Posts Tagged ‘Queries’
Google Tweaks Algorithm to Show More Results from a Domain
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 20:32 No CommentsGooogle announced today that it has made a change to its algorithm that is supposed to make it easier to find multiple pages from a single site. "For queries that indicate a strong user interest in a particular domain, like [exhibitions at amnh], we’ll now show more results from the relevant site," says Google software [...]
Google Tweaks Algorithm to Show More Results from a Domain
Saturday, August 21, 2010 3:29 No CommentsGooogle announced today that it has made a change to its algorithm that is supposed to make it easier to find multiple pages from a single site. "For queries that indicate a strong user interest in a particular domain, like [exhibitions at amnh], we’ll now show more results from the relevant site," says Google software [...]
Facebook Questions Officially Launches
Thursday, July 29, 2010 4:01 No CommentsFacebook has begun the rollout of a new feature, Facebook Questions, which will allow users to get answers to their queries from the entire Facebook community.Similar in concept to Yahoo! Answers, Quora and… Read more
Is This Google Algorithm Update Costing You?
Monday, May 31, 2010 17:00 No CommentsHigh rankings in Google search results are coveted by nearly all webmasters, but Google is constantly making changes to keep them on their toes. Actually, Google is said to make roughly one change per day. One recent change in particular, however, has gotten some webmasters riled up. It’s being referred to as "Mayday," and some [...]
Do Google’s Direct Answers Improve Search Results?
Saturday, May 15, 2010 20:01 No CommentsLast year at its Searchology event, Google introduced Google Squared, the company’s Labs project aimed at building collections of facts from the web for any topic specified by the user. A year later (to the day), Google announced that Squared is already being integrated into its search engine. Do you find Google’s implementation of Squared [...]
Do Google’s Direct Answers Improve Search Results?
Saturday, May 15, 2010 3:38 No CommentsLast year at its Searchology event, Google introduced Google Squared, the company’s Labs project aimed at building collections of facts from the web for any topic specified by the user. A year later (to the day), Google announced that Squared is already being integrated into its search engine. Do you find Google’s implementation of Squared [...]
Google Now Giving Direct Answers for Fact-Based Queries
Thursday, May 13, 2010 19:33 No CommentsLast year at its Searchology event, Google introduced Google Squared, the company’s Labs project aimed at uilding collections of facts from the web for any topic specified by the user. A year later (to the day), Google has announced that Squared is already being integrated into its search engine. Google of course launched its newly [...]
Will Dmoz Continue to Have a Place in Search?
Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:04 No CommentsNearly a year ago, we looked at what Dmoz (aka: The Open Directory Project) was up to, and if it still had a place in search. The directory was talking about how it was looking for "a little respect" as it prepared to celebrate its 11th birthday (on June 5). Has Dmoz earned any more [...]
Will Dmoz Continue to Have a Place in Search?
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:31 No CommentsNearly a year ago, we looked at what Dmoz (aka: The Open Directory Project) was up to, and if it still had a place in search. The directory was talking about how it was looking for "a little respect" as it prepared to celebrate its 11th birthday (on June 5). Has Dmoz earned any more [...]
Search Suggest Comes to Google Maps
Thursday, April 22, 2010 20:40 No CommentsGoogle Suggest — the often amusing auto-suggest feature in search boxes — has made its way to Google Maps today.Previously only available in Germany, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the feature is now available on 10 new domains — including the U.S. and the U.K — and in eight new languages.Now as you type out [...]




