Bing-Yahoo Alliance Reaches 30 Percent of Search Share
There’s no doubt who’s winning the search engine race right now. With 65.5 percent of search share, Google is the reigning king in the U.S. – and holds even more impressive in other countries, such as the UK, where Google now handles about 92 percent of all search queries. But this may be a case o…
Google’s Second Quarter Figures Released
Google has seen an eventful quarter, with the release of the Google +1 button and the Google Plus social network representing a lunge into social, the Google Offers local service spreading into new regions, and partnerships with several new companies. Meanwhile, despite pressure from outside compani…
Global Spam Filtering Now Available for Google Voice
Benjamin Franklin told us that there are only two inevitable things: “Death and taxes.” If he lived in the modern world, however, he may have added a third item to the list: “Spam.” No matter what medium of communication we discuss, there’s bound to be some form of spam involved – whether that…
Google Re-Branding Numerous Properties
Google owns a lot of popular territory on the web, and not all of it bears the obvious “Google” tag. Sites like YouTube, Blogger, Picasa, and Orkut are just a few examples. However, it may become more clear to users when they’re on a Google property. The company is set to change the names of several…
Google+ as a Business Tool
The last decade, and more especially the last five years, have changed the way that businesses approach the internet. While a website was once enough, an established business is now expected to have a profile on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and other major sites. It’s no surprise, then, that the big…
Bing Updates Maps Features and Interface
Denizens of the web may not be completely familiar with the competitive edge offered from each search engine, but – yes, believe it or not – there are plenty of reasons to use a non-Google search engine. Those who want to avoid spam at any cost should use Blekko, those interested in entertainmen…
Yahoo Is Closing Down Site Explorer
Yahoo is something of an anomaly in the search engine world today. It’s one of the most popular search sites (the second most popular, in fact), if we choose to call it a search site at all. Certainly, users can conduct a search on Yahoo’s home page – and many do! – but all of those searches are…
Google Science Fair Winners Announced
Google certainly goes out of its way for charitable pursuits. One recent endeavor that recently finished was the Google Science Fair, which awarded over $100,000 in scholarships to teenagers and led to an astonishing battery of scientific findings.
The contestants, all age 13 to 18, presented a d…
Google+ Server Issue Spams Users Relentlessly
Those who are part of the Google+ limited invite beta may have noticed a more than minorly annoying issue over the weekend. For over an hour on Saturday, the Google notification server sent out notifications for on-site actions – over and over and over and over again.
From the user perspective,…
Matt Cutts Gives Details on Google’s PageRank Methodology
For many, Matt Cutts is the real “face of Google.” For years, he’s spoken on panels, given addresses, and answered the questions of webmasters more directly. In his continuing series on the YouTube Google Webmaster Help channel, Cutts addresses questions posed by webmasters, SEOs, and curious bystan…