A lot of Google+ features are designed to improve upon other features on other social media sites. Take for example, “Sparks.” Sparks is similar to Twitter, but offers users more relevant newfeed information. It starts when the user chooses topics that they are interested in (sports teams, news headlines, etc.). Sparks will then customize [...]
Feb 3
Yes, the American Civil Liberties Union is suing a Washington state library for not having online access to pornography.
At the Wenatchee public library in Wanatchee, Washington, anyone who logs on to a library computer and types “porn” into the computer’s search engine will be thoroughly disappointed. The computer will conduct the search as if [...]
Jan 31
Over the past few months, there’s been quite a SOPA controversy. In case you never looked into it, SOPA is short for “Stop Online Piracy Act.” It was introduced so that the U.S. government could have more control over online trafficking of copyrighted materials.
In short, you can call it an Internet death penalty.
On January 18th, [...]
Aug 15
Bing is constantly evolving in order to attract new users, and hopefully sway the search engine popularity paradigm. Recently, Bing announced that it will be improving its online shopping functionality by adding a few new features, which will simplify the shopping experience for its users, saving them time and hassle while they search the web. [...]
Aug 11
Reese Richman LLP, a law firm based in New York City, brought about a lawsuit that accuses several Internet service providers of affiliate fraud. The claim is that these well-known Internet service providers hijacked consumer search results to get information on affiliate traffic and income.
Reese Richman himself brought about the lawsuit, which gives much more [...]
Aug 9
When someone wants to search for an image on Google, they may think that finding images is like finding search results. This is definitely not the case anymore.
Back in 2007, Google launched a feature called universal search. Universal search incorporated data from non-link sources to create search results. This means that Google incorporates extra aspects [...]
Aug 5
SeatGeek conducted a study that showed that the browser people use is highly correlated with the search engine they choose. This study revealed that 97 percent of Chrome users were using Google to search, while Internet Explorer users used AOL, Yahoo and Bing significantly more often than Google.
Aug 3
The latest edition of Chrome comes with new features that make searching easier for users including Instant Pages. When you use Chrome 13 and Google as your search engine, it instantly loads the page that it thinks you’re most likely to click on, before the other search results, when you perform a search query. This will provide a more direct search experience because it will shave seconds off of load time for sites.
Aug 1
If the Post Office seizes operations, businesses all over the country that depend on print marketing tactics, like mailers, will have to find another way to reach potential customers. This will eliminate a huge portion out of print marketing because businesses will no longer have the ability to spread their sales message to the masses by mailing materials randomly to people.
Jul 29
Recently, Google has announced that they will be expanding the capability of the +1 feature so that it now can be included in product listings for E-commerce sites. This means that if you log into your Google account and you go shopping online, you will have the ability to see if any of the people you know have been satisfied with the products that you are considering purchasing.
