Ask.com announced (11/10/10) that it is laying off 130 engineers and ceding its effort at building and maintaining its own independent search technology (WSJ article). That really leaves Google and MSN/Bing as the only algorithmic search engine providers (sorry Mahalo, Wolfram Alpha and other search engines the
Read more →Google “Instant” is an extension of the “Search Suggestions” functionality only now you see real time results for each iteration of your search term as you type. Google Instant has immediate SEO and SEM implications which will continue to be discovered in the coming weeks, but some
Read more →9/8/10: Google announced Google “Instant” which is a new feature the allows search users to preview/see search results as they refine their search term even before they finish typing their search term. It is basically a real-time extension of Google “Suggest”. For more information from Google: Google
Read more →Google shut down its “Wave” service, is this a tip for others not to force social media just because its a hot topic but only when it helps users?
Read more →Yahoo sent an update today that their organic results will most likely be powered by Bing in August/September, which is a more defined timeframe than the previous “by the end of the year”.
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