Carefully weigh how much you dislike typing on cell phones against how much you want to keep private whatever you’re researching. Then, if you dare, check out the new voice search abilities connected to Google Maps for mobile.
Adobe Helps Google, Yahoo Search Flash Files
Site publishers who love Flash for its presentation but hate its near-invisibility to search crawlers should appreciate a recent announcement from Adobe.
7 Million Search For iPhone In April 2008
According to comScore, the company that measures searches on the web, we searched seven million times for the Apple iPhone during the month of April, 2008. They also are reporting that Google delivered a disproportionate number of iPhone-related clicks.
Search Marketing for Non-Profits
Jim Evans contacted me a while back hoping I could help him with his master’s thesis on search marketing for non-profit organizations. I helped him a little bit, and he graciously agreed for me to post his work for my readers. It’s long (about 70 pages) but it’s a great overview of search marketing research. The most interesting part to me, however, starts on page 37, where Jim talks about Google Grants, a program that provides non-profit organizations with free advertising in the paid search listings.
“Skip Intro” Button Appears In Google’s Search Results
A site’s flash intro may be appealing the first time you see it. The second, third, and four hundredth times, not so much. So what appears to be a new "skip intro" button from Google is an interesting gift.
Big Retailers Flunk Search Test
So, while perusing Google’s Hot Trends today I noticed a particular brand of digital camera was one of the top gainers in search queries: the Polaroid T730 Compact 7mp digital camera. Curious as to what’s so special about it, I googled it, only to embark on one frustrating journey.
Microsoft Enriches ‘Search And Give’ Charitable Program
Queries performed through the Live Search program operated by Microsoft generated over $250,000 for local schools and non-profits, and the company hopes to see even greater returns this year.
A New Search Engine For Surgeons Launches
Contemporary Surgery, along with help from Convera, has launched a new search engine at SURGERYFINDIT.COM. This new search engine tool provides targeted search results for surgeons.
Live Search Rolls Out 404 Help
Microsoft offers webmasters a new toolkit to help them create dynamic 404 pages that can help get visitors back on track if they hit a dead end on a site.
Microsoft Gets HP’s “Default Search Engine” Status
Less than two years ago, Yahoo was on a roll and had just signed a deal with computer manufacturer HP that would see its search engine as the default on all new HP computers.