Posts Tagged ‘search engines’

Breaking: “Google Instant” Introduced

Thursday, September 9, 2010 3:02 No Comments

The event has started. Marissa Mayer says, “In the past few months, Google has crossed one billion users each week.“ Caffeine makes index 50% faster, she says.
She talks about Caffeine, real-time search, spelling corrections, enhancements to questions and answers, Google Squared (part of core web search now), stars in search, and the recent redesign. [...]

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Google Completes Caffeine Update After Nearly a Year

Wednesday, June 9, 2010 3:15 No Comments

Google announced today that it has completed its new web indexing system called Caffeine. The company claims it provides 50% fresher results for web searches than the previous index and is the largest collection of web content it’s offered.
“Whether it’s a news story, a blog or a forum post, you can now [...]

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Bing Suggests Queries Based on Search History

Monday, March 1, 2010 13:43 No Comments

Microsoft announced today that Bing is just now supporting query history in its Autosuggest feature. In other words, if you have your search history enabled, Bing will incorporate past queries you’ve made into the suggestions.
“You are in full control of your query history,” the Bing Team stresses.  “We know your privacy is very important to [...]

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Bing, Google, and Yahoo All Making Maps More Interesting

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:52 1 Comment

At TED, Microsoft unveiled some new features for Bing Maps. “This work builds on the idea of spatial search that Microsoft discussed in December when the company launched its new version of Bing Maps,” a representative for Microsoft tells WebProNews.
Some of the new features are available today, but some you will have to wait on [...]

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