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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Google reconsiders giving users control over search results
Google has been running a live test in which web users have been re-ranking, commenting on, and even removing search results, but the company is unsure whether these features will ever be introduced for widespread use. The search engine has been running a few variations on these tests; and has used the feedback to learn more about the quality of their results. According to Google’s Matt Cutts: "It’s a really…
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European mobile search market grows by 38%
The mobile search market grew by 38% in Europe year on year in June, while gains in the US market were more impressive, with the number of people searching via mobile rising by 68% compared with June 2007’s figures. The figures, released by online measurement firm comScore, revealed that 4.5m Europeans and 20.8m US mobile users used mobile search in June. The growth in the use of mobile search has…
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Beware of the Google ‘search’ network
We like Google. We spend quite a bit of time defending Google to our clients and explaining how embracing Google's quest for relevant search results is the most effective form of search engine marketing in the long term. Every now and then we do, however, come across examples of the greed that many people despise Google for and find it hard to justify. A recent example raises serious question marks…
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Google Chrome – the shiny new web browser
It has arrived! Google's new web browser (known as 'Chrome') has been released in Beta version and promises great things. After a very painless download and install, we have been playing with it this morning and overall impressions are fairly good, although our lovely new site looked appalling in it – some rapid changes to the style sheet have helped although there are a few bugs to iron out… Despite…
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