Thursday, March 15, 2012

Google search changes

  • Google also hopes the change to semantic search will entice some people to stay longer on the search site, said people briefed on the plans, amid competition with social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter Inc.
  • (Wall Street Journal)
  • A few things Google wants you to notice (via the Inside Search Blog): Even relatively subtle changes get intense scrutiny by our search evaluation and ranking teams.
  • (searchenginewatch.com)
  • There are few semantic games around Googles search-engine changes: It must defend its turf against traditional search rivals such as Microsoft Corp., new entrants including Apple Inc. and possibly even Facebook Inc.
  • (Wall Street Journal)
  • The European Commission, which is the executive branch of the European Union, is scrutinizing the dominance of Google's search engine. National regulators are looking into changes in the company's privacy policy.
  • (New York Times)
  • Google has just revamped the crawl errors data available in webmaster tools.
  • (Searchengineland.com)
  • The latest blogs discuss the stand out content to feature in Google news, X-Robots-Tag in HTTP header, Googles search algorithm changes, etc. Also, the readers are enabled by the website to share it on Facebook and Twitter if they wish to.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • The changes to Chrome matter a lot because they mean Google will be in a position to steer all the "It's a dangerous combination when you control the browser, search and DNS," Ulevitch said.
  • (Forbes)
  • including Internet search. Pew took its survey of 2,253 adults, including 1,729 Internet users, before the March 1 revision to Googles privacy policy, but mostly after the company had announced its changes. The poll spanned Jan. 20 through Feb. 19.
  • (Abc Local Web)
  • They're shorter, neater and more appealing for the millions of eyes that scan Google search results every day. Behaviour change will start to happen and Google will pick up on this – that will be a strong benefit for brands.
  • (Marketing Mag)
  • This particular video deals with spelling for long queries. The meeting, held in Mountain View, is where the search team decides to launch specific algorithm changes.
  • (WebProNews)

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