Google: Search Plus Your World
Google to close Google+ after 7 years: A look back at the impact it once had on Google search
This should come as no surprise, Google is closing down Google+ over lack of use and security...
Google Knowledge Graph Now Showing Social Profiles For Brands
The social profile links within the knowledge graph box on Google now is supported for corporate...
Google’s Knowledge Graph Finally Shows Social Networks Not Named Google+
Years after a controversy over a decision to promote its own social network, Google+, in search results, Google has begun linking to other...
Gmail Search Field Trial Adds Calendar Results To Google Search
Google keeps increasing the amount of information it will show from your Gmail account within your Google searches, if you’re part of the...
3 Predictions For The Future Of Google+ Profiles In Autosuggest
Google+ profiles have been showing up in the autosuggest listings in Google search results for some time. Now that we know this feature appears...
Google Is Hiring Someone To Find Ways To Make You Want To Search While Signed-In
Google is hiring a new product marketing manager for search with one of the key goals being to find ways to get people to sign-in while they...
Google Expands Gmail In Search Results With My Orders, My Events & My Reservations
In August, Google introduced a field test that brings Gmail content in your search results. So if you searched for [my flights] and you had a...
Of “Magic Keywords” & Flavors Of Personalized Search At Google
When is personalized search not personalized search? A recently discovered shift on how Google may alter your search results based on what you...
Why Google “Personalizes” Results Based On Obama Searches But Not Romney
Do a search for “Obama,” and you might find your subsequent queries for things like “medicare” seemingly personalized...
Zuckerberg On Search: “At Some Point, We’ll Do It” & Be “Uniquely Positioned”
Waiting for a Facebook search engine? Eventually, it’ll arrive, says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. But it might not be what you expect....
Up Close: Gmail In Google Search Results Field Trial
Google released a “field trial” today allowing people who enroll to do Google searches and get information from their Gmail messages...
Are Facebook Pages Getting Less Traffic From Google & Bing?
This January Google launched “Search Plus Your World (SPYW),” a service that drastically customized search results based on social...
Goodbye Google+ People & Pages, Hello Knowledge Graph Box
Google’s Knowledge Graph has claimed its first “victim,” if you will: The content box that showed “People and Pages On...
Peeking Into the World Of Google’s Algorithm Changes With Google Search Quality Head Amit Singhal
Earlier this week, Google Fellow Amit Singhal gave the opening keynote at SMX London. Although Matt Cutts has always been the public face of all...
Head-To-Head: Bing’s Social Search Vs. Google’s Search Plus Your World
Earlier this year, Google made its results more social with Search Plus Your World. Now Bing has reshaped how it handles social information as...
Google’s “Search Plus Your World” Promo Returns
I was surprised to see a promotion for Google’s “Search Plus Your World” feature turn up in my search results today. I was...
Page To Anti-Trust Critics: “Actions” & Google+ Are An Essential Part Of Search
Google’s taken flak over the past year from critics about how the company has been integrating actions such as booking flights or hotels...
Survey Paradox: People Like Google But Not What It’s Doing
Last week the Pew Internet Project released findings of a survey on search, personalization and targeted advertising. In a nutshell, survey...
Pew Report: 65% View Personalized Search As Bad; 73% See It As Privacy Invasion
Personalized search? Both Google and Bing will tell you that it provides better results. But two-thirds say they don’t care. They view...
Google "Search Plus Your World" To Launch Beyond US? Likely, As Secure Search Set To Expand
Google has announced that by default, it will begin encrypting search beyond Google.com in the coming weeks. Since the reason Google uses secure...
