UK internet users have visited more social networking sites than search engines in one month than ever before. Data released by research firm Hitwise shows that visits to social networks accounted for 11.88 per cent of all UK internet visits in … Continue reading
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Going Places - Google revamps its local business search
One in five searches on Google, and an estimated one in eight in total, are location-specific, and these types of queries are being requested of the search engine giant by 82 per cent of its users. So to cater better … Continue reading
Done in 35.9 jiffies - Google gets creative with search times
April Fool’s Day is certainly upon us and Google has decided to get a little kooky with its search result times Normally displayed at the top of the search results in seconds, the US firm has decided to mess about … Continue reading
US State Department weighs in to criticise Australia's internet filter plan
The US State Department has now also spoken out against the Australian plan to force internet providers to filter black-listed web content. The country’s parliament is due to vote on whether access to sites that contain child pornography, sexual violence, … Continue reading
EU and US regulators wave through Microsoft/Yahoo! deal
Microsoft and Yahoo! have received approval from both the US Department of Justice and the European Commission for their search deal announced last summer, Search Engine Watch has reported. Yahoo! will begin to rebrand its search facility under the … Continue reading
Google in tests to customise local search results for mobiles
"The keyboard on my mobile phone is as much use as a ….." (fill in the blank with your chosen simile). Whatever your answer to the above, it isn’t very likely to be complimentary. But now, Google is attempting to … Continue reading
Top actor's knighthood brings massive search spike
The British monarch's new year honours usually bring a flurry of interest in the people whose names appear among the great and the good, but the 2010 list sent interest in Shakespearean actor and Star Trek star Sir Patrick Stewart … Continue reading
Yahoo deal with Facebook seen as effort to regain influence on web
Yahoo and Facebook have announced a link-up that will allow people to log into any Yahoo website using their Facebook details. The partnership marks a significant milestone for the Facebook Connect service, which is already used by a number of sites … Continue reading
Google comment function a big step forward for 'webocracy'?
User comments have always been one measure of a website's search engine ranking, but it seems they may be about to become even more relevant, with Google's introduction of Sidewiki. This lets visitors to every website read and comment on … Continue reading
