Topic: InfoWorld

SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 30, 2011

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Microsoft Tightens Relevancy And Quality Requirements In AdCenter Microsoft has announced changes that tighten up its adCenter Relevancy and Quality policy for ads served to the U.S. and Canada. Changes are […]

Could Google Play Jeopardy Like IBM’s Watson?

Like many people, I was amazed to watch IBM’s Watson supercomputer playing Jeopardy this week against past human champions. But could Google have done the same thing? Let’s go behind the scenes of these two search masters to understand what they can — and can’t — do.

SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 25, 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: Facebook “Search War” With Google Mostly Sound And Fury The people running Facebook are an ambitious crew; they see Facebook as a successor to Google in many respects. In fact many […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 21, 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: Google Street View Collected Emails, Passwords (Social Security Numbers, Your Dog’s Name….) Google’s Street View cars that were logging wi-fi locations also collected private information such as email messages and passwords, […]

SearchCap: The Day In Search, March 29, 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: Source: Google Ending AdWords Reseller Program (For Now) Following rumors over the past week or so that Google was shutting down its local AdWords reseller program, I’ve received two separate confirmations […]

April Fools 2008 : The Search Industry’s Recap

Happy April Fools Day! April Fools can be a fun but scary day for news reporters like myself. On one hand, we get to make up stories and fool people into thinking they are real. On the other hand, we have to determine which news stories are real and which are fake and not be […]

DoCoMo And Google In Japanese Mobile Partnership

Reuters and InfoWorld describe a new partnership between Japan’s largest wireless carrier, NTT DoCoMo, and Google. NTT DoCoMo is a member of the Google-sponsored Open Handset Alliance, as is Japan’s number two carrier, KDDI, which is a Google partner as well.

Baidu Calls European Expansion Rumors “Groundless”

Baidu denies plans for European expansion from InfoWorld reports that rumors of Baidu expanding to Europe are false. Baidu, the Chinese search engine, released a statement saying, “Recent rumors alleging that Baidu.com is expanding into Europe are groundless.” A UK Telegraph article recently sparked such rumors.