Bing Search Improves on the Search Results Page

by Felix on June 14, 2009

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Bing logo So Bing has a good name that you can now replace “To Google Something” with “To Bing Something!” and has been getting tonnes of positive media coverage, but from the searcher’s point of view, what is the big fuss and why should I care? Well the good new is that Microsoft has done their homework this time and Bing is definitely a better search engine than the old live search service.

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Are You Asking More Of The Search Engines?

by Felix on April 16, 2009

question-mark1 Well, according to the latest report released by Hitwise released today. (PDF download), we are! According to this latest report by Hitwise, the interesting trend revealed is that the the search strings that people use are getting longer, with the biggest jump in people using 8 or more words query when compared with last year!

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Take a Navigational Approach To Search

What’s navigational search you ask? It’s a search approach where you are not searching for a specific  answer but more looking for good materials that relates to a particular topic. The search results is a start of a navigational experience where it leads you on a guided navigational experience that allow you to drill [...]

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Leverage the Time Dimension For Search Relevancy

Here is a tip that I think people sometimes overlook but can pay huge dividend when used correctly! :+)
Google has done such a good job in providing great search results sometimes we take it for granted and become lazy in thinking about basic search strategy.

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The Dawn of Conversational Searching

The popularity of the Twitter Service has created a lot of chatters, chatters that are
1. Less than 140 characters long,
2. Very easy to publish anytime, anywhere, ANY PLATFORM
3. Mostly rubbish about what people had for lunch!

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Why You Need to Check Out Google Scholar Search

When it comes to authoritative source or fresh new thinking based on actual research, you just can’t beat academic research. Sometimes, you are looking for what the latest thinking or theories is on a particular topic or wants to know what academia thinks about a theory you want to apply in business. If you [...]

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Four Easy Tips To Increase Your Search Productivity Today

Apparently blog readers love lists about tips they can use immediately,  and I know people love tips in simple, brief easy to implement list, because I do! So here is one for the GTD fan or productivity junkies!
These tips are easy to pickup, high impact and you can use them today. In a way they [...]

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Your Voice Powered Search Options On The iPhone

If you have an iPhone, you are in luck as the battle is heating up in terms of search offerings on the iPhone. Google has updated it’s iPhone native Google search App numerous time with the most recent app being the most exciting one due to the inclusion of voice activated search.
1. Google Search
The Google [...]

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