SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 26, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
Topic: World Wide Web
iCrossing Finds High Demand For Search And Local Content Among Mobile Users
Search marketing firm iCrossing just released the results of a mobile Web usage survey with 1,001 US residents over the age of 16. The study found that about 30 percent of mobile users access the Internet, but among that population 75 percent used search. Assuming the survey methodology is sound and statistically valid, the findings […]
Video Search Challenge Isn’t Speech Recognition, It’s Content Owner Management
Millions of Videos, and Now a Way to Search Inside Them from the New York Times is a big giant love story to video search firm Blinkx, suggesting that the idea of finding video content will take a leap through new idea of speech recognition. In reality, it’s not a new idea. It’s been in […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, Jan. 26, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:
14 “Is Google Evil?” Tipping Points Since 2001
There's growing concern about the type of company Google is becoming. Yet Google's has survived these "tipping points" so far.
Google Ranks Second In Merriam-Webster’s Word Of 2006 List
Gary Price reports Google, the verb, was the second most popular word in Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year survey that just came out. Merriam-Webster published the top ten words over here. The top word is “truthiness” by Stephen Colbert.