Archive for the ‘Search Engine News’ Category
Consumers Bank on Daily Deals for Father’s Day
Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Daily deals provider PriceGrabber recently released a study regarding consumer spending in regards to this year’s Father’s Day. Interestingly, it found that consumers would be utilizing daily deals sites to compare and shop for their dads.
Google City Pages – Company Continues Cranking Out Local Features
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Google has launched new city pages for Portland, Austin, San Diego, and Madison, but will continue to add to the list. City Pages are essentially a place users can go and see information about the best places to go in …
Google Chromebooks Now on Sale for Consumers
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Google’s first Chrome OS-powered Chromebooks from consumers finally became available today after months of testing through a pilot program with the Cr-48 model Google introduced when it first unveiled the operating system. Available models come from Samsung and Acer, and …
Google Launches My Places Tab on Google Maps
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Google announced the launch of a new tab on Google Maps, called “My Places,” which gives users a place where they can see the places they’ve starred on Google Maps, rated on Google Places or added to a customized map …
Google Illustrates How Mobile Search is Growing
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Google held an Inside Search event in San Francisco today, where it unveiled several new search features, including Voice Search for the desktop, Search by Image (based on Google Goggles) for the desktop, Instant Pages, and some new mobile features, …
Google Intros New Mobile Search Features
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Google had several announcements today at its Inside Search event. Some of them brought features that have been available on mobile to the desktop (such as Google Goggles and Voice Search). Google also revealed some new mobile features. For one, …
Google’s AdMeld Acquisition Made Official
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Last week, a report came out that Google had acquired AdMeld for around $400 million. While the price has not been confirmed, Google did officially announce the acquisition today. Google’s VP of Display Advertising, Neal Mohan, wrote on the Official …
Les Paul Google Doodle Now Forever Playable
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Google has provided us with a permanent way to zap productivity, as it has announced the final resting place of its smash hit Les Paul Doodle. On Thursday, Google unveiled a playable doodle to honor guitar pioneer Les Paul on …
Google Replaces URLs with Site Names on SERPs (In Test)
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Google is testing a feature in its search results pages that replaces the URL in a result’s snippet with the name of the site on which it appears. So, for example, a WebProNews article titled “Netflix Redesign Rubs Many Users …