By:  Alan K’necht

From: digital-web.com

If you build it, they will come” might be the line from Field of Dreams but the same theory doesn’t apply to Web sites. What’s the good of building a great-looking Web site that no one knows about, or can find? Unfortunately, that is the reality of building Web sites entirely in Flash.

It’s not just Web sites that are built entirely in Flash that have a problem. Many Web sites contain an enormous amount of content that can only be seen with the human eye. Think about all the PDF, sound and other rich media files out there. Can this content be indexed by search engines? The answer is yes and no.

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Source: news.searchenginestoday.org

Microsoft has completed the beta version of its Windows Live Search and created some new features that it hopes users will love.

As anyone who works in the software industry knows, the only real way to find out if you’re successful is to run a beta test, and see what people think of your new product.

That is just what Microsoft is in the process of doing. Since introducing its beta in March on Windows Live the company have been experimenting with all sorts of things and now has begun testing at a larger scale from MSN.

Microsoft wants to take a moment to introduce you to some things the blogosphere has started noticing from the testing. Check out the features, and keep an eye on both its MSN service and its Windows Live service.

It’s a fair bet that you’ll see more changes coming soon. If you like them, hate them, or have any feedback, please send them.

Image Search
As Robert Scoble, Don Dodge and Brady Forrest noticed, Microsoft has updated its image search beta. This update has improved relevance, an expanded index of images, faster AJAX code for the user experience, and a scratchpad for working on a collection of images. Also, check out the new “related names” feature by searching on anybody you consider famous like Barry Bonds, George Bush, Bill Clinton or Oprah Winfrey.

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By: Loren Baker | Source: searchenginejournal.com

Looking for an alternative to organize and read news on a daily basis beyond Google and Yahoo News? The people behind Newgie, dubbed News for Grown Ups, have shot us over an email on their service which seems to be a blog reader influenced site for ‘traditional’ web news.

Newgie’s news database is coninuously updated with news stories from thousands of the most respected news providers. You then have the ability to sort through these news articles using a variety of Newgie’s proprietary organizational tools. And Newgie’s IntelliRank ™ technology will help you easily locate the most relevant and important articles so that no time is wasted.

Different Ways to Organize Your News

1. Newgie FEEDS - Newgie Feeds are collections of articles imported from respected news providers like CNN.com, CNET.com and Yahoo.com. If you want to see all the news from a single source, simply subscribe to that source’s feed.

2. Newgie CATEGORIES – Newgie Feeds are arranged into pools of similar feeds called Newgie Categories. If you are interested in a particular topic, say Cycling or Celebrity News, simply subscribe to the Newgie Category on that topic and you will receive information from all Newgie Feeds that cover that category. If you want to see news from a broad range of providers on a single topic, Newgie Categories does just that. Articles in Newgie Categories are sorted by IntelliRank ™, meaning you’ll always see the most revlevant and important articles first.

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