Posts Tagged ‘Search’

Bing, Google, and Yahoo All Making Maps More Interesting

Sunday, February 14, 2010 3:52 No Comments

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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Get Your Breadcrumbs in Google for More Links in Results

Thursday, January 21, 2010 12:57 No Comments

Last summer it was discovered that Google was testing breadcrumbs in search results (breadcrumbs being the hierarchical display commonly used in site navigation. For example: Home Page>Product Page>Product A Page). Then in mid-November, Google announced that it was rolling out the use of breadcrumbs in search results on a global basis. What this means for [...]

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Google Search Results About to Get a Dose of Caffeine

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:43 No Comments

If you are unfamiliar with Caffeine, it is an algorithm update that Google announced in the summer. Upon the announcement, Google’s Matt Cutts said, “The Caffeine update isn’t about making some UI changes here or there.  Currently, even power users won’t notice much of a difference at all.  This update is primarily under the hood: [...]

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Google Collects Industry Research on New Site

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:35 No Comments

Google recently launched a new Internet statistics site, called simply “Google Internet Stats.” The site provides industry data from third-party sources for use in research.
Categories covered on the site include technology, consumer trends, media consumption, media landscape, and macro economic trends. Each of these has several sub-categories. For technology, you can see data on broadband, [...]

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Yahoo Pushes Out the New Search Design

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:33 No Comments

Along with Yahoo’s big new “Y!ou” campaign, the company has begun rolling out the new Yahoo Search. They unveiled the new design last month, which compliments the recently launched redesigns of the Yahoo Home Page, Yahoo Mail, and Yahoo Messenger.
“The new page is designed to help you easily find and explore the things that matter [...]

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