A brief description of what it means when Yahoo farms out its search engine to MicrosoftJuly 30th, 2009 A look at how the Microsoft-Yahoo deal will workAlthough Yahoo and Microsoft could soon be working together on Internet search, their collaboration would mostly occur behind the scenes. Consumers would still see Yahoo's logo striped across Yahoo.com.
Web surfers can now 'Huli ia Google,' or 'search Google,' in Hawaiian languageAugust 7th, 2009 Google search engine now available in HawaiianHILO, Hawaii — Google users can now use the popular Internet search engine in the Hawaiian language. Web surfers can find the option, "Huli ia Google," or "search Google," on Apple's Safari browser, thanks to a project by a University of Hawaii at Hilo professor.
How To Change Firefox Location Bar SearchingNovember 18th, 2007 By default in Firefox you can type one or more keywords in the location bar. Firefox recognizes that it is not an URL and uses I'm Lucky search with Google search engine for version < 2; it uses Google search by name for Firefox version 2 and above.
Future Google ProductsJune 13th, 2006 Spencer Katt has an interesting (read funny) take on future Google products (and then there are mine). They are:
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Google set to offer more tools for narrowing search results, digging deeper into its Web indexMay 12th, 2009 Google digging deeper to improve search resultsSAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. is about to add more features to its already dominant Internet search engine — and some of the changes could give Web surfers less reason to click through to other sites.
Cuil Search Engine: Google Competitor From Ex-Google EmployeeJuly 29th, 2008 An ex-Google employee and her husband has taken on the task of creating a good competition for Google by the name cuil (pronounced cool). Cuil is a search engine with a difference.
In Defence of Google Web SearchJuly 9th, 2006 Nowadays it is common to complain about the accuracy of Google web search results (not image search as I have done in my earlier post). Most of the people complaining about Google web search are SEO types and those who have been affected by sudden lack of Google love.
To "nofollow" or not, that is the question...January 24th, 2005 A discussion on rel="nofollow" technique versus CAPTCHA
Statistics & Interpretations: How Using Google Search Makes You Richer or Does it?December 8th, 2005 InfoWorld published results of a survey which found Google search users were more net savvy and more likely (statistically significant) to have household income above 60, 000 USD, in comparison with competing search engines like Yahoo, MSN etc.. Unfortunately some of us tend to misinterpret results of such survey and infer erroneous causal relationships like - A way to get rich would be to use Google Search or MSN Search users are dumb (wouldn't you love to make that inference?).
Google Mobile App in Windows Mobile! Collaborative Promotional?February 24th, 2009 Google and Windows, for once have decided to work their ways in to a collaborative approach to technology. Windows mobile is freshly equipped with Google Street View and soon after there is more to cherish! Google Mobile App, a convenient one-stop shop for all popular Google services, has hit Windows mobile platform.
Google giving Web surfers more ways to slice up search results as Microsoft rivalry heats upOctober 1st, 2009 Google refines search results to counter MicrosoftMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc.
Firefox Add-on to Use Wolfram Alpha and Google TogetherMay 21st, 2009 If you want to get in the habit of using Wolfarm Alpha along with Google as your mainstay, there's a ray of hope for you. All you need is the new Firefox add on that lets you keep using Google while showing Wolfram Alpha results on the side of the page. I've used it for some time now and it seems a handy tool to keep Wolfram Alpha hanging on with Google.
How To Easily Use & Manage Your Search Engines in Opera BrowserNovember 10th, 2006 Opera Browser is the best in terms of search engine integration. It allows you to easily add your own search engines, access search engines by a single alphabet and finally set any search engine as the default.
5 Things I Like Most About GMailNovember 19th, 2006 I have been using GMail for some years. There are 5 things which I like most about GMail which makes it apart from competitors.
Google Signs 900 Million Dollar Deal With MySpaceAugust 8th, 2006 Google has reached a deal with the owner of MySpace.com (News Corp.) to pay at least $900-million in shared advertising revenue and become the exclusive search provider for the popular online hangout. The deal, which marries the Internet's leading search engine with the top social-networking site, means News Corp.