Google recently tweaked it’s algorithm in an attempt to provide users with more relevant and useful information during local searches. The change, dubbed the “Pigeon Update” by the experts over at Search Engine Land, has reportedly caused local search to function more like typical web search through the use of similar ranking signals.
Back in May, the Court of Justice of the European Union backed the concept of the “right to be forgotten.” The ruling meant that Google is now responsible for deleting links to data that’s considered “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant” whenever a member of the public requests it to be done.
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It seems counterintuitive that social media users would actually be unhappy with services they spend so much time on, but that’s exactly the case according to a new report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index. While the social media consumer satisfaction numbers have generally increased overall, they’re still pretty low in the grand scheme of things.
China is currently the second biggest economy in the world behind the United States. At the same time, the Chinese internet population is by far the largest. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, the country now holds around 632 million people who use the Internet – and the number grows by the day.
Between search, email, social networking, online mapping and a host of other services, it seems like Google has had its hand in just about every major aspect of Internet business – except one. Until now, Google has been notably absent from domain hosting, instead instructing people to check out their domain partners such as eNom.com and GoDaddy.com.
The issue of net neutrality, or an “Open Internet,” is a growing topic of debate that many have likely heard of but might not know much about. When considering the fact that net neutrality might come to an end, it becomes clear that this is an issue every Internet user needs to pay attention to, especially if they’re concerned with Internet marketing.
In a move that has been rumored about for some time, Amazon has finally thrown its hat into the smartphone ring. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the new device today at a Seattle press conference, and the new phone promises some very innovative features.
An extensive new post on the Bing Search Quality Insights Blogs gives readers a long list of reasons why Bing’s image search works better than Google’s – at least according to Bing, that is. But is it really better, especially given that so many choose to use Google while ignoring Bing?