News tagged with search quality


Google modified its globally popular Internet search service to understand relationships between words

Google search gets semantic

Technology / Internet

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (12) | comments 4

Google on Tuesday modified its globally popular Internet search service to understand relationships between words, as the company bids to better grasp what Web users are looking for.





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Ask.com mines online coupons with new aggregator

Technology / Internet

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Ask.com hopes to persuade consumers that are fond of discount Web sites to bring their bargain hunts to its search engine.


Sony said the decision was based on Chrome's "quality and functions"

Google Chrome gets boost with Sony tie-up

Technology / Internet

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Sony said Tuesday that its Vaio-brand computers sold in the United States would have Google's Chrome as their default Internet browser, boosting the search engine giant's fight against rival Microsoft.


Google opens the hood on search for Wall Street

Technology / Internet

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google Inc. sought to demonstrate for Wall Street analysts on Wednesday why it continues to pour money into an established Internet search business that already accounts for a majority of its sales every quarter.


Only some Web sites provide patients with reliable information before having an operation

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 10, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows unsponsored and professional society Web sites provide significantly higher quality information about common elective surgical procedures compar ...


Researchers find clear difference in quality, type of lung cancer info available in US and Japan

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A study published in the July 2009 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology revealed that internet-based lung cancer information was of a higher quality in the United States (US) than in Japan. Dr. Yasushi Goto of the Na ...


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SETI@home completes a decade of ET search

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (32) | comments 9

The SETI@home project, which has involved the worldwide public in a search for radio-wave evidence of life outside Earth, marks its 10th anniversary on May 17, 2009.


Micro-blogging service Twitter has unveiled a new frontpage

Twitter unveils new frontpage

Technology / Internet

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Micro-blogging service Twitter has unveiled a new frontpage featuring a prominent search box in a bid to attract new users.


1 small step in the search for moonwalk tapes

One small step in the search for moonwalk tapes

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The world will get the first glimpse of what the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk really looked like thanks to the exceptional footage taken from Australian telescopes on 21 July (Australian time) 1969.


Security that nets malicious Web sites

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 23, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Have you ever wondered how fraudulent or malicious websites can rank highly on search engines like Google or Yahoo? Queensland University of Technology IT researcher Professor Audun Josang said a website's ranking was determined ...


'Digital skills divide' along SES lines, according to new study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 25, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study from Tufts University shows that while the "digital divide" may be narrowing in terms of access to the Internet, a significant "digital skills divide" is emerging.



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