Tag: Google

Searching Facebook More Intimately

By David Talbot | 12/01/2009 | 0 Comments

Cuil indexes your Facebook network and produces results based on your social connections.

Searching for Real-Time Search

By Erica Naone | 11/09/2009 | 3 Comments

Google's CEO says it's still an unsolved problem.

An Operating System for the Cloud

By G. Pascal Zachary | 08/10/2009 | 0 Comments

Google is developing a new computing platform equal to the Internet era. Should Microsoft be worried?

Rogue Pharmacies Dominate Bing's Ads

By Kristina Grifantini | 08/05/2009 | 11 Comments

Illegitimate pharmacies account for 90 percent of drug ads on Microsoft's Bing, according to a new report.

Search Spammers Hacking More Websites

By Kristina Grifantini | 07/30/2009 | 5 Comments

The head of Google's Web-spam-fighting team warns that spammers are increasingly attacking websites.

Cuil Tries to Rise Again

By David Talbot | 07/22/2009 | 1 Comment

Last year's "Google-killer" plans a comeback with social search.

Search Me

By David Talbot | 06/23/2009 | 5 Comments

Inside the launch of Stephen Wolfram's new "computational knowledge engine."

What's Microsoft's Bing Strategy?

By David Talbot | 06/03/2009 | 4 Comments

Nipping at Google's heels, Bing focuses on refining product-related searches.

Google Grabs More Geo-Data

By Kate Greene | 05/22/2009 | 0 Comments

By letting developers store data on its servers, Google hopes to make the geo-Web more searchable.

Wolfram Alpha Braces for Overload

By David Talbot | 05/18/2009 | 0 Comments

The computational knowledge engine expects a flood of users.

Wolfram Alpha and Google Face Off

By David Talbot | 05/05/2009 | 0 Comments

Our exclusive test shows how the two Web engines compare when given the same queries.

Following Swine Flu Online

By Michael Day | 04/28/2009 | 7 Comments

Tracking and communications could play a key role in combating a pandemic.

How Twitter Could Bring Search Up to Speed

By Kate Greene | 03/11/2009 | 6 Comments

Some say that Twitter may be as important to real-time search as YouTube is to video.

Microsoft Searches for Group Advantage

By Robert Lemos | 01/30/2009 | 3 Comments

A new search algorithm looks for connections between people.

Digging Deeper in Web Search

By Kate Greene | 01/29/2009 | 1 Comment

A personalization search tool reveals links buried deep within page results.