Google could capitalise on a marketing opportunity Bing decided not to take when it launched images and interactive messages on the homepage of it search engine. With Bing, we saw Microsoft roll out colorful images for the search homepage. Last week Google followed, but on Thursday the Mountain View, Calif., company asked us to choose [...]
Microsoft Bing plans to release this summer free tools for webmasters and SEO professionals built in Silverlight 4. Liva Judic tells us one feature allows Webmasters to submit priority URLs, as well as those they want blocked from indexing in SERPs. He also provides updates on Bing’s social updates and wooing of Apple. Read the [...]
Google today announced the completion of its new index algorithm called Caffeine. According to Google “Caffeine provides 50 percent fresher results for web searches than our last index, and it’s the largest collection of web content we’ve offered. Whether it’s a news story, a blog or a forum post, you can now find links to [...]
At one time people called the act of Googling yourself on a search engine a vanity search or ego-surfing. Now it’s a matter of self-preservation. MediaPost Publications 28/05/2010.
One of the most requested features for Custom Search is autocompletion of queries. On the 18 May, Google announced at Google I/O that you can now enable query autocompletions for your search engine. via Google Custom Search: Autocompletion of queries in Custom Search.
Just when you thought in-game advertising fell victim to declining video game sales, Microsoft turns advertising on its head and with positive stats proving us wrong. That’s if you believe the findings? MediaPost Publications 21/05/2010.
Interesting blog about website optimisation via Optimized Digital with Multivariate Testing & Targeting – MrOptimization.com.
When Google announced that it would start considering a Web sites speed as one signal to rank pages in search results the Google Webmaster Central blog pointed to several tools that a webmaster could use to see how quick their sites loads. Bill Slawski tells us about two tools, Firefox add-ons, that work with Firebug. [...]
When you’re hungry, don’t feel like cooking and have some cash in your pocket, what’s the first thing you do? Likely type “pizza delivery” into Google’s search bar and see what comes up. But sometimes, this hunt for a pizza place can turn into an annoying goose chase for both some place that doesn’t have [...]
Members of the generation raised on Google wants search engines to know how they think and feel. They want visual search, and for engines to serve them ideas based on personal information stored in social sites across the Web. via MediaPost Publications College Students Redesign Google Into Personal Assistant 04/19/2010.
