Google Now Searching For Synonyms
Aug 26, 2008 at 4:54pm ET by Danny Sullivan
Blink, and you might have missed it. Google's now doing synonym
searching. It's something they quietly noted in a
past Google blog post and one that comes up again today in a
post that covers how Google uses experiments to improve the search
interface.
Back to synonym searching in a moment. The main focus of today's post is
how small changes can have a big impact on how users interact with search
results. Some before and after screenshots of various search results are
shown. Most compelling to me was how by making the + symbol thicker in a "Plus
Box" that allows for stock quotes [...]
Filed in: Google: Search Customization, Google: Web Search, Search Features: General, Search Features: Query Refinement, Top News
Google Now Notifies Of “Search Customization” & Gives Searchers Control
Jul 30, 2008 at 4:33pm ET by Danny Sullivan
Google is now showing "search customization" messages to inform searchers
when their search results have been modified from "normal" due to a
searcher's geographic location, previous query or web surfing and search
history. It's a nice move to help searchers know what exactly is going on
"under the hood" at Google and override it if the wrong choices are being
made. I'd like to see more of it.
What's Normal?
There was a time when everyone saw exactly the same search results at the
major search engines. Over time, this has changed. In particular, geographic
targe [...]
Filed in: Google: Search Customization, Google: Web History & Search History, Google: Web Search, Search Features: General
How Search Engines Redirect Users To Country-Specific Sites
May 15, 2008 at 10:09am ET by Barry Schwartz
Yahoo
just started redirecting people in the UK who are trying to reach Yahoo.com
instead to its Yahoo UK web site, something
that Google has done for a long time. With the change, this seemed a good time
to revisit how all the major search engines may intercept people trying to reach
their ".com" versions from countries outside the United States.
Below, the examples are drawn from someone in the UK trying to reach .com
versions of each of the major search engines. Those in other countries often
will find similar interception in place.
Yahoo
If you are based in the UK, Yahoo will [...]
Filed in: Ask: Web Search, Google: Outside US, Google: Web Search, Microsoft: Live Search, Microsoft: Outside US, Search Engines: Outside USA, Search Features: General, Yahoo: Outside US, Yahoo: Search
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