News tagged with search queries

Google to merge user data across more services

Google Inc. is overhauling the way it treats user data, linking information across its array of email, video and social-networking services so that information gathered in one place can be used in another.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google rolls out ads to ease privacy concerns

Google Inc., under scrutiny from privacy watchdogs for changes it made to its search engine, is launching a splashy ad campaign designed to alleviate privacy concerns.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researcher finds snooping smartphone software

A smartphone security researcher is shining light on a hidden program that tracks activity on Android, BlackBerry and Nokia handsets.

Technology / Software

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (16) | comments 6

Real-time search market worth more than $30 million a day

All of those Twitter tweets and Facebook friends may have value after all, according to Penn State researchers.

Technology / Business

created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Yahoo! stays in search game with real-time results

Yahoo! on Wednesday began a US rollout of a feature that delivers real time Internet search results as quickly as people can time queries.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Kayak simplifies airfare shopping

One of the primary applications of the internet is its ability to find just about anything. But unless you know exactly where to look, chances are you use some kind of search engine to do the locating for you. Google, ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google tweaks search to punish 'low-quality' sites (Update)

Google has changed its secret search formula in the United States to be more discerning when it comes to which websites are worth recommending and which should sink in the rankings.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 12

Google queries and stock market volumes related

Financial markets and the 'swarm intelligence' of the internet are linked. This is the result of a joint study in which search engine query data are analyzed by Tobias Preis and Daniel Reith of Johannes Gutenberg University ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Yahoo! increases US search share, Bing up again

Yahoo! increased its share of the US search market by nearly a percentage point in April and Microsoft's new search engine Bing also recorded a slight gain, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created May 11, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Should Google stay in China?

On Jan. 12, Google announced that, because of a series of sophisticated attacks that seemed to originate in China and targeted the Gmail accounts of Chinese human-rights activists, it would cease to censor ...

Technology / Other

created Apr 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hip websites need hard facts to thrive

Mixed in with technology innovations at South By South West (SXSW) were reminders that real-world performance facts are vital to thriving on an increasingly crowded Internet.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft to cut time holds internet search data

Software giant Microsoft said it would slash by two thirds the time it holds Internet users' personal data gathered from search queries.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ecosia search engine fights climate change

An Ecosia search engine launching Monday is counting on the world's fascination with the Internet to help save Brazilian rainforests and battle global warming.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Google adds translation to main search engine

Google has began weaving an automated language translation feature into its universal search service.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

2009: the Year of Twitter

The year has not yet ended but Microsoft says "Twitter" was among the top searches of 2009 on its new search engine Bing and a company which monitors language has crowned it the top word of the year.

Technology / Internet

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