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Apr. 28, 2008 at 6:46am by Danny Sullivan
Microsoft Paper: Improving Search Results By Mining Web Surfing Activity
A new research paper from Microsoft looks at how surfing behavior -- as logged by a search toolbar -- can be used to improve search results....
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Jan. 31, 2008 at 12:13pm by Danny Sullivan
Google's Marissa Mayer On Social Search / Search 4.0
VentureBeat has a nice Q&A with Google's Marissa Mayer on how the search engine is considering using social data to improve its search results -- what I've described as "Search 4.0" as a generational jump in my Search 3.0 article from earlier this year. Some highlights below:...
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Nov. 29, 2007 at 9:25am by Barry Schwartz
Google Like/Don't Like: Move Results Up, Hide Them Or Suggest Your Own
Google has rolled out a new experimental feature that allows anyone to alter search results in the way they like. You can move good results higher, hide ones you think are bad and suggest your own....
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Nov. 2, 2007 at 9:18am by Barry Schwartz
Blog Searches Now Included In Google Web History
Google Operating System reports Google Blog Searches are now included in Google Web History....
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Sep. 17, 2007 at 9:44am by Barry Schwartz
Google Asking Searchers To Submit Search Results
I reported at the Search Engine Roundtable that some searchers are noticing that Google is asking them to suggest search results that will "help improve search for everyone," says the Google message....
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May. 1, 2007 at 8:46am by Greg Sterling
iGoogle, Personalized Search And You
Yesterday was "Google Personalization Day" for me and a number of others who attended a meeting at Google with Marissa Mayer, VP of Search Products & User Experience, as well as Google Personalization Technical Lead Sep Kamvar and iGoogle Product Manager Jessica Ewing. Barry has captured much of the factual...
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Apr. 19, 2007 at 6:16pm by Danny Sullivan
Google Search History Expands, Becomes Web History
Google's Search History feature, which was switched on as a default option for many Google searchers in February, has now been renamed Web History to reflect how it has expanded to track what Google users do as they surf the web. It's a huge move for Google and raises anew...
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Apr. 18, 2007 at 3:32pm by Chris Sherman
Google Offers "Queryless Search" & Personalized Recommendations
Google is rolling out two features today that subtly but meaningfully enhance the level of personalization offered to anyone with a Google account. And while they're tied to your search behavior, they don't directly alter the standard search results you see, even if you've enabled personalization by searching while signed...
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Feb. 2, 2007 at 10:46pm by Danny Sullivan
Google Ramps Up Personalized Search
Google is stepping up the push into personalized search results. A new change announced today should cause many more people to take up the service. In turn, the growth of personalized search should have a dramatic impact on search marketers as the days of "same results, all around" eventually come...
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Jan. 22, 2007 at 9:43am by Barry Schwartz
Google Adds Sponsored Links To Your Search History
Google Operating Systems reports that Google has added your sponsored link click activity to Google Search History. For example, I looked at my search history and limited it to just sponsored links, and I noticed I search for "gift dad" and clicked on an ad, yes my dad and father-in-law's...
