All posts tagged "search"
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News
Yahoo! Search is Now Hanging Onto Your Data 15 Months Longer
It was only a year ago that Yahoo set their privacy standard to only a 90-day data retention length. At 3 months,...
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Google Updates Search Algorithm and Docs Receives Visible Page Breaks
So far this week two major updates have rolled out of the Mountain View, California-based search giant. The first one is an...
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Train Your Google-fu with aGoogleaDay Trivia
Do you like trivia, even if you don’t know any of the answers? Most people would likely not, but what if looking...
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Google Search is Now Social with +1 Recommendations
Google is experimenting with a new social recommendation engine that is built-in to normal search results. Google calls it +1 –aka the...
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How-To
How to Restore “I’m Feeling Lucky” Functionality to the Firefox 4 Address Bar
The new Firefox 4 has turned the address bar into an omnibar that works just like Chrome’s. In previous versions of Firefox...
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How-ToHow to Block Specific Websites from Your Google Account’s Search Results
Have you ever visited a website with absolutely no helpful information, or was it just so riddled with ads that you couldn’t...
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Yahoo Launches “Search Direct” In Response To Google Instant
Yahoo announced today that they are launching a new service called Search Direct. When you perform an internet search, Yahoo’s new service...
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Google Mobile Adds Click-to-Call Emergency Number Results
Do you know which experts to call in every possible emergency? You might, but chances are you don’t have their phone numbers...
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How-To
How to Use Google as a Universal Calculator
When you are on the go and you need a quick solution to a math problem, or just a quick conversion between...
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Google Attempts To Kick Content Farms Off of Search Results
Do you ever search for something in Google, and then find that the top search results are nothing but empty pages full...
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How-ToHow to Use Advanced Search in Windows 7, Similar to Windows XP
When you need to file a specific set of files on your computer, finding them in Windows 7 is a lot different...
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How-To
How to Block Low Quality Websites from Google Search Results in Chrome
Google just released a new extension for Chrome that will help refine your search engine results even further than the normal Google...
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Facebook is the Grooviest Site and Search Term in 2010
Facebook has outranked Google in 2010 in terms of page views, as well as the most searched term of the year, a...
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Google Updates Search Results Warning Users of Hacked Sites
About a year ago I wrote an article reviewing the process Google uses to fight back hacker dudes. To recap – While...