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Bing UK now displaying National Health Service data for GP & hospital search queries

Searching for nearby GPs and hospitals on Bing UK will surface information pulled from the country's publicly-funded national healthcare system....

Amy Gesenhues | Feb 27, 2017 at 11:20 am ET

Study: Researchers Blame Google Flu Trends Inaccuracies On Ongoing Algorithm Updates

Researchers at Northeastern University in Boston claim the regular overestimation of flu cases by Google Flu Trends can be blamed on...

Amy Gesenhues | Mar 17, 2014 at 11:35 am ET

77 Percent Of Online Health Seekers Start At Search Engines [Pew Study]

Although there’s long been a debate over the accuracy of health information online, many U.S. Internet users aren’t hesitant to use...

Matt McGee | Jan 15, 2013 at 12:05 am ET

 

Where’s It Hurt? After You Search For A Symptom, New Google Health Search Results Suggest Causes

Roughly 100 million people in the US search for health information on a monthly basis, according to 2011 comScore data. Google has seen these...

Greg Sterling | Feb 13, 2012 at 12:19 pm ET

Walmart Buys Former Search Engine Kosmix To Power Social And Mobile Shopping

For those who follow search it was initially one of those “WTF moments”: Walmart acquiring erstwhile Google challenger Kosmix....

Greg Sterling | Apr 19, 2011 at 10:18 am ET

Avvo Expands Into Doctor Search & Ratings

Avvo, the popular lawyers’ directory, is expanding into the medical industry today with a new directory of US-based doctors. The company...

Matt McGee | Nov 1, 2010 at 8:00 am ET

Doctors Warn Against Relying Too Much On Google

Chances are good that you’ve searched for health-related information via Google, Yahoo, Bing, or some of the other health-specific...

Matt McGee | Jul 5, 2010 at 1:37 pm ET

Google Flu Trends Is Under The Weather, Study Says

Google can do a lot of things, but a new study says it can’t estimate flu activity across the United States with a high degree of...

Matt McGee | May 18, 2010 at 2:20 pm ET

8 Crazy-Cool Search Engines You Should Know

Move over Google, Yahoo, and Bing; blended results or not, personalized search, Twitter results and OneBoxes … you guys are just too...

Matt McGee | Apr 16, 2010 at 1:30 pm ET

Following Shopping, Yahoo Partly Outsources Health Vertical To Healthline

The Yahoo strategy of outsourcing content and technology continues. According to a press release, Healthline will support and augment the...

Greg Sterling | Apr 2, 2010 at 10:23 am ET

Google Flu Shot Locator Shows Where To Get Vaccines Near You!

Looking for where to get a seasonal flu shot or that hard-to-find vaccine against H1N1 swine flu? Google has a new flu shot locator that can...

Danny Sullivan | Nov 10, 2009 at 1:43 pm ET

NetBase Debuts “Semantic Search Showcase” With HealthBase

Netbase is an enterprise-facing software and search company that appears to have one of the most advanced search platforms in the market....

Greg Sterling | Sep 2, 2009 at 6:47 am ET

Healthline Adds New Doctor, Treatment Search Tools To Site

The American healthcare system is very broken, in my opinion and in the opinion of many others. Health insurance carriers and providers hold...

Greg Sterling | Apr 21, 2009 at 8:58 am ET

Dilbert’s Scott Adams: Will Google Replace Your Doctor?

Can a search engine accurately diagnose health problems? Can it someday replace your doctor? Questions like this aren’t new, but the...

Matt McGee | Dec 8, 2008 at 3:24 pm ET

Cyberchondria: When Web Search Makes You Sick(er)

Those muscle twitches you get probably aren’t a sign that you have ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, aka “Lou Gehrig’s...

Matt McGee | Nov 25, 2008 at 3:07 pm ET

Who’s Got The Flu? Google Flu Trends Reveal State-By-State Activity

Wondering if it’s just you or if others have the flu, too? Google’s announced a new tool that tells you. Google Flu Trends allows...

Danny Sullivan | Nov 11, 2008 at 4:44 pm ET

Kaiser Chooses Microsoft Over Google For Personal Health Records Initiative

Kaiser Permanente, with the largest HMO in the US, has selected Microsoft’s Health Vault personal health records initiative over Google in...

Greg Sterling | Jun 9, 2008 at 11:58 am ET

Vertical Search Engine Healthline Launches “Semantic Ad Network”

Vertical health search engine Healthline has introduced what it’s calling the Healthline Media Network, a contextual ad network for medical...

Greg Sterling | Jun 8, 2008 at 11:43 pm ET

Hakia Goes For “Quality” Over “Popularity”

If Hakia were using an automotive analogy, the site might be saying to Google, “We’re BMW, you’re Chevrolet.” The Hakia...

Greg Sterling | Apr 15, 2008 at 10:00 am ET

Health Insurance Carrier Aetna Introduces Personalized Health Search From Healthline

Vertical health destination and search engine Healthline has teamed up with US health insurance carrier Aetna to offer what the company is...

Greg Sterling | Mar 12, 2008 at 8:10 am ET
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