Pandia Search Engine News Wrap-up June 14
Sorry about last weeks lack of wrap-up. So much to do and so little time… Not to worry, though, here are this week’s most important search engine news headlines, according to Per and Susanne of Pandia:
- Google’s New Review Search Option and Sentiment Analysis
If you sort by reviews, Google will perform sentiment analysis and highlight interesting comments. (SEO by the Sea June 12 2009)
- WolframAlpha Goes Halfway On iPhone Mobile Search
If you visit www.wolframalpha.com on your iPhone, you should see an iPhone friendly home screen. (SE Land June 12 2009)
- Google Now Notifying Webmasters After Reconsideration Request Review via Email
Now, if you submit a reconsideration request, Google may email you a few days later with a notification that they have actually reviewed your site. (SE Roundtable June 10 2009)
- Microsoft’s Bing Introduces “Fast Forward” Ad Campaign on The Daily Show
The ad begins with a Snuggie commercial, but after a few seconds the video fast-forwards through the Snuggie spot and other commercial. (PageTraffic June 12 2009)
- Directory of Public Domain Clip Art
The Open Clip Art Library is a collection of clip art that’s been placed in the public domain and is free to use. (ResearchBuzz June 6 2009)
- Google to Hand a Huge Opportunity to Twitter?
On the surface, it seems that adding microblogging search capability that features mostly Twitter results would only benefit Google (Traffick June 13 2009)
- Similar Sites Is Darn Useful
I enter a url that interests me and the system generates a list of similar sites. (Beyond Search June 8 2009)
- Surf Canyon integrated with Bing.
WebMynd and Surf Canyon, worked quickly to customize Bing with real-time search results powered by OneRiot. (Alt Search Engines June 9 2009)
- Wolfram Alpha Update: Not a Search Engine
The naked search box and formulating a query that makes use of the Mathematica engine may be at odds with what the folks with whom I spoke want in a a finding system. (Beyond Search June 10 2009)
- How to Publish Google Docs to Your Website
Google Docs is a great way to keep your working documents accessible at all times, and also to collaborate on documents with others. (Google Tutor June 10 2009)
- Bing and the Yahooligans
Yahoo is more vulnerable to Bing.com in the short run. Yahoo’s search system is a side show compared to the dozens of services that Yahoo pushes in my face. (Beyond Search June 14 2009)
- Hey, Just a Minute (or Why Google Isn’t Twitter)
Do we really want Google’s search engine to swallow Twitter’s output as fast as it comes, without filtering, analyzing and ranking by authority? (New York Times June 13 2009)
- Bing Safe Search Update
Potentially explicit images and video content will now be coming from a separate single domain, explicit.bing.net. (Bing Community June 12 2009)
- Fujitsu Gets Bitten by the Search Bug
Fujitsu Laboratories of America has created a browser plug-in that pops-up a cloud of suggested query refinements around search engine boxes. (Beyond Search June 12 2009)
- Lijit search - your own search engine
Lijit search is designed to take all your created content from your blog, website, Flickr account, twitter and so on and create a single resource for you. (P Bradley June 11 2009)
- Search engine comparisons
There are a few resources that have popped up in the last few days that allow you to compare searches from the major engines in a blind taste testing exercise. (P Bradley June 11 2009)
- Instant Translation in Bing
If you’re looking to impress your friends around the globe, you can now buff up on some common phrases in various languages using the translator instant answer in Bing. (Bing Community June 11 2009)
- 25 Free People Search Engines to find Anyone in the World
Free, high quality free people search engines to help you reconnect with friends, family, school friends or any other person from your past (FinderMind June 3 2009)
- AOL Goes for Local with the Acquisition of Patch and Going
AOL is making local search a core part of their business model. (SE Watch June 12 2009)
- Yahoo! Contributes to Development of Semantic Tagging Format
Dubbed Common Tag, the format is an open tag with metadata and unique URLs. (SE Watch June 12 2009)
- Google China Launches Shopping Search
The search giant rolls out a beta shopping search channel in its latest attempt to capitalize on the huge Chinese online market. (internetnews June 12 2009)
- Creative Commons Images: Coming to a Search Engine Near You…
Google and Yahoo add CC filters (Searchengine Weblog June 11 2009)
- Bing swing: New search engine ups Microsoft share
In the week since Microsoft Corp. launched Bing, its new search engine, the software maker’s share of U.S. Web searches has crept into double digits for the first time in two years. (Boston Herald June 14 2009)
- Bing’s market share ripple
According to figures collected by StatCounter, search engine shares fluctuated by only a fraction of a percentage point. (IT Wire June 12 2009)
- Coming soon: Google’s micro-blogging search engine
Hints of this new search service are popping up in Google’s translation console (ZD June 13 2009)
- Microsoft updates photo and video searching on Bing.com
Bing.com would now load objectionable content from a separate domain (explicit.bing.net). (TechWhack June 13 2009)
- Google Analytics Now Considers Bing A Search Engine
You can now use Google’s web analytics to identify Bing search traffic (SE Land Jun 12 2009)
- Ask Japan To Shut Down
Ask is closing down Ask Japan, aka Ask.jp on June 25th. (SE Roundtable June 12 2009)
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