new folksonomical approach in which tags are assigned to (and searchable by) facets. Every facet is a hierarchy of tags emerging from the actions of the users
Local search is defined as searches conducted by consumers on the local or directory (Yellow Pages) sections of leading search sites, and other searches identified as having local intent.
Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. A treemap visualization algorithm helps display the enormous amount of information gathered by the aggregator