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2012–2014
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Lisa Lacy

2014

Industry

New Settings Page Fits the Bill for DuckDuckGo

The search engine that says it doesn’t track its users has released an updated Settings page, adding options for Instant…

13 Aug 2014

Local

Yahoo Acquires Local Recommendation App Zofari

The app, which says it was inspired by what Pandora has done for music and what Netflix has done for…

13 Aug 2014

Industry

Perseid Meteor Shower Rains Down in Google Doodle

The Google Doodle for August 11 and 12 in many parts of the world highlights the annual August meteor shower…

12 Aug 2014

Industry

Baidu Hit With Lawsuit Over Gay Conversion Search Results

China's largest search engine is reportedly facing a lawsuit after it displayed results for a clinic falsely claiming it could…

12 Aug 2014

Industry

Google Tests “Listen Now” Ads for Music Searches

The ads appear in the Knowledge Graph for services like Google Play, Rhapsody, and Spotify. They are part of an…

11 Aug 2014

Industry

Bing Makes Technical Searches Easier

Bing says it has streamlined technical searches, including easier API and code search reference queries, as well as simpler access…

11 Aug 2014

Content

Google Rolls Out Publisher Center to Improve News Discovery

The tool allows publishers to make changes to Google’s record of their sites and helps ensure those sites show up…

05 Aug 2014

Local

YP Adds Social Sharing, Curated Collections to Mybook

YP, the local search site that says its apps and website are used by more than 70 million visitors each…

11 Jul 2014

Video

Watch Time Now Impacts Facebook News Feed Video Rankings

Facebook is updating how it ranks the videos people and Pages upload. The new video ranking considers whether a user…

24 Jun 2014

2013

Social

Comedy Central Brings #ComedyFest to Twitter

The comedy cable network and social media platform have teamed up to launch #ComedyFest, the "first-ever celebration of comedy and…

28 Apr 2013