9/11 Through The Eyes Of Search

Yahoo, Ask, and Google each demonstrated different ways to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 attacks.

posted an American flag and links to a couple of special sites Yahoo created. The News team page on Yahoo lists links to five people and their reflections on the memories of the awful day. Remembering September 11th link pulls up search results topped by a Smart Answer listing with more links to information about the day. The appearance of an eBay sponsored link for DVDs and Movies appearing right below the Smart Answer block does detract somewhat from the effect, though. Google chose a different route for its remembrance. They discussed a film appearing in the Official Google 7 Days in September which tells the story of a week -- September 11-18, 2001 -- with the help of many filmmakers and a multitude of perspectives. As Rosenbaum notes, "Those seven days are full of fear, anger, pain, loss, and a deep sense of community," adding that 7 Days "isn't meant to be an answer, but rather a sounding board that may help people to ask deeply personal questions." We're honored to share it with you on 9/11 Commission report, but few people have read it completely. Why not be one who has? Tag: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo! My Web | Furl Bookmark Murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.