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Not all search engines are created equal

“The Long Neck is where the business case of your websites lies. It is the small, crucial set of tasks and content that your customers really come to your website for,” writes Gerry McGovern in Do you know your long neck? “Intranet or public website, government or commercial-every website has a Long Neck. It is [...]

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Middle managers spend more than a quarter of their time searching for information necessary to their jobs, and when they do find it, it is often wrong, according to results of an Accenture study.   The proliferation of different information sources within organizations was revealed by the survey as the most important reason why managing [...]

Google wants to give you free communications applications (chat, e-mail, calendar, etc.) for your intranet

The Center for Media Research reports that professional workers are spending more and more time searching for information. The survey, HotTopics: 2001 vs. 2005: Research Study Reveals Dramatic Changes Among Information Consumers, commissioned by Outsell, reveals that professionals on average spend 11 hours per week gathering information

Happy Independence Day! And for those Canucks that have a long-weekend hangover, Happy Canada Day! One of the great things about growing a company is hiring a talented staff that also has areas of expertise and keeps an eye on trends, etc. I still keep up on the trends, but now I have a bigger [...]

Google is making it easier to search for U.S. government information on the Internet

Microsoft owns your desktop and your browser (well, most of you). Google is the almighty search god. Who will win the battle for intranet search?   According to an iTWire poll, most think Google is the winner. However, Microsoft fans are significant (see Microsoft no threat to Google? Think again):