Topic

Google.

Algorithm updates, product launches, and two decades of covering the company that defines search. 8,750 articles
Industry

MSN Using Human Quality Raters to Review Results

Via Threadwatch (and its new man in charge, Aaron Wall), word that MSN Search is also using quality raters to revew and…

By Gary Price · 02 Dec 2005

Industry

December Begins With Plug-In-Palooza for Google Desktop and Sidebar

The first of December has given us a bunch of new plug-ins for the Google Desktop and Sidebar. Here’s a quick list.…

By Gary Price · 02 Dec 2005

Industry

A Look at Working at Ask Jeeves

I’m regularly posting about job openings and working life at Google, Yahoo and MSN. However, I don’t think I’ve ever included any…

By Gary Price · 02 Dec 2005

Industry

After Product Pitch, Google Won’t Call Back But Still Tests The Product

Spotted via Threadwatch, search tech start-up Kozoru finds that after presenting to Google, they won’t return emails or phone calls — but…

By Danny Sullivan · 02 Dec 2005

Industry

Google Brings Anti-Virus Scanning to Gmail

Word from Gmail team at Google this afternoon that they’ve just launches anti-virus scanning to the service for all incoming and outgoing…

By Gary Price · 01 Dec 2005

Industry

Official Google Talk Blog Launches & All-In-One Official Google Blog Posts Page

Yet another official blog from Google, this one for Google Talk. When we gained the Google Base blog, I wished for Google…

By Danny Sullivan · 01 Dec 2005

Industry

Complaints Over Wikipedia Accountability With Bios

Daniel Brandt’s been upset over the accuracy and presence of a page about him at Wikipedia, and now John Seigenthaler, the former…

By Danny Sullivan · 01 Dec 2005

Industry

Humans Still Part Of Google Ad Review Process

Yesterday I posted about concerns over the relevancy of ads at Google and the question of whether human review was still being…

By Danny Sullivan · 01 Dec 2005

Industry

Google Looking For Interactive TV Engineers; Yahoo Needs Search Relevance and Monetization Researcher

Yes, it’s time for another Google TV job posting! This time for engineers. The title of the job is: Software Engineer, Television…

By Gary Price · 30 Nov 2005

Industry

Yahoo Now Default Search Engine on Asian Versions of Firefox 1.5

Yesterday, Firefox launched version 1.5 of its browser and at the same time announced a “stratgic partnership” with Yahoo in China, Japan,…

By Gary Price · 30 Nov 2005