Since launching universal search results in 2007, Google has been integrating many more non-traditional search results, adding videos, news stories, sports scores, products, images, maps, and reviews into what was once traditional organic search...
Windows 8 App Refresh – Bing Search BlogBing News app is now customizable, offers offline reading, and supports RSS; Bing Maps now has "improved driving, transit and walking directions, as well as up-to-the minute traffic incidents notifications...
Google 'removes word favela' from Rio maps – The TelegraphPressure from city hall and tourist boards, and not everyone is happy about the change. Pegman: Google's Weird Art Project Hidden In Plain Sight – BuzzFeed The history of GoogleMaps' Pegman...
Google Places was recently replaced with Google+ Local – a merging of Places and Plus that serves up your Google+ Local listing in Search and Maps results on mobile devices and traditional browsers. Generally, a structured citation has the schema...
Data in AOL contains web and image searches (powered by Google), video (powered by Blinkx), News, Shopping, Maps, and Yellow Pages (powered by various providers). Yahoo Buzz Log: Shows top overall keyword searches by Yahoo users with rank, buzz...
Check out this piece in Retail Online Integration where he maps out a tool to better optimize the relationship between the product catalog and keywords. If you not yet familiar with the Bing Ads Intelligence tool, it uses Yahoo Bing Network data to...
This is helpful for a variety of applications, including GPS or navigation directions from GoogleMaps. Schema.org was created last year to create a common language between major search engines Google, Bing and Yahoo that identifies types of...
Apple’s recent foray into the maps market, in which they scrapped GoogleMaps from the iPhone 5 in favor of Apple’s own maps offering (which hadn’t worked through all the kinks) reminded me of that game and how unhappy I was when I got my...
Often in these instances I prefer to search via apps - GoogleMaps for instance seems infinitely easier to use to browse quickly through local options than "the 10 blue links" display, although this can suffer from keyword targeting issues sometimes.
Google has revealed that it won't be bringing GoogleMaps back to IOS anytime soon. It also seems like iPhone and iPad users will be left struggling with Apple's Maps app, as Google has said it has no plans to bring GoogleMaps back to IOS.
Pay attention to the upcoming Apple Maps launch, and make sure you have a mobile-friendly version of your website that’s readable on small form-factor devices. It’s fascinating that some small businesses are trying their hand at sell directly...
She headed up some of Google's biggest products, including Google Local, Maps, and Images. Long-time Google executive Marissa Mayer has been named president and CEO of Yahoo. She also posted to her Google+ stream about how excited she is about her...
Build a map at GoogleMaps and add descriptions for your storefront, locations, and nearby useful points of interest. Make sure your Bing and Yahoo Local listings are up to date. Claim, verify, and update your Google Local Business listing.
In front of the wallpaper, you will find 12 links in white text that allow you to search Images, Videos, Maps, Local, Deals and Movies that are visible from the home screen. YahooYahooYahoo search has a very different look from the others.
Of social and search, Rasmussen – who helped create GoogleMaps and the failed Google Wave project – said at the time: In February, Facebook searches numbered 336 million, trailing all of the “big five” search engines (Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ask, AOL...
We’re extending [Google+] across all that we do—search, ads, Chrome, Android, Maps, YouTube—so that each of those services contributes to our understanding of who you are. If this definition passes, it will give them an edge not necessarily over...
This is somewhat similar to Google’s Map Your Valentine, offered last year, which let you map a location on GoogleMaps, complete with heart-shaped pins, and send it as an e-card. In addition to Google’s Valentine’s Day Doodle featuring Tony...
Leverage the diversity of Google universal search results mixed with videos, images, shopping, books, maps (local), and news. In October 2011, Google began indexing Facebook comments generated by AJAX or JavaScript, but don't forget about Bing and...
I'm incredibly excited to collaborate with Zagat to bring the power of Google search and GoogleMaps to their products and users, and to bring their innovation, trusted reputation and wealth of experience to our users,” wrote Google VP Marissa...
Additionally, above this new search page feature, Google provides Hurricane Irene Emergency Information, linking to the National Hurricane Center, Ready.Gov Hurricane Preparedness, and Maps and Resources related to Hurricane Irene.