ASK added a ticking clock with local time to all local search results. It’s been a while since I last used ASK for local search and it appears as if they added weather, clock, pictures and all kinds of useful stuff…
For example, a search for Las Vegas, NV shows:
Tags: Local-Search
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Yahoo is rolling out these days fresh updates to its “crawl, index and ranking systems.” You should be able to see a significant reduction Slurp’s crawling intensity as it should now be more efficient and less aggressive.
According to Yahoo Search Blog:
In response to feedback from the community, we’re reducing our crawling machines by a significant […]
“When your friends and well-intentioned acquaintances tell you that you’ve made a mistake, it’s good to listen,” those are the words posted by Bindu Reddy, Google’s video product manager, on the company’s official blog.
By saying that, Reddy probably means the wide criticism pointed towards Google for their handling of paid customers on Google Video. […]
A new product from the newly formed Google India Labs allows surfers from India use Google’s search property at their own language without having to even have a multi-language keyboard.
You don’t need a special keyboard or software; all you need is a web browser, a mouse, and a Unicode font for your language. So whether […]
Back in the day, I spent about a year working as an ice-cream man in Las Vegas. The most popular question I remember getting from people (mainly kids) around was if I had any free samples and don’t we all love them?
Yahoo added some free music samples under their YAHOO! AUDIO search. Not only that […]
Google made it clear that it plans on developing the “perfect online productivity suit” which will be both free and compete directly with Microsoft’s office. This week it announced that as a part of its relationships with Sun Microsystems it will start offering Sun’s Open-Office as part of its “Google Pack” which already includes Firefox […]
A couple of years ago and following the registration of the domain GBROWSER.com by Google, many have speculated that Google was set for developing its own browser. Since then Google increased its support in Firefox and the rumors disappeared.
Tags: Browser, GBrowser, Google-Browser
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As baseball season is heating up, Yahoo decided to make the life of the stat-buffs among us a tid-bit easier with their new Baseball Shortcuts. The original post calls this feature “Sports Shortcuts” but I could not locate any other sport besides baseball which triggered these shortcuts.
Here’s what you get when searching for Barry Bonds:
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In a recent survey held by University of Michigan’s American Customer Satisfaction Index, or ACSI, on customer satisfaction Yahoo came on top with a score of 79 while Google scored only 78 in a surver that asked people about to report on Web search services, portals, online news and information.
Yahoo’s score shows a 4 point […]
Yesterday I posted about Google’s announcement of shutting down of its Google Video rental platform. I guess the point that users are left SOL with $5 credit has been seen as a major insult to many. The official cancellation email reads:
Hello,
As a valued Google user, we’re contacting you with some […]
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Written by Noel Bautista [email] for b5media.
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