Barry Diller isn’t ready to say goodbye to Google, unlike the four IAC properties that will be spun off by the organization.
Enabling Google Analytics Site Search
You can now log-in to your Google Analytics account to start enabling the new Site Search feature for a site of yours.
Google Analytics Drills Down Site Search
A new feature from Google Analytics shows how website visitors search on a site once they have arrived.
Building Your Own Local Search Engine
Quite a few bloggers out there have clued-in to how using Eurekster’s Swickis on their blogs can be a cool feature enhancement, providing custom thematic search engines for their users.
Yellowpages Launches New Mobile Search Tools
Yellowpages.com has launched two new mobile search products, including one for Apple’s iPhone and a free downloadable application for other cell phones.
Yahoo Search Update Nearing Completion
The latest changes to Yahoo’s search engine should be wrapping up soon, the company said on the Yahoo Search blog.
Trying Semantic Search Yourself
Most of you know that my job focuses on IBM’s OmniFind enterprise search and text analytics products. And I’ve written before about semantic search—I’ve even written about what semantic search isn’t. I keep talking about it because semantic search is probably the easiest to understand application of text analytics.
Marketers Begin Search For World Without Google
After Google’s little message to the link-selling public last week, there seems to be a consensus: It was more of a warning shot than actual penalty, as traffic was not affected; and it is a reminder to diversify.
Live Search Continues Down Relevance Road
The Live Search team at Microsoft has been working on making their centerpiece product more effective at recognizing equivalences, and knowing when ‘the’ needs to be part of the query.
Google Experiments: Search Views, Shortcuts…
Google has released a new experiments area where users can pilot some of the enhancements that the search giant is trialing. By signing up, you can give them a test drive and provide feedback to help shape their final release.
The experiments include alternative views for search results, keyboard shortcuts and new navigation options. All the experiments represent some interesting improvements to the current Google search experience.