Google Builds Out A National Real Estate Search Engine
Nov 20, 2009 at 12:02am ET by Matt McGee
While the National Association of REALTORS® is planning to launch its own national property database sometime next year, Google seems to have just stolen the NAR's thunder. How? By rolling out individual "place pages" for every property that's listed in Google Maps. Like this one for a home in Seattle:
The real estate listing place pages include property information, photos, map placement, Street View imagery and functionality, nearby public transit details, and even AdWords ads. Google has added links for "Directions" and "Search nearby," as well as a "Send" link that opens an outgoin [...]
Filed in: Google: Maps & Local, Search Engines: Real Estate, Top News
Bug: Google Social Search Goes Offline Temporarily
Nov 16, 2009 at 9:29am ET by Barry Schwartz
Over the weekend, I received several emails, noticed dozens of Tweets, saw several forum posts and noticed for myself that Google Social Search experimental search feature went offline.
If you have opt in to the Social Search feature at google.com/experimental you will notice an error on your Google searches that reads, "The experiment you're trying to access is no longer available. Go to experiments overview."
Google has confirmed this is a temporary issue and that a fix will be in place sometime today or tomorrow. Here is Google's official statement on this matter:
The Google Soci [...]
Filed in: Google: Social Search, Search Engines: Experimental
“TV Guide For The Internet” Clicker Comes Out Of Beta
Nov 12, 2009 at 2:24pm ET by Greg Sterling
The label, "TV Guide for the internet," doesn't fully capture the intent or the extent of Clicker. We first wrote about the site when it appeared at the TechCrunch50 event. It was then in a closed beta. However today, a mere 58 days later, the site launches to the public with a number of new features and additional content.
Former Ask CEO Jim Lanzone, now the CEO of Clicker, has described the site as “the first structured, comprehensive and unbiased programming guide for internet television.” And in today's press release the site calls itself "Complete Programming Guide for Internet Tel [...]
Filed in: Search Engines: Social Search Engines, Search Engines: Video Search Engines, Top News
Bing Launches Wolfram Alpha Collaboration & Several New Search Features
Nov 11, 2009 at 2:29pm ET by Matt McGee
There's a lot of news today coming out of Bing headquarters, perhaps most notably that the long-rumored partnership with Wolfram Alpha is finally coming to fruition.
Bing's announcement today explains that the collaboration will cover two specific areas: nutritional information and mathematics.
Nutritional Data
With help from Wolfram Alpha, Bing says it can now help users make smarter diet choices. When searching for specific food items, searchers will see a new Nutrition tab that offers more information. And at the bottom of the search results page, Bing will show the nutrition facts [...]
Filed in: Microsoft: Bing, Microsoft: Bing Travel, Microsoft: Partnerships, Search Engines: Wolfram Alpha, Top News
Bing Launches New Video Portal With Help From MSN
Nov 10, 2009 at 7:45pm ET by Matt McGee
Bing and MSN have combined to create Bing Videos, a new video portal that combines the content from MSN Videos with Bing's search technology.
According to today's announcement (and more here), the new site combines videos from a variety of sources. The former MSN Videos offered original programming, as well content from the likes of MSNBC, Fox Sports, National Geographic, and others. Bing Videos will house that content, and offer web-based videos from sites like YouTube, Hulu, MySpace, and others.
Videos are organized into a handful of categories (News, Sports, TV Shows, etc.) and th [...]
Filed in: Microsoft: Bing Videos, Microsoft: MSN Video, Search Engines: Video Search Engines, Top News
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