Archive for September, 2005

Mobile Search: Are we there yet ? – Oct 10th, Google HQ

September 30, 2005

As previously announced, the Search SIG and Mobile Monday have joined forces to put together a Mobile Search focused event. It will take place on Monday October 10th, and will be hosted by Google at their headquarter in Mountain View (1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Building 40). Many of you expected the event to take place on [...]

Quick write-ups on the Audio Seach session

September 30, 2005

This first session was a great success (not that we want to toot outr own horn). Besides a few logistics problems (such a the stack of pizza disappearing in an unbelievable time), our first meeting was a success. We had a great line-up of experts, interesting discussions, and a great audience – which we hope [...]

Program of the session on Audio Search and Directories

September 30, 2005

The program of the inaugural session “Audio Search and Directories� of the Search SIG is now complete. Jeff Karnes, who leads product management for Media Search at Yahoo!, is the latest addition to the “Podside Chat�. Before Yahoo!, Jeff worked at Virage, a pioneer in Audio search, so we’re glad to have him join Ev “Odeo� Williams, [...]

Welcome to the SearchSIG Blog

September 30, 2005

We (the co-chairs) had been talking about putting this blog together for some time, among the many things that we had to do in order to get a new SDForum Special Interest Group up and running – focusing on the fascinating world of search. SearchSIG came about as the logical extension of Vertical LEAP, the [...]