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Apr. 18, 2008 at 6:26pm by Danny Sullivan
Google Gets Whois Answers In Search Results
Looks like Google's gained a new direct answer service, whois information for domains. Enter a query like whois searchengineland.com, and you'll be told when the domain was registered and expires, along with a link to more information from the Domain Tools site. Here's a screenshot:...
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Feb. 6, 2008 at 1:59pm by Daniel Bower
New—And Unfortunate—Changes To Google Local Search
Google recently made some quite significant changes to the OneBox / Universal Search result that appears at the top of the result page when you do a query that Google determines has local intent. Previously, Google would display three local search results in the OneBox area, with a star rating...
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Jan. 30, 2008 at 10:32am by Danny Sullivan
Google Universal Search: 2008 Edition
It's just over a half-year since Google launched Universal Search, its method of blending results from its own various topically-focused or "vertical" search engines. Since that time, the system has evolved. In particular, Google Universal Search now fills more than just 10 spots on the page, while shopping and...
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Jan. 10, 2008 at 8:03am by Greg Sterling
Google Maps Gaining On Market Leader Mapquest
Mapquest arguably "owns" the mapping brand online. It has been the dominant mapping site for years by a wide margin. But that dominance may now be slipping under pressure from Google. Hitwise reports that "traffic to Mapquest has remained flat year on year and is down 20% in the past...
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Dec. 19, 2007 at 8:40am by Barry Schwartz
Need Flight Status? Google Now Provides Tracking
The Google Blog announced they have improved how they return flight status information in search results. Instead of just providing a link to get flight times, you get that information directly in the OneBox area at Google, without requiring a click to see it....
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Dec. 13, 2007 at 11:15am by Barry Schwartz
Google 2D? Google Tests Vertical Results In Right-Hand Column
Ask 3D was the name Ask gave to the "three pane" user interface rolled out earlier this year. Now Google seems to be copying Ask, at least to the second degree, with the right-most column being used to show vertical results similar to how Ask does it. Google Blogoscoped and...
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Nov. 27, 2007 at 9:11am by Danny Sullivan
Search 3.0: The Blended & Vertical Search Revolution
This has been a remarkable year. After years of no real dramatic evolution in search, the third generation finally arrived. Google calls it Universal Search, and I've been tending to say "blended search" as a generic name for the change that's now hit all the major search engines. But in...
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Apr. 30, 2007 at 9:47pm by Danny Sullivan
From The Isn't It Ironic Dept: Google Product Search's Results Show Up In Google
Remember how Google said recently that it might crack down on listings pages that are simply search results themselves? Reader Michael Nguyen dropped an email today to point out how, ironically, Google is now listing pages from its own Google Product Search service exactly as it has warned others not...
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Apr. 24, 2007 at 10:46pm by Chris Sherman
Google News Results Now Live In Web Search Results
As we reported last week, Google is now including news results in web search results when your query terms trigger relevant results. The results are clearly marked with a link for "News results for..." above the news results, as shown here: I've asked Google how the new changes will affect...
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Apr. 19, 2007 at 3:00pm by Chris Sherman
Google To Integrate News With Web Search Results
Soon, Google will quietly begin changing the way it blends news results and standard web search results, co-mingling links to news sources and web pages if your search terms are relevant to current news events. The new format will replace OneBox news links that have normally appeared at the top...
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Mar. 20, 2007 at 4:15pm by Barry Schwartz
Google Officially Releases Plus Box Feature Again
The Google Blog finally announced the Google Plus Box feature that we have been reporting on since last year....
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Feb. 26, 2007 at 9:20am by Barry Schwartz
Google Video Plus Box Results
Philipp Lenssen spotted plus box results at Google for Google Video results. He noticed it for a search on nightwish videos, but I do not see it myself. For a screen capture check out Philipp's Google Blogoscoped. We have covered two other plus box results in the past. Google "Plus...
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Feb. 19, 2007 at 3:27pm by Barry Schwartz
Google Finance Plus Signs In Google Search Results
Threadwatch spotted plus signs within Google search results that contain Google Finance information. A search at one Google data center on computers brings back the follow results:...
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Jan. 30, 2007 at 8:38am by Barry Schwartz
Google Adds Local Reviews In Search Results
The Google Blog announced that when you conduct searches at Google.com for local specific information, you may get local reviews and business comparisons. For example a search on pizza 10010 returns three results, all with five stars, from pizza restaurants in NYC. Here is a screen capture:...
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Jan. 26, 2007 at 12:47pm by Gord Hotchkiss
Q&A With Marissa Mayer, Google VP, Search Products & User Experience
Marissa Mayer has been the driving force behind Google's Spartan look and feel from the very earliest days. In this wide-ranging interview, I talked with Marissa about everything from interface design to user behavior to the biggest challenge still to be solved with search as we currently know it....
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Jan. 16, 2007 at 2:25pm by Danny Sullivan
New Google Checkout Promo; New Google Trust Worries
Gary Price pointed out something new to me on Google, the ability to filter product search results from merchants using Google Checkout. But more important, Google's promoting this new feature right within its main search results. That move, along with just having dropped map links to competitors and in the...
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Dec. 17, 2006 at 11:22am by Greg Sterling
'Reverse Engineering' Google Local Results
Search engine marketer Mike Blumenthal on his blog, "Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local," has been doing an interesting investigation to try and understand the Google Maps and local search algorithm and what factors influence those rankings. As a basic matter, Google uses different algorithms for general and local search...
