Google nabs patent to monitor your cursor movements
Google has been awarded a patent for displaying search results based on how you move your mouse cursor on the screen. While it sounds initially bizarre, Google’s plans are to monitor the movements of the cursor, such as when a user hovers over a certain ad or link to read [...]
Google Sites Tops List as Most-Visited Property in Asia Pacific
In May 2010, Google Sites ranked as the most-visited property in the Asia-Pacific region, reaching 270 million unique visitors during the month, followed by Microsoft Sites with 218.5 million visitors and Yahoo! Sites with 205 million visitors. Baidu.com Inc. and Tencent Inc. secured the fourth and fifth most-visited positions with 177 million visitors and 174 [...]
Google amps up its search with ‘Caffeine’
(CNN) — If you searched Google on Tuesday, you may have noticed that the information you’re looking for is a bit "fresher" than it would have been on Monday.
That’s because the world’s most popular search engine has unveiled a new search method called "Caffeine," which claims to index new information 50 percent faster than [...]
Google Confirms “Mayday” Update Impacts Long Tail Traffic
Google made between 350 and 550 changes in its organic search algorithms in 2009. This is one of the reasons I recommend that site owners not get too fixated on specific ranking factors. If you tie construction of your site to any one perceived algorithm signal, you’re at the mercy of Google’s constant tweaks. These [...]
March 2010 Search Rankings Change Little from February
Americans’ usage preference for online search engines changed little between February and March 2010, according to The Nielsen Company.
Google Search Maintains Dominance Google Search maintained its comfortable lead in search engine usage during March 2010, with 6.39 billion searches, or 65.7% of 9.72 billion total searches. Yahoo Search came in a distant [...]
