The Deep Web

March 24, 2009 · Posted by Donna Remillard · 1 Comment· 0 Links to this post

  So just when I thought I was finally getting the most out of my search with IE 8’s new search tools, I come across an article about how much I’m missing in the Deep Web and find there’s a army of research going on and specialized search providers to access the ocean of data I’m not getting. The Deep Web (also called Deepnet, the invisible Web, dark Web or the hidden Web) refers to web content that is not part of the surface web which is indexed by standard search engines Last summer, Google’s search engine passed a milestone. It added the one trillionth address to the list of Web pages...

MIX09 Conference

March 23, 2009 · Posted by Donna Remillard · 0 Comments· 0 Links to this post

  I attended The MIX09 conference for web designers and developer’s that was held last week in Las Vegas. There were some interesting sessions and announcements and I’ll comment on a few below, but if you want more detail you can check out the MIX09 site and see the video playback of any of the keynote presentations or sessions here.   Announcements - Commerce Server 2009 Although briefly, Scott Guthrie announced during his keynote on day 1, the release  of Commerce Server 2009.  Cactus also gave a session on the topic of a ‘Next Generation’ e-Commerce experience highlighting Comme...