Posts Tagged ‘wolfram alpha’
November 23rd, 2009
The reason that the vast majority of people use Google as their preferred Search Engine over others (e.g. Bing, Yahoo, Ask, Clusty, Wolfram Alpha etc.) is because Google does search best. Google has such huge Search Engine market share because it returns more relevant results to searchers and is constantly improving. Google does well because it listens to end-users then provides what the end-users want.
It is therefore extremely disappointing that Microsoft is (apparently) paying News Corp. to exclude its content from the Google Search Results. News Corp. media is reporting that ‘News Corp, Microsoft want to lock Google out’. This is very negative for consumers because Microsoft is not trying to compete with Google through providing a better product but is rather trying to attract users to Bing (Microsoft’s Search Engine) through manipulating where data appears. This effectively means that Microsoft is trying to force competitors to provide an inferior product instead of itself providing a better product i.e. it is trying to lower the standard for everyone.
Microsoft must be very concerned about Google at present. Microsoft’s major revenue and profit earners are the Office suite and the Windows Operating System. Google is gaining market share rapidly with Google Docs and Gmail (Google is taking market share from Microsoft Office including Outlook and Exchange) and the yet to be released Google Chrome OS is set to be a very big headache for Microsoft.
It is just so disappointing if, as reported by News Corp., Microsoft is engaging such negative competitive practices. Microsoft is sure to alienate many loyal followers through such negativity. Perhaps Microsoft should rather focus on the end-user rather than competitors. Google is doing very well by concentrating on end-users wants and needs.
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June 16th, 2009
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June 4th, 2009
I was trying out the very cool Google Squared earlier and was interested that the following error is returned in the Search Engine Results Page (SERP) when searching for ‘google squared’:
Google Squared couldn’t automatically build a Square about google squared
Google Squared may not be perfect but it again raises the stakes in the fast changing Search Engine market (Google still beats Microsoft Bing, Yahoo and Wolfram Alpha in my book).
Note: Google Squared is still experimental
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May 31st, 2009
There is much talk about Search Engine Optimization and there are many tips out there about how best to optimize websites. The search engines (Google, Yahoo, Wolfram Alpha, Microsoft Live etc.) do not publicise their search and ranking algorithms however there is general consensus out there as to what best practice for SEO constitutes. Below are the first four of essential SEO steps which all are simple to implement on a Website and should be considered the bare minimum of SEO:
Fresh, Relevant and Original Content
Probably the most important and effective of all SEO activities is the most basic; Updating your website and providing original and new content on your website is the single best thing that can be done for SEO. Too many people believe that Read the rest of this entry »
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May 29th, 2009
Microsoft Bing, the replacement of the Microsoft Live Search (which was the 
replacement for MSN Search) goes live on 3rd June 2009 (at www.bing.com.au in Australia). Microsoft Bing was codenamed Kumo in development and, according to Microsoft offers a better search experience (when will Microsoft finally settle on a single name for their search?). According to Microsoft here are a few of the features of Bing:
Making Search Easier
Almost any search engine can provide basic results, but with Bing, we’ve improved many aspects of the search experience.
- Home page. Because you may not always know about the range of content a search engine can find for you, the Bing home page includes a beautiful new image daily, information hotspots embedded in that image, and clear links for starting your searches for video, news, shopping, travel, images or maps.
- Autosuggest. Bing examines what you are typing in the search box and will automatically Read the rest of this entry »