Comments on: Something exciting in the Australian search space? http://josh.st/2005/08/29/something-exciting-in-the-australian-search-space/ Web, English, 中国, and various geekosity Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:05:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josh http://josh.st/2005/08/29/something-exciting-in-the-australian-search-space/#comment-4551 Josh Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:29:53 +0000 http://www.joahua.com/blog/?p=676#comment-4551 I've replied to Dean Jones by (a rather lengthy) email, and plan on publishing a follow-up article discussing Ansearch in light of the events and changes that have taken place in recent months. I’ve replied to Dean Jones by (a rather lengthy) email, and plan on publishing a follow-up article discussing Ansearch in light of the events and changes that have taken place in recent months.

]]> By: Dean Jones http://josh.st/2005/08/29/something-exciting-in-the-australian-search-space/#comment-4550 Dean Jones Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:51:27 +0000 http://www.joahua.com/blog/?p=676#comment-4550 Hi Josh, My name is Dean Jones and I am the CEO of Ansearch. Picked up on your post earlier today via Technorati and thought you and your readers may want to learn more about the merits of our SE and how we are approaching the Australian marketplace. Email me and I will answer as best I can any questions you have on our operations... or accept feedback/comments on constructive critisism on how we may do things better. BTW... Much has changed since your first article on us some 6 months ago. Might be worth taking another look... Rgs, DJ. Hi Josh,

My name is Dean Jones and I am the CEO of Ansearch.

Picked up on your post earlier today via Technorati and thought you and your readers may want to learn more about the merits of our SE and how we are approaching the Australian marketplace.

Email me and I will answer as best I can any questions you have on our operations… or accept feedback/comments on constructive critisism on how we may do things better.

BTW… Much has changed since your first article on us some 6 months ago. Might be worth taking another look…

Rgs,

DJ.

]]> By: Josh http://josh.st/2005/08/29/something-exciting-in-the-australian-search-space/#comment-4548 Josh Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:25:17 +0000 http://www.joahua.com/blog/?p=676#comment-4548 Oh and I keep source images of everything locally in a folder system, anyway -- and I know I could have that with Flickr, too, but I just find firing up an FTP client and quickly throwing some files across (or using WordPress' web-based upload feature, if there's just one file) far quicker than signing into a 3rd party site, uploading (and adjusting whatever settings are involved -- If I'm publishing something, I've <em>already</em> spent a while making sure it's the right size, etc!), then getting its URL and including that in the post. The other thing is, even if Flickr doesn't shut down, if they ever change their image URI structure then posts dependent upon Flickr break. Further, hosting images remotely results in another DNS query -- which is an issue I'm particularly sensitive to, given how often my ISP's DNS server is painfully slow. <strong>Edit: Quite by accident, I discovered a <a href="http://blog.cyron.id.au/2005/08/17/flickryahoo/">case in point here</a>.</strong> Oh and I keep source images of everything locally in a folder system, anyway — and I know I could have that with Flickr, too, but I just find firing up an FTP client and quickly throwing some files across (or using WordPress’ web-based upload feature, if there’s just one file) far quicker than signing into a 3rd party site, uploading (and adjusting whatever settings are involved — If I’m publishing something, I’ve already spent a while making sure it’s the right size, etc!), then getting its URL and including that in the post.

The other thing is, even if Flickr doesn’t shut down, if they ever change their image URI structure then posts dependent upon Flickr break. Further, hosting images remotely results in another DNS query — which is an issue I’m particularly sensitive to, given how often my ISP’s DNS server is painfully slow.

Edit: Quite by accident, I discovered a case in point here.

]]> By: Josh http://josh.st/2005/08/29/something-exciting-in-the-australian-search-space/#comment-4547 Josh Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:20:53 +0000 http://www.joahua.com/blog/?p=676#comment-4547 No, not really... mostly just because I don't like the idea of not being able to backup/bail out my data quickly/easily. That, images here are all linked to posts, which I can search (courtesy of ALT attributes) and then find with relative ease. I think that categorising by year, month as I do would be counterproductive, but for the fact that all images I categorise in this way are linked to posts (and the posts have a chronology, but, more importantly, are searchable). I probably <em>should</em> be using <a href="/photostack/" rel="nofollow">Photostack</a> more, but it's too much work for me at the minute to update the design, etc., and <a href="http://www.cat-man.info/" rel="nofollow">Ben's</a>own image management software is what I'm planning on eventually getting around to using (eventually!) for album-based stuff. No, not really… mostly just because I don’t like the idea of not being able to backup/bail out my data quickly/easily. That, images here are all linked to posts, which I can search (courtesy of ALT attributes) and then find with relative ease.

I think that categorising by year, month as I do would be counterproductive, but for the fact that all images I categorise in this way are linked to posts (and the posts have a chronology, but, more importantly, are searchable).

I probably should be using Photostack more, but it’s too much work for me at the minute to update the design, etc., and Ben’sown image management software is what I’m planning on eventually getting around to using (eventually!) for album-based stuff.

]]> By: Matthom http://josh.st/2005/08/29/something-exciting-in-the-australian-search-space/#comment-4539 Matthom Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:32:31 +0000 http://www.joahua.com/blog/?p=676#comment-4539 Wow - suddenly your blog has become so image-heavy! You take good photos, though. Ever consider an image management site - something like Flickr? Wow — suddenly your blog has become so image-heavy!

You take good photos, though. Ever consider an image management site — something like Flickr?

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