Posts Tagged ‘sortfix’
SortFix Search for the Oscar on Twitter
March 9th, 2010 | Author: Amir Lavi CEO
In the last months we have been working hard to provide our users a much more relevant results and we expanded the user’s web search.
Why benefit just from Google’s results?
What are people tweeting about?
SEO Thoughts on Personalized Search
December 28th, 2009 | Author: Doron Gez Marketing Business Development
A lot of words have been written in the past month on personalized search and the marketing impact it will make in the future. Due to the impact Google has on the Internet market, every change the guys at Google make, such as the implementation of personalized search, wakes up SEO professionals and gets them on their feet.
Improve your Swimming Style
August 19th, 2009 | Author: Doron Gez Marketing Business Development
Swimming is a great way to stay fit. Getting the swimming stroke and style just right, however, is a combination of technique and experience. Here at SortFix, we don’t mind plunging right in.
I started swimming a few weeks ago, and I had the feeling my swimming style wasn’t all that it should be. Although I don’t have any intention of competing with Michael Phelps anytime soon,
New York Times visits Google
August 10th, 2009 | Author: Doron Gez Marketing Business Development
I read an article on the New York Times website that related to last week’s post. It was written by Saul Hansell and concerned Google’s well-known search engine.
NY Times on Google's Search Engine by Saul Hansell
Google Enhancer according to BatesInfo
July 29th, 2009 | Author: Doron Gez Marketing Business Development
Batesinfo is part of Mary Ellen Bate’s Information services. The blog had a post covering Sortfix in August 2008.
BateInfo describes SortFix as a Google Enhancer. Bates reviews SortFix’s ‘Power Words’ use with our ‘Add to Search’ and ‘Remove’ boxes.
I also recommend to take the time to read Bate’s research tips on online matters, search engines and much more.
Search Engine Evolution
July 8th, 2009 | Author: Yohay Barsky CTO
Do we really need millions of “possibly related results” or just a few great results to answer our information needs?
Search engine quality is measured by two things: (1) “coverage power,” the number of scanned sites and the scanning frequency, and (2) ability to match the relevant results to each and every searcher’s information needs. Today, coverage power is extremely impressive; however, the problem of “search results mismatch” remains unsolved because of the Internet’s ever-growing complexity and the tremendous increase in the amount of information available.
The source of the “mismatch” may begin with the user’s inability to generate an accurate search query. According to research, the average user’s query length is 2-3 words . Google uses its famous PageRank algorithm to statistically enhance the relevancy of the results (delivering the most likely matches first). But the statistical heuristic algorithm is bounded in part by the user’s search input. Read the rest of this entry »
The Search Is On: Search Engine GUIs
June 25th, 2009 | Author: Amir Lavi CEO
In these days of the Internet, everybody knows that good design doesn’t necessarily mean the website is good. Websites must also provide an intuitive and simple way for the user to interact and navigate.
The most important innovation in the field of human-computer interaction is the graphical user interface, a.k.a. GUI, which has become the de facto industry standard for communication between us and computers.
GUIs are not only implemented in common operating systems such as Windows and Mac OS, but are used to operate and control handheld devices, portable media players, gaming consoles and much, much more.
From CLI to GUI
Having emerged as an alternative for solving the steep learning curve of command line interfaces (CLIs), GUIs have made computers – and computing — far more accessible in terms of ease of use. CLIs required commands or series of commands to be typed on the keyboard.
MS-DOS's Command Line.
Improve Your Curry Recipe… And Your Search
May 29th, 2009 | Author: Doron Gez Marketing Business Development
The Internet has pretty much changed the lives of amateur chefs like myself. There are millions of recipes online — more than we could ever hope to find in cookbooks. But, sometimes, this can be too much of a good thing.
In this post I’ll demonstrate how SortFix can lead your search to the right recipe — in this case a tasty curry.
Just the other week, my wife and I had a craving for a decent curry. So we searched on Google for “curry recipe.”As you can see, we got 1.3 million results.
curry recipe
SortFix Blog is here
May 4th, 2009 | Author: Doron Gez Marketing Business Development
Here at SortFix, we’ve been working on our one of a kind search engine for a while, and are enjoying every minute of it.
So we thought: “there’s a whole lot going on here, why not share a little?”
Through this blog we are going to share our secrets (well, not all of them…), show you great ways to search and actually find online.
We will also talk about search issues, show new stuff we are working on and most important – listen to what you have to say.
Stick around, there’s quite a lot going on at SortFix, and we’d love to hear what you think about it!
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