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Fwix Launches Hyperlocal Search Engine

Written on July 21, 2010 by admin

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Fwix, a growing player in the hyperlocal news space, has launched the beta version of what it’s calling a Local Trend Search tool at search.fwix.com. It lets users search for things “happening at any place right now” (recently would be more accurate) at more than 200 English-speaking locations worldwide.

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Inside Google, Consumer Watchdog Group News Site On Google Privacy

Written on May 21, 2010 by admin

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A new web site named Inside Google has launched aimed at tracking and reporting on Google’s privacy issues and other issues surrounded around Google’s “dangerous dominance over the Internet,” as the site explains. The Consumer Watchdog group, backed by the Rose Foundation currently has four bloggers reporting on these concerns.
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Caution: Reported Trends In Search Query Length May Be Misleading

Written on May 21, 2010 by admin

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We constantly are hearing reports about how web surfers are getting increasingly savvy with their searches. For example, Hitwise reports that average query length is getting longer. Search marketers have interpreted this information in the following way:
If queries are getting longer, the long tail of search must be increasing; further, if web users are [...]



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Facebook’s Future In Social News

Written on April 27, 2010 by admin

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As you probably know, Facebook has launched the newest version of their Facebook Platform last week at their third F8 conference. This new platform “puts people at the center of the web” and boosts personalization while making websites more social. On the Facebook blog, you can even see an example of how they are leveraging [...]



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All The Old Tweets Are Found: Google Launches Twitter Archive Search

Written on April 14, 2010 by admin

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Google has launched a Twitter archive service, giving it a more comprehensive index of tweets over time than even Twitter itself. (See Danny’s Where Have All The Old Tweets Gone?) Meanwhile, Twitter gets a logo presence in Google’s search results, the first time Google’s featured a partner like this.
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Goojje, A Google China Knockoff

Written on January 29, 2010 by admin

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The Chosun Ilbo reports a new Google China has launched, a knockoff, named Goojje.com. It was made in response to Google saying they may have to shut down their Google.cn search engine a few weeks back.
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The YouTube Music Discovery Project

Written on January 21, 2010 by admin

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YouTube has launched the YouTube Music Discovery Project. It is a new tool they are testing, which helps you search for music and create YouTube playlists based on that query. You basically enter an artist’s name into the search box, hit “Disco” and it then returns results which you can add to your [...]



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Google’s Near Me Now: A Yelp Killer?

Written on January 7, 2010 by admin

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Just a couple weeks after failing to consummate a rumored deal to buy Yelp, Google has launched a mobile search tool that could take away the mobile market share of Yelp and similar sites/apps like Urbanspoon, MapQuest, and some of the yellow pages apps.
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Aardvark Launches iPhone App For Answers “On The Go”

Written on September 15, 2009 by admin

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Aardvark, which can be described variously as a “social search engine, “help engine” or “answer community,” has launched an iPhone app. It was many months in the making according to co-founder Max Ventilla. And with it, Aardvark arrives on what may be its breakthrough platform, helping to introduce the service to the mainstream — or [...]



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Search At Core Of New Twitter Home Page

Written on July 28, 2009 by admin

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As promised last week, Twitter has launched its new home page with a new focus squarely on search and discovery.

The new design invites you to “see what people are saying about…” by using the search box. Below that are three rows of popular topics: by the minute, day, and week.
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