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Apr. 18, 2008 at 12:29pm by Danny Sullivan
The Midwest Earthquake & Search Engine Responses
The Midwest of the US was rocked by an unusual 5.2 earthquake. Looking at Google Trends, which shows popular recent queries, I can see people immediately hit the search engines with queries like illinois earthquake, chicago earthquake, and midwest earthquake. So how did the search engines do? Especially when...
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Feb. 8, 2008 at 9:12pm by Vanessa Fox
Live Search: There For Skiers And Snowboarders Everywhere
Live Search has just added Instant Answers for snow conditions at ski resorts. Type a query for a resort name (such as "whistler") or for a resort area (such as "CO snow report") and you'll see information such as lift status, amount of new snow, base depth, and conditions....
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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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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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Aug. 30, 2007 at 7:15am by Barry Schwartz
Got The Current Time? Your Search Engine Does!
Next month, AT&T is killing its call for current time feature. One reason? There are too many other ways to get the correct time -- and search engines are among those resources. Below, a look at how easy search engines make it to get the current time for anywhere in...
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Aug. 22, 2007 at 9:22pm by Barry Schwartz
Ask.com Adds Current Time Feature For Local Searches
Ask.com is now displaying a clock showing the local time in relation to local searches. For example, search for san jose, ca, and you'll see the local time there appearing in the right-hand column, like this: Give it a try for your favorite city....
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Aug. 17, 2007 at 11:57am by Larry Cornett
Search & Serendipity: Finding More When You Know Less
Today, Just Behave welcomes the second of our guest columnists, Larry Cornett, Vice President of Search Experience at Yahoo.—Gord Hotchkiss Where do you go to get your daily fix of fresh information? If you are like millions of other users out there, you hit sites like Digg, Delicious, Techmeme,...
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May. 8, 2007 at 8:34am by Barry Schwartz
Yahoo Search Integrates Lyrics Shortcut
The Yahoo Search blog has reported that Yahoo has now integrated their new music lyrics database into the Yahoo search results. If you perform a search on neil young lyrics at Yahoo, you will see a Yahoo Shortcut for "Neil Young Lyrics - Music Results."...
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Feb. 23, 2007 at 10:42am by Barry Schwartz
Yahoo Search Improves Movie Shortcut Results
The Yahoo Search Blog announced they have improved their movie shortcuts to add more information. The added information includes, movie trailers, user and critic ratings, a brief summary, and movie showtimes. For example, a search on Dreamgirls, 10025 brings up this Yahoo Shortcut....
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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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Dec. 19, 2006 at 11:24am by Brian Smith
Yahoo Pushing Vertical Search Through More Yahoo Shortcuts
Yahoo! Shortcuts must be working for searchers and for Yahoo! Starting last week, I noticed Yahoo prompting me a lot more to search for retailer coupons, flights from city to city and movie showtimes - all which trigger a Yahoo Shortcut. While shortcuts have been around for a while, this...
