In two weeks, Yahoo’s search share has skyrocketed from 9.6% to 29.4%. The reason? Firefox changed its default search engine from Google Chrome to Yahoo!. This growth points to the continued significance of default search engines. It also brings new hope to other companies that feel shackled by Google’s dominance, which may be nearing the brink. But what a future...
Firefox announced its decision to change its global search default to Yahoo!, ending its ten year agreement with Google. The new five year partnership will change the look of Firefox’s web searches starting at the end of 2014. What If I Don’t Like Yahoo!? If you’re a Firefox user and are not a big fan of Yahoo!, you’ll still have access to...
Bing has always worked hard to distinguish itself from Google. It might not own the largest video hosting platform on the Internet or have created a popular social media network, but as of October 27, you are now able to search via emojis on Bing. The search engine joins Yahoo and Yelp in adding this feature, hoping to interest the...
Google’s new search algorithm patent named “TV Rank” stands to change the way marketers relate to potential consumers. Filed in June 2011 and granted September 2014, the patent is described as a “way to enhance user search results on a device, based on what a user may be watching in proximity.” Google of course uses a variety of signals to...
What Is “Hummingbird”? Google has a new algorithm, the system they use to return results for queries and searches you enter into Google. This new algorithm is called “Hummingbird“, because it is “quick and precise” according to Google. The announcement was made on September 26, in the garage that Sergey and Larry rented when Google first started taking off. Not...
What Is “Hummingbird”? Google has a new algorithm, the system they use to return results for queries and searches you enter into Google. This new algorithm is called “Hummingbird“, because it is “quick and precise” according to Google. The announcement was made on September 26, in the garage that Sergey and Larry rented when Google first started taking off. Not...
Saving things to the cloud just got a whole lot easier- and bigger. Google has just announced that they are unifying the storage spaces of Drive, Gmail and Google Plus. Before, you received 10 GB of free storage for your Gmail account and 5 GB for your Drive account and your images on Google+. Now you will have 15GB shared...
