Context engineering: How to prevent AI workflows from degrading
AI output can worsen even when your prompt stays the same. Learn what causes context rot and how to keep your workflows accurate and useful.
Topic: Data center
PPC monitoring: What to check between audits
Catch PPC account changes, budget problems, and unusual performance between audits — without turning every fluctuation into an alert.
Google Search serving issue in some locales
Google confirmed a data center issue impacting serving some search results in some regions.
Google Search outage causing major issues with search quality and indexing
Google is working on resolving the issue and we expect search quality to return to normal soon.
Search in Pics: Old Google trailer, Google Dance Tokyo shirt & really clean Google server room
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more. Really big Google beach chair and beach ball: Source: Instagram Old fashion Google trailer: Source: Instagram […]
Google logo goes green to promote the company’s first official environmental report
Today's animated Google logo leads to 72-page report outlining Google's commitment to environmental sustainability.
Google to fix bug where small sitelinks don’t show up in the search results
Google says they now have fixed the bug.
SearchCap: Microsoft Catapult, Google HTTPS Factors & Bing Conversational Search
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: BrightLocal Opens Its 2014 Local SEO Industry Survey Local SEO firm BrightLocal has posted its third annual local SEO industry survey, asking SEO professionals to answer 20 questions on SEO business […]
Microsoft’s Catapult Project To Power A Bing Data Center Next Year [Updated]
After a successful test, Microsoft says it will expand its Catapult server project to all Bing servers in one of its datacenters in 2015. Microsoft told a microprocessor conference Tuesday about the results from its early testing. The PC World article gets into fairly technical details about the Catapult boards and their use of “field-programmable […]
SearchCap: Microsoft Catapult, Facebook Mobile Graph Search & Bing Ads Express Closes
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Is The Mobile Migration Of Graph Search Upon Us? New Facebook Test Uncovers Mobile Web Integration We’ve been saying that it is just a matter of time for Facebook’s Graph Search […]
Microsoft’s Catapult Project Aims To Speed Bing Search, Improve Relevancy
A major datacenter project at Microsoft could lead to faster and more relevant search results on the company’s 5-year-old search engine, Bing. The Catapult project is a collaboration between Microsoft researchers and the Bing team that was presented Monday at an industry conference on computer architecture. A Microsoft blog post explains some of Catapult’s technical […]
Google Takes Top Floor In Silicon Roundabout & Builds Three Data Centers In Asia
Google boosts London’s Silicon Roundabout from BBC News reports Google has signed a ten year deal to lease the entire top floor of the seven floor building in what is known as the Silicon Roundabout. The Silicon Roundabout currently has about 300 firms in the area and it is located in the Old Street area […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 5, 2010
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: SearchWeek: April 5, 2010 Search Week is an exclusive weekly newsletter for Search Engine Land premium members that recaps stories covered on Search Engine Land over the past week. Below are […]
Google Caffeine May Be Months Away & You Can’t See It
While some webmasters anxiously wait for Google to roll out its Google Caffeine search infrastructure any day now, Google says it may not happen for “months.” What’s more, the IP address of the one data center where Caffeine was said to be available may have changed, and Google is no longer saying where users can […]
Google Caffeine Now Live On One Google Data Center
As expected the Google Caffeine index is now live on one Google data center. Note, it will not be added to more Google data centers until after the holidays. As I reported at the Search Engine Roundtable, Matt Cutts of Google confirmed that the IP 209.85.225.103 is hitting the data center that is running the […]
Advocacy Group Appeals Right To Sue Over Google’s North Carolina Tax Break
The Charlotte Observer reports the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law appealed the decision to not allow them to sue over Google receiving tax breaks for picking North Carolina for a server farm. The advocacy group argues that the tax benefits given to Google will ultimately cost North Carolina’s tax payers more, to make up for […]
Google Temporarily Pulling Google Caffeine Sandbox
If you’re still trying to compare Google results with the new “Caffeine” sandbox, be prepared to wait while Google makes some datacenter upgrades. Matt Cutts just posted the news on Twitter that the sandbox is being taken down, and that it’ll be back online “late Thursday afternoon-ish.” Insert your own “Google goes decaffeinated” punchline here.
Behind The Curtain With Google’s “Secret Servers”
For all the uber-geeks and electrical engineers, CNET offers an interesting story about Google’s approach to servers. From the very early days Google was thinking carefully about scale, efficiency but perhaps mostabout cost savings. Rather than buy servers, Google has built them from the beginning. Google finally revealed one of its home-made servers before an […]
Search Biz: Google News Courting Legal Trouble?, Bold Predictions About Behavioral Ad Targeting & More
Will the recent introduction of paid ads on Google News lead to legal issues for Google? That question is discussed today on ClickZ, where Sandra Baron of the Media Law Resource Center says publishers will be looking at what Google is doing: “A significant issue for content providers is whether or not what Google provides […]
Google Buys Paper Mill In Finland For New Data Center
Google plans data centre at old Finnish paper mill from Reuters reports Google purchased a Finnish paper mill from Stora Enso for $51.7 million dollars as a possible place to put a new data center. Google told Reuters, “We are currently considering to build a data centre at this site.” The location is in southeastern […]
New Ask Datacenter Expands Search Capacity
In the on again off again debate about whether Ask remains serious about search, a new blog post suggests that Ask is making a bid to improve its search index and efficiency, having completed a move to a new datacenter: Our engineers were going to have to spend more time on improving efficiency, and less […]
Calculating The Carbon Footprint Of A Google Search
That’s exactly what several scientists and researchers tried to do: figure out how much CO2 is emitted from performing a search on Google. Here’s what the Times Online said over the weekend in summarizing these estimates: Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling […]
Search Biz: Ballmer Talks Yahoo Deal; Google Slows Down In NC & Fires Back At Net Neutrality Critics
In a fairly lengthy interview this morning, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tells the Wall Street Journal that he’s still interested in a deal with Yahoo, but says there are no talks happening right now. Perhaps to get that ball rolling again, though, Ballmer says a deal “would probably be better for both us, and certainly […]
Search Biz: Schmidt Turns Down Obama; Google Stock Tumbling & More
Google CEO Eric Schmidt may have endorsed Barack Obama for president, but that doesn’t mean he wants to work in the Obama administration. According to Reuters, Schmidt told CNBC that he would not take on the role of “technology czar” if Obama were to ask him. “I love working at Google and I’m very happy […]
Search Biz: Google Going Down Under?; Times Selling About.com?; Latest Ad Outlook; Yahoo Offering ‘Deceptive’ Ads
Australian media are reporting that Google recently sent a five-person crew to Australia to investigate the idea of building a data center there. According to Australian IT, some Google services cost more in Australia due to the need to route data to and from the U.S. and other countries. Says Google Australia spokesman Rob Shilkin: […]
By Sea & Sky: Google Floating Data Centers & New “Spy” Satellite
Google has moved off land, into the sea and the sky (space) to further some of its earthly objectives. On Saturday the GeoEye-1 satellite launched into space. The noteworthy thing about this satellite is that it has the highest resolution of any orbiter taking pictures of Earth.
Blueprints Of Google’s Oregon Data Center
Harper’s Magazine has a spread showcasing a blueprint of Google’s Oregon data center in The Dalles. The article documents the data center at 68,680 square feet with three buildings, two that are currently completed. The data center would require enough power to light up about 82,000 homes, equivalent to 103-megawatts of electricity. Check out the […]
Ask Goes Green With Help From Dell
Ask and Dell have joined forces on a green initiative. According to the release: Ask.com and Dell’s Data Center Solutions (DCS) team have worked closely together on an environmentally friendly plan that includes a combination of hardware and services to further Ask.com’s data center efficiencies. Specifically, the DCS team collaborated with Ask.com to provide a […]
Advocacy Group Sues Over North Carolina’s Incentives To Woo Google
Suit filed against state Google incentives from Triangle Business Journal reports that the North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law has filed a lawsuit to challenge the incentives given to Google to build a server farm in North Carolina. The advocacy group claims the incentives violate various laws and provisions in the state’s constitution. Joining the […]
Google To Build $600 Million Data Center In Iowa
Google to build data center in Iowa from the Associated Press reports Google has confirmed rumors that they will be building a data center in Iowa.
Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Intel & Others Join Greener Computing Effort
Google announced that it and many other computer and Internet heavyweights have joined together in the global Climate Savers computing initiative launched by the World Wildlife Federation. The idea is to improve the efficiency of computer hardware and data centers so that they require less power and give off less heat. Here’s the Google Blog […]
Mark Stockford, Ask.com New Senior VP Of Operations
Ask.com has appointed Mark Stockford as the new senior vice president of operations today. Stockford will be responsible for the planning and operations of technology and engineering departments at Ask.com as well as all of Ask.com’s data center operations. Stockford previously held employment at eBay, PayPal and Excite@Home. Chuck Geiger, executive cp of technology and […]
Google To Build Data Center In Belgium
Google reportedly to build data center in Belgium from MarketWatch reports that Google is going to spend 250 million EUROs (about $341 million US) on a data center in Belgium.
Oklahoma, Where The Google Comes Sweepin’ Down The Plain
From California, Google has spread out across the great land of the United States. New York! Washington! Arizona! And now which of the fifty nifty United States is Google heading to next? Oklahoma! Below, some news of Google’s plans for the Sooner State and well as a recap of what other states it has conquered […]
Eric Schmidt Interviewed On Entrepreneurship, Management & More
Iinnovate has an excellent interview with Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt. He discusses many topics around the theme of entrepreneurship and management but also touches on other topics during the 20-minute interview. One point Danny and I found interesting from the interview was how he replied to the question on “what the characteristics of an entrepreneur?” […]
5 Shiny Reasons Google Should Take Over Ford’s Twin Cities Auto Plant
Ed Kohler makes a pitch for Google to come to St. Paul, Minnesota — and it’s both a fun and compelling one. He points out that Ford is abandoning its Twin Cities Assembly Plant that comes complete with its own hydro-electric power station, handy for power-hungry (that’s electric power I’m talking about) Google. But frankly, […]
Ask.com Chooses Central Washington For New Data Center
Ask.com, Intuit bringing new data centers to state reports that Ask.com has selected Washington State for the location of a new data center, designed to help save Ask.com money on power. Although Ask.com did not mention which building they have selected, we know they “signed a lease in an existing building in Moses Lake.” Rumors […]
Google Picks North Carolina For Server Farm
Google Plans N.C. Data Center by Forbes confirms Google has selected North Carolina over South Carolina as the location for their huge data center. Yesterday, we wrote how the Carolina’s are bidding against each other to win Google’s business. Google will be spending about $600 million on their new data center and should employee 210 […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, Jan. 18, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
Google’s Carolina Moves: $100 Million Tax Breaks In North, Server Farm Coming To South?
Caldwell tries to land Google at the Citizen Times and Bidding War for Google: It’s Expensive, But What Is the Alternative? by the Local Tech Wire document how North Carolina is offering major tax breaks to Google in order to encourage Google to build a massive data center in their state. The Google data center […]