adding site search boxes to their search results pages. One thought that showing ads for competitors when someone…
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Does Google have enterprise software ambitions?
Google is the king of advertising, and it’s made moves toward productivity software, with Gmail and Google Docs. But what about enterprise software, the stuff that powers businesses, even large…
Read MoreThe convergence of content management, text analytics, and business intelligence
I spoke this morning to over 100 people, which isn’t news in itself, but you might be surprised when I tell you the topic. These good folks want to know…
Read MoreThe toughest objection to enterprise search ever
I spoke at the Gilbane conference yesterday (you can download my slides on semantic search). I fielded a number of interesting questions, but the one that made me stop and…
Read MoreThanks for choosing the finest in free search entertainment
I had to finish a magazine column last night while I was sitting alone in my hotel room and I decided to buy an in-room movie. I never go to…
Read MoreWanna try semantic search yourself?
Most of you know that my job focuses on IBM’s OmniFind enterprise search and text analytics products. And I’ve written before about semantic search—I’ve even written about what semantic search…
Read MoreGoogle site search for $100 a year
I have been travelling so it took me a little while to write about Google Custom Search Business Edition. The name is a mouthful (sounds like the name of one…
Read MoreWhat semantic search isn’t
You may have heard the term “semantic search,” but do you really know what it is? Some people have very big ideas of how computers will understand the meaning of…
Read MoreFind what I mean, not what I say
Yesterday, I had the great fortune to speak at the Enterprise Search Summit in New York for the third straight year. This year, I came as a software vendor instead…
Read MoreFree site search just got better
I was excited back in December when we announced IBM OmniFind Yahoo! edition, a free search engine that handles up to half a million documents and is extremely simple to…
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