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Report: Google Down, Bing Up

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Bing makes gains against Google in the U.S. search engine market. - Microsoft's Bing continued its pattern of incremental gains, according to research firm Experian Hitwise, which reported the search engine grew to occupy 9.85 percent of the U.S. search engine market in June. Bing has also been experiencing strong growth in a number of vertical industry categories...

Google Adds Buzz Links to Social Search as Google Me Precursor

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Hot on the heels of reports that Google is building a social network to challenge Facebook, the company said June 29 it will begin adding links that appear in Google Buzz to its Google Social Search service. - Google June 29 said it is adding links that appear in Google Buzz to its Google Social Search service, a potential precursor to the Google Me social service the company is reported to be planning. Those who have connected Websites such as Twitter to Buzz see their tweets in Buzz and in their Google ...

Hitwise Says U.S. Search Share Increases for Google

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Google grabbed 72.17 percent of U.S. search market in May, up from 71.4 percent in April for almost a 1 percent gain, according to new stats from HitWise. - Google grabbed 72.17 percent of U.S. search market in May, up from 71.4 percent in April for almost a 1 percent gain, HitWise said June 21. Yahoo dropped from 14.96 percent in April to 14.43 percent in May; Bing fell from 9.43 percent the prior month to 9.23 percent. The numbers stand out against th...

BP Spinning the Oil Spill with Keywords for Website

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Do a search on terms such as "BP" "Deepwater Horizon" and "oil spill" on Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Bing these days and you're bound to see a sponsored link to BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico response Website. - BP, which unleashed the worst oil spill in U.S. history in the Gulf of Mexico, has purchased key search terms from Google, Bing and Yahoo to ensure that searchers see its efforts to help however it can in the catastrophe it created. BP admitted to paying for search keywords so its response Website w...

Smarter Search with Solr

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:59:29 -0400

The open source search software behind some of the webs hippest sites.

By David F. Carr

Click here for Dave Carr's article on Solr, and here for a slideshow on a related project, Hadoop. - ...

Open Source Search Powers MTV Networks

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:48:17 -0400

MTV Networks moves to Solr-powered search technology for the websites behind many of its popular shows. - See our slideshows on Solr and a related project, Hadoop. The open source Solr search engine is emerging as the standard for new and revamped websites launched by MTV Networks and is already powering the search on key properties such as TheDailyShow.com, ColbertNation.com, and SouthParkStudios...