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Yandex Announces Homepage Redesign

Yandex Announces Homepage Redesign

By Chris Crum April 4, 2013 | 1 Comment

Russian search leader Yandex announced a redesign of its homepage today. The goal, according to the company, was to make the most relevant information more visible and more easily accessible. The page is less cluttered than previous versions (you can …

SEMPO Urges FTC To Review Search Labeling SEMPO Urges FTC To Review Search Labeling

The SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization) Board of Directors has sent a letter to FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz regarding search labeling transparency. The theme of the letter is in line with the open letter written to the Commission by …

comScore Releases Latest Search Market Report comScore Releases Latest Search Market Report

comScore has released its latest numbers for the U.S. search market. They show Google sites up 0.3% in September at 66.7%, followed by Microsoft sites at 15.9% and Yahoo sites at 12.2%. Ask came in at 3.5%, and AOL came …

Search.xxx Launches to Make .xxx Browsing Safer Search.xxx Launches to Make .xxx Browsing Safer
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If your daily porn searches have led you to some of the more sketchy, unsafe places on the internet, a new search engine may be of interest to you. It’s called Search.xxx, and it’s the world’s first comprehensive search engine …

News Corp. Publications To Unblock Search Engines News Corp. Publications To Unblock Search Engines

Back in 2009, news came out that News Corp. would block search engines from some of its content, such as that from The Times and The Sunday Times. Now, it seems News Corp. has had a change of heart. Kind …

Search Engines Remember 9/11 On Homepages Search Engines Remember 9/11 On Homepages

The major search engines are remembering 9/11 today on the tragedy’s 11th anniversary. Google has not put together an elaborate doodle or anything (they usually stick to more upbeat events for that), but is displaying a tasteful black ribbon underneath …

Is DuckDuckGo Gaining Ground on Google? Is DuckDuckGo Gaining Ground on Google?
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In recent years, the search industry has not changed a lot in terms of large players. Google has maintained the leader position with its ownership of nearly 70 percent of search market share. The #2 and #3 spots have changed slightly after the Microsoft-Yahoo Search Alliance in 2009. According to the most recent Experian-Hitwise statistics, Bing-powered search has risen to 30 percent.

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Do you ever feel the search results that Google yields are too mainstream? Are you looking to explore the cavernous, cobweb-laden outer reaches of the interwebs? If you want to spend some time on some deep discovery, Million Short might …

Google Isn't Nearly as Friendly as it Once Was Google Isn't Nearly as Friendly as it Once Was
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When Google was first incorporated, their unofficial motto was “Don’t be evil”. And, for the most part, they stayed true to this philosophy. During the search engine’s leaner years, I used to sing its praises to anyone who would listen. …

Bateflix Is Netflix’s Porn Recommendation Engine Bateflix Is Netflix’s Porn Recommendation Engine

Attention everybody who hasn’t discovered internet porn, or wants to see some nudity & sex in a real storytelling context (sorry, internet porn), some guy has created a search engine for all of the movies available via Netflix that contain …

Vint Cerf On Google's Position as Top Search Dog Vint Cerf On Google's Position as Top Search Dog

No, this is not an alarmist reaction to Google+ or anything like that. Instead, it’s an incredibly innovative person who understands there are future generations who could very well create something that succeeds Google’s position in the Internet industry. What …

Bing Starts New Search Quality Blog Series Bing Starts New Search Quality Blog Series
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Google recently started a series of blog posts highlighting various points of progress it has made in its efforts to increase search quality. The results have essentially been lists of monthly changes Google has made to its algorithm and interface. …

Yandex Gets Twitter Access, Launches Social Features Yandex Gets Twitter Access, Launches Social Features

Yandex, the Russian search engine giant, announced a new social networking search program. The announcement doesn’t mention Twitter specifically, but Search Engine Land is reporting that the search engine has made a deal with Twitter to gain access to the …

Blekko Gets Ads, DuckDuckGo Gets Searches Blekko Gets Ads, DuckDuckGo Gets Searches

Blekko sought out from the start to become the “third search engine” behind Google and Bing (Yahoo, for all intents and purposes counted as Bing, since Bing powers Yahoo Search). Google and Bing serve search ads to monetize their efforts. …

DuckDuckGo Challenges Google With DontTrack.us DuckDuckGo Challenges Google With DontTrack.us
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Privacy in relation to Google is a big ticket item right now, as consolidation practices and other matters concerning personal identity and online advertising practices have become popular topics. It adds to the noticeable undercurrent of fear that, fueled largely …

Search Engines Given Code Of Practice Search Engines Given Code Of Practice

It looks like the copyright police are at it again. This time they are in a secret meeting with search engine companies making demand of them. In a document obtained by TorrentFreak, it has come to light that copyright holders …