What is being done to detect and remove results from larger sites when they don't have unique content that is relevant to a query (e.g.yelp.com results with no reviews, Facebook "business" pages that weren't actually created by the business)?
This study, Classifying Web Queries by Topic and User Intent discovered that the general searchquery breakdown for search engines was:
percent informational queries.percent navigational queries.percent product queries.percent services queries.
Finally there is a related query comparing it to a few other TV shows. It has the ability to search and scan barcodes, Microsoft Tag, or QR codes. Although this searchengine isn't the best for shopping or finding a cheap hotel, it is a unique way...
Globally popular words: Another good way to find keyword stuffing is to compare the words on the page to existing query data and known documents. Globally popular words: Another good way to find keyword stuffing is to compare the words on the page...
Now, Google News is giving you the ability to customize your categories based on a searchquery. Google, Microsoft join hands on patent - Times of India Do you like the coolness of simultaneous document editing Google offers, but really need all...
Google Webmaster Tools Adds Redirect Links, SearchQuery Info by Frank Watson Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen believes that most of the Silicon Valley tech giants have built their businesses around technology that he owns the patents on.
Query Paths in Search Funnels - Inside AdWords Massive Link Drops in Yahoo Site Explorer: Yahoo Working With Microsoft To Fix - SearchEngine Roundtable The Microsoft Advertising adCenter Fall 2010 (October) Release is Here!
Search Assist - query suggestion feature Today, Satya Nadella Senior Vice President, Online Services at Microsoft unveiled new Bing features at an event in San Francisco. Streetside imaging - yes, that's Microsoft's version of Google's Street View.
With the Mobile App for Nokia S60 devices, Google says it's addressing three main issues related to immediacy: access, location, and query formulation. Microsoft's adCenter Team Answers Your ProBING Questions Posted by Nathania Johnson Jun 5, 2009...
The option for Reviews under "Show Options" will present you the reveiws for your query but my question to Google is that how one . Bing: What to Expect (Hint: It's More Than Just a Live Search Rebrand) Posted by Nathania Johnson May 29, 2009 Yes...
We're sorry.but your query looks similar to automated requests . Microsoft thinks this could be the answer to increased relevance in search results. Look Out PageRank, There's a New Algorithm in Town SEM CROSSFIRE Microsoft recently published...
A likely result of that kind of research might include new ways to rank content based on the searchengine's understanding of a query and the task a user is engaged in, he said. Yahoo began giving glimpses into where its search is headed last year...
More transparency with regards to what search phrases are triggering the appearance of search ads (i.e.query matching). Microsoft in Ad Deal with Financial Publisher EDGAR, ClickZ News SEO Kaleidoscope: Exploring the various facets of searchengine...
We know that search sites trade query induced traffic like swingers swapping wives. Watch for any query category specific traffic spikes in the coming months. Pimping site assets is one way of looking at the new results format, adding more money...
The biggest changes are the introduction of Search Assist, a pre-searchquery refinement tool that Yahoo has been testing since July; and blended search results that include more photos, videos, and Shortcuts.
Microsoft also claims that Live Search now better understands customer intent, and offer more relevant query refinements and query suggestions, to help users get to answers more quickly. With the core platform in place we intend to win customers...
Increase your ROI with Google Performance Placement Reports and SearchQuery Reports, Google Blogoscoped It would be a very smart move for Microsoft to acquire Facebook, and potentially Digg as well. Microsoft to acquire Social Media Sites?
Increase your ROI with Google Performance Placement Reports and SearchQuery Reports, Google Blogoscoped SEW Experts: Microsoft adCenter Could Win the Search BattleTony Wright explains why he thinks Microsoft adCenter can win the search wars -- if...
The type of results that will be returned for a given query are determined by a new algorithm called Morph, which Leeds describes as "an explosion of the Smart Answers algorithm. The new version of Ask.com has been dubbed "Ask3D" for its 3-paneled...
AskCity is awesome, their blog search kills, and the Smart Answer and query refinement tools Ask has been using for years are just now starting to be adopted by the other engines. Is it a wish to back the underdog, or a dissatisfaction with Google...