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Here’s what happened when I followed Googlebot for 3 months

This experiment uncovered no direct way to bypass the First Link Counts Rule with modified links but it was possible to build a structure using...

Max Cyrek | Nov 28, 2018 at 7:40 am ET

Common Search: The open source project bringing back PageRank

Columnist JR Oakes explains Common Search, a great open source tool for understanding how search engines work, which has a hidden gem for those...

JR Oakes | Nov 14, 2016 at 9:58 am ET

Samsung, Intel Invest In “Anticipatory Search” Startup Expect Labs

Expect Labs, which is a small startup in the San Francisco Bay Area, has a very impressive list of investors. Today the company announced a new...

Greg Sterling | Apr 30, 2013 at 10:56 am ET

 

Comparison Engine FindTheBest Debuts Local Classifieds

Structured data comparison engine FindTheBest has evolved impressively since its launch in August 2010. The site has become progressively richer...

Greg Sterling | Mar 20, 2012 at 11:33 am ET

U Can’t Make This Stuff Up: MC Hammer Announces Wiredoo Search Engine

“If you want to swing the bat, why not swing for the fences?” With that statement, MC Hammer — yes, that MC Hammer —...

Matt McGee | Oct 19, 2011 at 6:19 pm ET

Data Visualization & Infographic Search Engine Visual.ly Launches

Infographics (or data visualizations) are all the rage in content marketing today, and Visual.ly is launching with hopes of becoming “the...

Greg Finn | Jul 13, 2011 at 10:07 am ET

“Anti-Search Engine” FindTheBest Adds Buying Guides, Top 10 Slideshows

There are a number of ways to describe FindTheBest, the site launched last year by DoubleClick founder Kevin O’Connor. One is “decision...

Greg Sterling | Mar 24, 2011 at 11:43 am ET

StumbleUpon Becomes Android App Discovery Tool

StumbleUpon, which these days calls itself a “discovery engine,” has integrated app discovery into its Android application’s...

Greg Sterling | Nov 4, 2010 at 4:10 pm ET

DoubleClick Founder Launches Structured “Decision Engine” FindTheBest.com

At first blush it wasn’t impressive to me. I assumed from a quick look that FindTheBest was just a collection of links and “best...

Greg Sterling | Aug 2, 2010 at 8:45 am ET

Yolink Goes After Publishers With Search Preview Tool

There have been many search “preview” tools, plug-ins and add-ons that try and give users a peek at what’s behind a link on a...

Greg Sterling | Jul 6, 2010 at 8:35 am ET

Fun Stats: 28% Of Sites Use Google Analytics; 5% Have Facebook Or Twitter Links

Factual has analyzed data from 4 million web sites and provided a holiday gift for stats junkies. Did you know 5% of pages have either a Twitter...

Danny Sullivan | Dec 23, 2009 at 7:16 pm ET

Pre-Xmas Sale On Wolfram iPhone App

The previous $50 price tag was probably a serious miscalculation (pun intended) by the folks at Wolfram Alpha, when they launched their iPhone...

Greg Sterling | Dec 11, 2009 at 10:35 am ET

Bug: Google Social Search Goes Offline Temporarily

Over the weekend, I received several emails, noticed dozens of Tweets, saw several forum posts and noticed for myself that Google Social Search...

Barry Schwartz | Nov 16, 2009 at 9:29 am ET

Does Marissa Mayer’s “Perfect Search Engine” Already Exist In Siri?

Recently IDG News Service asked Google’s Marissa Mayer about the “perfect search engine.” Here was the question posed:...

Greg Sterling | Nov 10, 2009 at 6:36 pm ET

Five More Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should

Have you ever needed to see the search results for another city — maybe because you want to see what PPC ads are shown somewhere else?...

Matt McGee | Jul 21, 2009 at 7:46 am ET

Wolfram Alpha Makes Public Debut

The highly anticipated Wolfram Alpha search engine made its debut today, although Google tossed in a little spoiler. The webcast was apparently...

Matt McGee | Apr 28, 2009 at 7:35 pm ET

U Rank – Microsoft’s Social Search Experimental Site

Out now from Microsoft Research is U Rank, an experiment that allows people to move results around, as well as share them with friends and add...

Danny Sullivan | Oct 9, 2008 at 8:53 pm ET

Google Expands Edit My Search Results Feature?

The Google Like/Don’t Like feature, where you can move up results, hide search results, or remove search results, seems to have been...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 15, 2008 at 8:28 am ET

SEO For Semantic Search Engines

A new generation of search engines is starting to become publicly available, so it’s time to start thinking about how it will affect SEO...

Pierre Far | Jul 14, 2008 at 12:38 pm ET

Visual Search The Future? Spare Me The Eye Candy

About two years ago, I wrote an article called Why Search Sucks & You Won’t Fix It The Way You Think. In it, I explained various ways...

Danny Sullivan | Jun 26, 2008 at 2:29 pm ET
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