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Still avoiding Google+? Bad Move

May 30, 2012 2 Comments

Today Google introduced Google+ Local. This affectively puts an end to what we currently know as Google Places. Below are some of the highlights from the recent announcement. Zagat Reviews – This was bound to happen after Google acquired Zagat in September, 2011 Local tab – By going directly to https://plus.google.com/local, users will be taken [...]

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Bing Likes Facebook

May 17, 2011 2 Comments

Bing search queries will show products and websites recommended by Facebook friends.

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Optimizing for Google Caffeine

November 17, 2009 Comments Off

What is Caffeine? In August, Google announced they were “working on a secret project”. This project is commonly known as Caffeine. “It’s the first step in a process that will let us push the envelope on size, indexing speed, accuracy, comprehensiveness and other dimensions.” Caffeine does not affect the user interface. The average person, the [...]

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Bing and Google to Integrate Twitter in Search

October 21, 2009 1 Comment

Google and Microsoft announced today they are working with Twitter to improve the user experience. Both search companies plan to integrate “real-time” tweets into their search results. Microsoft’s announcement is found on their search blog: “…today at Web 2.0 we announced that working with those clever birds over at Twitter, we now have access to [...]

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