Searchengine. Redefines. Boogaloo.me BETA. Google now defaults to Personalized Search for everyone. Personalized Search for everyone. Today we're helping people get better search results by extending Personalized Search to signed-out users worldwide, and in more than forty languages. Now when you search using Google, we will be able to better provide you with the most relevant results possible. For example, since I always search for [recipes] and often click on results from epicurious.com, Google might rank epicurious.com higher on the results page the next time I look for recipes.
Other times, when I'm looking for news about Cornell University's sports teams, I search for [big red]. Because I frequently click on www.cornellbigred.com, Google might show me this result first, instead of the Big Red soda company or others. Previously, we only offered Personalized Search for signed-in users, and only when they had Web History enabled on their Google Accounts. Check out our help center for more details on personalized search, how we customize results and how you can turn off personalization. Google Updates Search with ‘Related Searches’ and ‘Longer Descriptions’
Google have just announced an update to it’s core search product Google Search. The update introduces two new features; related searches and longer descriptions. Both features are particularly relevant when searching for general items or knowledge areas, you’ll see what we mean: Related Searches When searching on Google now, you’ll begin to notice related searches appear alongside the main search results. Google’s example was “Principles of Physics” which shows a number of alternative searches that you might find helpful. This is particularly significant to companies who have worked hard to get to high rankings for some less common searches for their product.
Lets say you’ve earned yourself top rankings for a search term like “luxury hotels in west london”, Google will offer a number of alternative searches to a user, many of which will offer better quality results. However, lets be fair, this isn’t about the companies – it’s about users returning and Google Ad Words. Longer Descriptions. 10 Simple Google Search Tricks. I’m always amazed that more people don’t know the little tricks you can use to get more out of a simple Google search.
Here are 10 of my favorites. Use the “site:” operator to limit searches to a particular site. I use this one all the time, and it’s particularly handy because many site’s built-in search tools don’t return the results you’re looking for (and some sites don’t even have a search feature). If I’m looking for WWD posts about GTD, for example, I could try this search: GTD site:webworkerdaily.com.Use Google as a spelling aid.
As Rob Hacker — the WWD reader I profiled last week — pointed out, entering a word into Google is a quick way to see if you have the right spelling. What are your favorite Google search tricks? Nsyght and other social searching. Comparing Six Ways to Identify Top Blogs in Any Niche. In the early days of blogging you could go to the Technorati Blog Index, enter some identifying terms for a particular niche topic and discover what the top blogs were in the field. Identifying top niche blogs is invaluable knowledge for anyone wanting to enter, study or market to people in a particular field. It’s one of the fastest and most effective ways to learn the lay of the land and get involved in the community of successful artists, real estate agents or 4-H club leaders using social media.
I’ve been seeing a lot of demand for this information lately so I thought I’d write up some quick pros and cons of the options I’m familiar with. Perhaps you’ll add some of your own favorite methods in comments. Editor’s note: Looking back over 2008, there were some posts on ReadWriteWeb that did not get the attention we felt they deserved – whether because of timing, competing news stories, etc. Unfortunately, Technorati’s not what it used to be anymore. Technorati Pros: Cons: Del.icio.us.