August 2011 | Prager Microsystems

Bing’s New Shopping Search

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Franco Maffei in General, Search Engines

At our Internet marketing firm, we know that Bing is constantly evolving in order to attract new users and 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.

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Hijacking Search Engines Through ISPs

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Franco Maffei in Search Engine Optimization

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.

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The Effects of Google Universal Search

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Franco Maffei in General, Search Engines

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.

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The Correlation Between Web Browsers and Search Engine Loyalty

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Franco Maffei in General, Search Engines

It seems as though the browser that users choose will also have an impact on the search engine that they use, too. So in that case, search engines that want to increase their number of loyal users should improve the functionality of their web browser (if they offer one).

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Chrome 13 Makes an Impact on Search Engine Popularity

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Franco Maffei in General, Search Engines

Google’s Chrome browser is gaining users around the world. In fact, according to the The Guardian, Chrome is the second most popular browser in the UK.
Instant Pages
The latest edition of Chrome comes with new features, like Instant Pages, that make searching easier for users.

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The Post Office’s Effect on Marketing

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Franco Maffei in Marketing

The current status of the United States Post Office has been called into question. With the increased cost of postage, the closing of post office locations nationwide and the potential decrease of service days, it’s becoming more and more apparent that the U.S.

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