Pandia gives you an overview of this week’s search engine buzz.

Pandia this week:

• The end of Ask as we know it
• Beyond Search, a blog about search technology and the search engine industry
• Metasearch engine SortFix offers new take on search results
• Multi language dictionary with translations and pronunciation
• Put current events in context with news search engine Silobreaker

And here are some of the stories from the rest of the web:

• All Things Must Pass; Moving On from Ask.com

  Search engine expert Gary Price leaves Ask because of recent changes (Resourceshelf March 5 2008)

• Next-Generation Semantics Search Engine ‘Qrobo’

  As part of its corporate strategy, Korean Semantics will introduce an English version and solutions of its automated semantic technology-based search engine (AltSearchEngines March 8 2008)

• Seven Habits of Highly Effective Web Searchers

  Wendy Boswell over at About.com has some good advice (March 8 2008)

• Search engine intelligence for librarians

  A presentation made by Per and Susanne from Pandia on the best search engine oriented sites. (Aviana PK Feb 28 2008)

• You’d Be Wise To “NoFollow” This Dubious SEO Advice

  For the past few months, I have been listening to some of my colleagues talk about the nofollow attribute and how to use it to sculpt a page’s PageRank. I believe this dubious SEO advice is an accident waiting to happen. (Shari Thurow March 6 2008)

• Digg for Sale at $225 Million : Google & Microsoft Entering Bidding War

  Google and Microsoft are both apparently making moves to purchase the social tech and news community (SE Journal March 7 2008)

• Microsoft in Hot Pursuit of Google

  Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer told a room of 1,500 software developers that the software giant has its eyes set on catching Google. (SE Watch March 7 2008)

• What Did Ask.com Really Say?

  Is Ask really to become an answer site for married women? We are all confused. (Marketing Pilgrim March 7 2008)

• FTC Gives me my First Search in Site Box

  Google adds search in site search box within search results (Graywolf March 7 2008)

• Jason Calacanis TechCrunched in Techmeme: Deathmatch at SES New York

  Aussie Duncan Riley of TechCrunch fame bodyslammed Jason after his Calacanis.com post on how to run a startup. Duncan said “Calacanis Fires People Who Have A Life.” (SE Watch Blog Marh 8 2008)

• What are people searching for and where are they looking?

  Susan Feldman & Co asked participants to tell them how long they spent searching, what their typical questions were, and where they went to find the information they needed. (KM World Feb 29 2008)