26 posts and columns on search results
Microsoft Says Don’t Get Scroogled This Holiday Season, but Bing Is Not So Scot-Free
Bing zings: “Don’t get Scroogled this holiday season.”Voices
Visa’s Blueprint for Targeted Advertising
Visa has filed several patent applications that provide a blueprint for using credit-card transaction data to target digital ads and personalize other content, such as search results.Voices
Site Claims to Loosen Google “Death Grip”
Since Google in February began changing the way its search engine ranks sites in order to weed out “low-quality” content and “article vomit,” thousands of negatively affected website publishers have scrambled to recuperate. HubPages.com says it may have found a solution.News Byte
New Filter Tip From Google
Google today started rolling out a new feature that allows users to block any site they choose from appearing in their search results. The feature aims to further personalize the search experience by letting users eliminate sites they find offensive or useless. Google said it won’t be factoring that data into its search rankings–for now, at least.Voices
Plastic Surgeon Figures in Google Face-Off in Spain
In 1991, the Spanish newspaper El País published an article centered on a dispute between Madrid plastic surgeon Hugo Guidotti Russo and one of his patients over an allegedly botched breast surgery. The headline: “The Risk of Wanting to Be Slim.”Voices
Google on Bad Search Results: "We Can Do Better"
Have you been frustrated lately by search results on Google? If so, you’re not alone, and Google knows it.News Byte