Apparently Google’s search agent named Googlebot (their web crawler) caused the stock of United Airlines to plummet on September 7, 2008. [Read more…]
Want Online Casinos? Search Uncle Sam Courtesy of Google
Search Engine Roundtable recently pointed out that you can now search all of the US Government web sites courtesy of Google. Using Google’s new Uncle Sam search, you can now search the US Government websites. I can see how this would be very useful, especially if you wanted some unbiased government data. But wait! [Read more…]
Black Out Your Google Listing in the Google Search Results
As you know, I am a pretty big fan of Mixx, and I have been using Mixx for a while now, ever since day one. Anyhow, Mixx is not really the focus here; although Mixx is the main reason behind my discovering the fact that you can essentially “black out” virtually your entire listing in the Google search results. [Read more…]
Google Tests Site Links Search with Microsoft
I was tipped off today by a WebmasterWorld thread that Google is testing their Site Links feature that includes a search box right under the Site Links. See the screen capture below: [Read more…]
College Kingdom Educational Search Shows Desperate Need to Clean Up EDU Sites
College Kingdom has launched new search tools for students, or anyone for that matter, to search over seven thousand colleges’, universities’, career schools’, and adult education programs’ websites all at once. This is a great new search tool. However, the search results show the desperate need for those educational institutions–or Google, to clean up their websites. [Read more…]
Is Google Knol Really a Wikipedia Rival?
There’s a new kid on the online block named Knol and even this early in the development stage, some people are already predicting that it could bring about yet another significant change to the way we share information on the Internet. [Read more…]