Bad search results
Back in prehistoric times BG (Before Google), the content of the Internet was indexed by human editors. Thus, a listing in one of the search facilities back then was the result of some person or persons making a judgment on the quality and relevance of a link. However, as the content of the Internet exploded, [...]
Google Android GPS
Among its many activities, Google has developed an operating system for small devices like phones. It is called Android and has growing usage. For example, Motorola has a phone coming out called the “Droid”. Google’s platform is free, which gives Microsoft and others who charge some competition.
Now Google is adding a free navigation service [...]
Searching for music
It’s been hard to keep up with Google announcements this week. Here’s another one. Google is introducing a music search feature:
Every day we get millions of search queries about music. You want to know more about your favorite artists, find that new album or iconic song or figure out the name of that tune stuck [...]
Google search adds similar images
Doing an image search for pictures? Find one you like and now you can search for similar images at Google image search. The Official Google Blog describes the new feature:
Today, we’re happy to announce that Similar Images is graduating from Google Labs and becoming a permanent feature in Google Images. You can try it [...]
Is real time search a moneymaker?
Microsoft and Google have been falling all over themselves trying to one-up each other in searching Twitter and Facebook. Aside from the pleasure of elbowing a rival, is there any money to be made? Monday’s New York Times business section looked at this question. The gist is that no one is sure. Neither Microsoft nor [...]
Social searching from Google
Google has unveiled another form of search. It’s social searching.
More easily find relevant blogs, reviews and other public content from your social circle.
Sign in to Google and do a search. If there’s relevant web content written by people in your social circle, it will automatically show up at the bottom of your search [...]
Google Maps update
Google has made some changes in the interface for its Maps application. The changes were announced on Friday:
Today the Google Maps team is rolling out a number of refinements to the look and feel of our maps, the biggest such changes since we first launched about 4.7 years ago. In that time we’ve been [...]
Report shows RAM reliability less than expected
Google has a lot of computers, thousands and thousands of them. That puts the company in a position to gather a lot of information about the reliability of computer components and periodically Google releases some of its data. For example, some of the best information about hard drive failure rates came from a study [...]
Guided tour to Google Chrome browser
For anyone who might be interested in trying out the Google Chrome browser, Google has created a guide:
Did you, or someone you know, recently switch to Google Chrome and wonder, “Where’s the file menu?” “What happened to the search box?” “How do I bookmark a page?” To address these initial questions and help people settle [...]
Google search rank and the truth
Ranking high in a Google search is a sine qua non for getting any traffic on a Web site. But high rank implies no guarantee of the quality or even safety of a site. Google’s algorithms for ranking can easily be fooled by well-known search engine optimization techniques. In fact, malware distributors often manage to [...]
Bing fading?
Two different Web analytics reports show that Bing usage dropped in September and Google gained. eWeek reports:
Microsoft Bing’s U.S. search fell from 9.49 percent of U.S. search share in August to 8.99 percent in September, according to figures from HitWise. Google recorded 71 percent of U.S. searches, up nearly 1 percent from 70.2 percent in [...]