Search News Flash: People Like Free
Close to four percent of all search queries last week contained the word "free." Is this an indicator of a plummeting economy? Hitwise’s Bill Tancer says it’s just how people work.
Getting Customers With Google Coupons
Google is able do a lot of things for businesses, including telling potential customers how to reach them. Granted, it won’t tell potential customers why they should go to (or contact) those businesses, but Jennifer Laycock’s recent article on Google Coupons can clear up even that issue.
GMail Updates Aren’t Half-Apps’ed
Google added a handful of new features to its Google Apps web-based platform, including the ability to migrate old email gathering "metaphorical dust" to Gmail accounts.
Blinkx, InfoSpace Partner
Video search engine blinkx has partnered with InfoSpace to provide video search for InfoSpace’s metasearch brands including Dogpile.com.
Google Releases Safe Browsing API
Google has a new API, a Safe Browsing API, which uses all the data Google has gathered about dangerous webpages, like those with spyware, malware, and other general “badware”*.
Google’s Security Guy
CNet got to talk to Google vice president of engineering, Douglas Merill, employee at the company since 2003.
Google Extends Lead in Search
The latest search share report (qSearch analysis) by ComScore presented no major surprises, with search engine giant Google forging further ahead, and would-be competitors falling further behind. Overall, search continued its remarkable growth, increasing over 11 percent from May 2006.
Yahoo Crowns Greenest City
Yahoo wanted to find the greenest city in America, and now it has: Hastings, Nebraska. Hastings will receive $250,000 to be used towards various environmental endeavors, and has also earned “a Yahoo!-hosted Nebraska-style BBQ and celebration.”
Do Not Follow Google’s Mistakes
This is not an attempt to bash Google. However, you can sometimes learn what not to do from some very successful people and products.
Results for Nofollow Test
The first rel="nofollow" test is complete and the results are as expected. To avoid the results getting tainted we were unable to provide the specifics as to how the test was being run. Well, that’s not the case anymore.