Chris Larsen from Blue Coat Security shared new statistics on the number of poisoned search results during the holiday shopping season. The new stats show an 80% jump in the number of clicks on infected search results from their last report in August. Specifically, they tracked 13,616 different clicks over 10 days, which is an […]
Don’t worry, Google’s year in review for 2012 isn’t that predictable for the once in a lifetime calendar event. On the official Google 2012 Zeitgeist website, you’ll find their biggest list ever published, with a total of 838 lists from 55 countries, covering 1.2 trillion searches done worldwide. Digging in deeper, Google has divided the massive […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Mobile Search Beyond Google: In App Search Tools A couple months back, I covered the rise of a new generation of Windows Phones, and how they will slowly bring more mobile […]
The London Olympics were the #7 most popular search on Yahoo! overall in 2012, Even Mckayla Maroney has to be impressed with that. Searchers were flipping and flying as high as Gabby Douglas for any official games coverage on Yahoo in 2012. Top Searches for 2012 Olympians On Yahoo! maria sharapova lolo jones serena williams […]
Ask.com’s 100 million users remain almost as loyal as Twihards, prompting us to ask if searchers are on Team Jeeves or Team Diller when putting in their queries. For the 2012 installment of the series in hot searches, Ask added a new twist to the searcher saga, layering in a thicker plot and seeking a […]
Oh baby, baby, baby oh… Sorry Biebs, you better believe you just got Kanye’d off the top searched celeb spot by Kim Kardashian. Ouch. But if you were her boyfriend… oh never mind. Let’s get on to the good stuff that Bing announced earlier this evening, the big list of 2012 Bing Trends. Bing’s biggest list […]
Twitter recently updated its robots.txt file and, though the change opens up millions of pages to being crawled, there’s no guarantee that the main search engines want what Twitter is offering. The Sociable seems to have been the first to notice Twitter’s robots.txt changes, which now specifically allow Google, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex and other bots […]
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 Says It Has A Million Public Transit Schedules, Adds Transit Features In Android Maps Google Maps (and related data) continues to be strategic for the company. On Android Google Maps […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: iOS Users To Get Enhanced Google Search App Ahead Of Most Android Users Google announced an enhanced version of Google Voice Search today with some pretty awesome interaction in answers. Android […]
Even though large sporting events such as the Super Bowl have seen their share of mobile traffic, the current Olympic Games are the first truly multi-platform global sporting event. During the first two days of the Olympics, smartphone and tablet searches approached 50 percent of overall search query volume according to Google. In one case, […]
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 Gets Interactive With Olympics Logos Google’s London Olympics Logos so far have all been static images symbolizing different events and sports at the Olympics. But today that trend has changed […]
Google’s London Olympics Logos so far have all been static images symbolizing different events and sports at the Olympics. But today that trend has changed and Google is showing animated and interactive logos that Google users can play with and win medals. Today, we have a logo that let’s you compete in hurdles. You can […]
The most interesting development in digital maps may not in fact be the forthcoming introduction of Apple maps in iOS 6. It may instead be the recent launch of mapping app Recce (pronounced “rekki,” which is short for reconnaissance). The company was previously called Mapply, but a trademark conflict motivated the company to change its […]
The interwebs are all a flutter over how a critic of NBC’s Olympic coverage had his Twitter account suspended after tweeting the email address of the executive in charge of that coverage. It was private, said Twitter. Public to anyone with Google, said journalist Guy Adams, whose account was suspended. Actually, from what I can […]
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 Explains Removal Of Age And Gender Targeting From AdCenter What do you do when you figure out that a lot of self-reported data you’re using to target ads is inaccurate […]
Want to know the how various countries are doing in the London 2012 Olympics? For finding out using a major search engine, I give the gold to Yahoo, with Google narrowly missing to earn silver and Bing getting bronze mainly by virtue of being third in a three contestant race. Ready, Set, Search! Checking for […]
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: A Gold Medal Roundup Of Online Olympics Resources The games of the XXX Olympiad begin in a few hours in London. For the next two weeks people around the globe will […]
The London 2012 Olympics kick off in a few hours and the opening ceremony is just around the corner. To celebrate the special day, Google and other search engines have special logos for the event. Today on Google, you will find the special Google logo for the opening ceremony. You should expect the Google logo […]
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 Shows ‘Secret Base’ In Israel, But Military Says It’s Not Secret At All Some in Israel are calling foul after images of what’s described as a “secret base” […]
Ads for illegal Olympic ticket resellers, ads for cannabis, and ads for fake identification cards and UK passports. All illegal, but all could, up until recently, be found on Google.co.uk, according to a British Broadcasting Company (BBC) investigation publicized today. Though Google shut down the illegal advertisers when the matter was brought to the company’s attention […]