Happy 13th Birthday Google!

by S B October 7, 2011

It’s hard to think of a world without search engines. From the moment I wake up, search engines let me check whether my trains are running on time or not, allowing me to forgo breakfast or treat myself to something nice before my morning commute. As soon as I’ve stepped into work, I’ve got emails [...]

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Expanded Sitelinks Are Much Like Marmite: You Either Love It Or Hate It

by S B September 5, 2011

You may have noticed that over the past few weeks, the search engine result page Google presents its users has changed slightly. What used to be a handy small feature that directed visitors towards more pages on your site, has now been ‘improved’ to take a sizeable chunk of the visual real estate ‘above the [...]

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Search Overload – Coming to a TV near you

by JoeComotto June 5, 2009

Bing TV ads have started to show in the USA. While the UK campaign is apparently at least a few months away, it’s interesting to see the approach that they are taking to challenging consumer behaviour.

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Bing – The Sound of Found?

by JoeComotto May 31, 2009

And so it’s official. Live search is in for yet another re-branding and will shortly be known as ‘Bing’. The tagline for the new engine is ‘Bing – The Sound of Found’ but, to steal an old Friends joke, it could easily end up being ‘Bing – Thy Turkey’s done’. Realistically, this is probably Microsoft’s [...]

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