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More Google search functions
Yet more additions to Google search have come out.
One is called “related links”. Google Operating System describes the feature:
Google Related Links is a new Google Labs service that lets you add a list of related web pages and searches to your site. Unlike the homonymous service released by Google in 2006, the new Related [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
More on people search
Periodically, I write about sites for finding people (for example, at this link). Recently, Steve Bass did several pieces in his newsletter about finding people. One is called Find Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime (Almost). It relates a specific example of how he went about finding someone. He followed that with a list of some search tools [...]
Bing is down? or up?
Last week there were several reports that Microsoft search engine Bing had lost some market share in September. But now come different reports that Bing was up. So which is it? Like so many statistics about the Internet, it all depends on how you measure things. In any event. the changes are not large. For [...]
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 [...]
Flurry of activity at Google search
Google has been adding features to its search facility, perhaps in answer to Microsoft’s Bing. Whether it’s pressure from Bing or whatever, there have been a series of recent announcements from Google. They’ve come in rapid succession and I may have missed one but here is a summary of the activity I’m aware of.
I’ve mentioned [...]