8 posts and columns on searches

News Byte

Bieber Climbs to Top of Bing’s Annual Hit Parade

in News on November 28, 2011 at 10:28 am PT

It’s hard to top the public’s abiding (if baffling) interest in the activities of Kim Kardashian, but Justin Bieber did it, at least according to Bing’s almost-year-end roundup of top searches. Bieber dethroned the “reality” star as the most searched-for person in 2011 and didn’t even have to get married and divorced to do it. In the news category, searches related to the Casey Anthony trial topped those about the death of Osama Bin Laden. More categories, rankings and info-nuggets are listed in a Bing blog post.

QOTD

“With your permission, you give us more information about you, about your friends, and we can improve the quality of our searches. We don’t need you to type at all. We know where you are. We know where you’ve been. We can more or less know what you’re thinking about.”

– Eric Schmidt, Google’s Creep Executive Officer

Second Chances: T-Mobile Tries Again

in The Digital Solution on July 21, 2009 at 5:08 pm PT

A review of T-Mobile myTouch 3G with Google, the second “Google phone” to be released.

Analyst: Bing’s Nice, but Google Still Works Better–Unless You’re Booking a Trip or Have a Rash

in Media on July 7, 2009 at 9:30 am PT

An endless ad barrage may be enough to get you to sample Bing. But it can’t ensure you’ll like the results once you try it. That’s the conclusion Citigroup’s Mark Mahaney reached after taking Microsoft’s new search engine for a spin and comparing it to Google’s and Yahoo’s. The result: Google still delivers better results most of the time. In 71 percent of searches, Google either supplied the most relevant answer or tied with other engines. Bing did that 46 percent of the time.
bing

First Impressions of Kindle on iPhone

in Mossblog on March 3, 2009 at 11:02 pm PT

Walt gives his first impressions of the free Kindle e-book reader application for the iPhone.
Kindle on iPhone

Rep. Boucher Calls for Internet Ad Regulation

in News on February 13, 2009 at 2:35 pm PT

In an interview Friday, Rep. Rick Boucher, (D-Va.) called for Congress to take a tougher stance in regulating online ad-targeting, despite the FTC’s endorsement of industry self-regulation. “I am coming to believe (industry self-regulation) is not sufficient,” said Rep. Boucher, chairman of the House subcommittee on communications, technology and the Internet. He noted that there is a need for a set of laws that dictate parameters for how companies collect, share and use online data about their consumers.

Google Makes Its First Real Stab at Mobile Marketing: AdWords on iPhones

in Media on December 8, 2008 at 9:08 am PT

Google is letting advertisers who buy AdWords–its main revenue engine–automatically buy mobile advertising, too. The company says AdWords buyers can choose to have their AdWords automatically show up on phones that support “real” Internet browsers like T-Mobile’s G1 phone and Apple’s iPhone. That’s a relatively small market, but one that’s growing fast, and Google’s first real opportunity to show that it can make money on mobile.