Category Archives: search

Open source grid computing takes off

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Matt McAlister

This has been fun to watch. The Hadoop team at Yahoo! is moving quickly to push the technology to reach its potential. They’ve now adopted it on one of the most important applications in the entire business, Yahoo! Search. From … Continue reading →

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Freebase.com is hot

Posted on June 22, 2007 by

I don’t get a chance to review products often enough these days. But when I heard about Freebase I knew I needed to dive into that one as soon as I was able. Fortunately, I was invited only yesterday to … Continue reading →

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Gatekeepers need to stop calling themselves gatekeepers

Posted on April 11, 2007 by

Time business columnist Justin Fox questioned the success of the new media methods in a recent post “The reign of the enthusiasts“. He suggests the algorithms that proudly surface the deep dark corners of the Internet are actually just self-referential … Continue reading →

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Answering the Answers question

Posted on June 5, 2006 by

It wasn’t until someone much more tapped into pop culture than I am told me that the Yahoo! Answers product was cool that I considered it to be true. I didn’t get it at first. I wondered, “What’s the incentive … Continue reading →

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