As part of improving its image detection and ranking algorithm and as a result of Google’s acquisition of Neven Vision back in July of 2006, who specializes in object detection in images, Google enabled a new search variable in its SERPS. The variable &imgtype= is, so far, enabled for the inputs “face” and “news“.
For […]
Google Korea had relaunched yesterday with an attractive animated homepage. The page features the classic Google look with colored dots placed under the search form entry. When these dots are hovered they change into one of Google’s major properties. With this move, Google assumes the widespread dominance of broadband and disregards those dial-up users.
This is […]
All the major portals (i.e. Yahoo, AOL, etc) tends to not link to outside sources directly from their homepage, but only to deeper pages within their own portal. However, a new test implemented by Yahoo is trying to change that.
The main idea is to try and add value by providing truly relevant links rather than […]
An extensive Webmasterworld thread developing over the past week is outlining Google’s plan to “get rid” of publishers whose business model revolves around sending Adwords traffic to an MFA (Made for Adsense) site in an attempt to profit from the margin between the cost and the revenue (a.k.a search arbitrage).
In the thread, several publishers described […]
Google’s trend measurement tool added “Today’s Hot Trends” section outline trends on a daily basis. This new feature allows viewing the changes in the particular trend over the past day including sample keywords and the time in which the trend was at peak.
When asked how they determine their “trends” Google mentioned that the ranking is […]
Via Vecosys‘ “VERY trusted source” comes the rumor of the day - Google is set to acquire Feedburner!
According to the source the delay in announcement is solely due to the delay in closing the DoubleClick deal and should be out soon thereafter.
The rise in popularity of RSS feeds caused Adsense and DoubleClick a big hit […]
Google video started indexing other video sites (such as MetaCafe). The interface offers a “preview” of the original video, title, short description and a screencap. Problem is, that the “preview” in many cases covers the entire video so users don’t even need to visit the original site.
In the above case the Google Video, indeed shows […]
Wikipedia’s page on George Washington was changed this week. Google, apparently, caught it even before the moderator did, and even archived a copy of it…
While I find it entertaining, it is a bit embarrassing for Google, much like this item I posted a couple of days ago.
BTW: At the moment the same result does not […]
A major UI change in Google yesterday moved the navigation tabs from the top of the search box to the top of the page with a drop down box to allow even further navigation through the different Google entities.
Google also introduced their Google Experimental which allows one to search as usual but be exposed to […]
The Internet Search Engine Database launched this morning their newest social media toy, ISDB Scoop, a search engine article site where users get to submit stories and vote for their favorite ones. So in other words it is like search engine related Digg…
Tariq Ali, the site’s owner, says, “I wanted a community powered by users […]
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Written by Noel Bautista [email] for b5media.
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