Is Google to blame for the softening of our brains? Do search engines prevent us from being able to form our own opinions and beliefs? A look into the effect that the internet is having on our students.
Survey reveals role of search engines in travel purchases
Study from Google / comScore reveals that only 10% of first visits to travel websites result in sale. 38% of sales take place four weeks after the initial visit. Search engines are being used in more sophisticated ways to find travel related web content.
Open-source search engine launches
Wikia search launches in alpha to a rapturous lack of applause. Only time will tell if the human edited search results will help improve the quality of the search results, but Google can rest easy for the immediate future.
Click fraud rate reaches 16.2% in Q3 – ClickForensics
ClickForensics research shows that ppc click fraud rates hit 16.2% in Q3 in 2007. What does this mean for the industry and why are the rates so high?
Google removes malware sites from search results
Google removes approximately 40,000 malware sites from its search results. Good news for the average web user.
Google experiments with Digg-style voting on search results
Google tests voting in Google Labs. How will this impact on search engine rankings in the future?
Google’s search market share increases
Google increases its market share in the US. As the search engine giant increases its grip on search engine marketing, what can Yahoo, MSN and the remaining competition do?
True Knowledge unveils its natural language search engine
True Knowledge launches natural language search engine to fanfares of ‘radical new approach to search engine technology’
Search engines vital for brand building and driving offline sales
How search engines are becoming increasingly important for offline consumer purchases. Search engines reach out far beyond their SERPs.
Yahoo launches new search features in the UK
Yahoo launches Search Assist in the UK to provide consumers with relevant information as well as a great user experience.
US web users experience ‘search engine fatigue’
US web users regularly experience ‘search engine fatigue’, according to a poll carried out by Kelton Research and commissioned by AutoByTel.
Yahoo posts promising third quarter results
Yahoo posts some encouraging financial data. Whilst it is still a very long way behind Google, there are signs that the Panama platform have helped the company’s fortunes.