The metadata strategy behind news search service Factiva - Information Age
 Information Age | The metadata strategy behind news search service Factiva Information Age The purpose was to improve search results by identifying key concepts within a news article, including companies, subjects, regions and industries. “The goal was to provide a balance of precision and breadth in our search results,” explains Greg Merkle ... |
Facebook Could Move to Capitalize on Search Advertising - EIN News (press release)
Facebook Could Move to Capitalize on Search Advertising EIN News (press release) In a New York Times article yesterday highlighting the Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) IPO, it is speculated that Facebook "will not be able to ignore the huge search advertising market for long and will be drawn into creating a search engine that more directly ... |
More Apple Censorship News; Apple is Not Censoring the Word Jailbreak, Just ... - DecryptedTech
More Apple Censorship News; Apple is Not Censoring the Word Jailbreak, Just ... DecryptedTech This was reported by a few sites and seemed to be rather odd after the backlash from the obvious censoring of a single search string when using Apple's Siri Voice Assistant. When we ran the story on Siri we had a rather large and enthusiastic response ... |
Google adds Knowledge Graph to search results - San Francisco Chronicle
 The Guardian | Google adds Knowledge Graph to search results San Francisco Chronicle Google unveiled significant changes to its core search engine Wednesday that could make it easier one day to search using natural language. The Mountain View company began to roll out the Knowledge Graph, a structured database of information that maps ... Google calls Knowledge Graph first baby step towards 'Star Trek computer' |
Is Your Company at Risk? - TRCB News
 Entrepreneur | Is Your Company at Risk? TRCB News Even the Wall Street Journal on 17 May 2012 ran an article about how businesses are taking a severe hit in their ranking on the search engine results from the Silicon Valley firm. The issue stems from Google getting wise to formally successful 'black ... 3 Things You Should Know About Small Business: May 15 |
iPhone 5 release date rumors and news roundup of latest iOS 6 smartphone details - Examiner.com
iPhone 5 release date rumors and news roundup of latest iOS 6 smartphone details Examiner.com Meanwhile the design rumors pelt various search engines on the hour. It seems there are a lot of concept designs out there, but for some reason fans believe their favorite will be the new iPhone 5! Perhaps these fans are hoping the more talk out there ... |
Divorce News Section is Now Ready on Alltopics.com - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Divorce News Section is Now Ready on Alltopics.com San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Alltopics.com has Divorce news from all over the Web on its search engine. Divorce.alltopics.com is the place where readers can find up-to-the-minute information, updated every day. Stay news-fit with Alltopics.com, a premiere news information website ... |
Pinterest stake: Rakuten seeks to be global player - San Francisco Chronicle
Pinterest stake: Rakuten seeks to be global player San Francisco Chronicle Facebook isn't the only Silicon Valley social networking company making news. On Thursday, the same day Mark Zuckerberg's company announced it had raised $16 billion in the biggest IPO by a technology company, Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten ... |
Facebook Could Move to Capitalize on Search Advertising - SYS-CON Media (press release)
Facebook Could Move to Capitalize on Search Advertising SYS-CON Media (press release) In a New York Times article yesterday highlighting the Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) IPO, it is speculated that Facebook "will not be able to ignore the huge search advertising market for long and will be drawn into creating a search engine that more directly ... |
Google's Penguin Update Makes The Wall Street Journal - Search Engine Land
 Search Engine Land | Google's Penguin Update Makes The Wall Street Journal Search Engine Land About The Author: Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land's News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry's personal blog is named Cartoon ... |
Google Commissioned Report Aims to Protect Search Engine Free Speech Rights
In drawing comparisons to newspapers and other media outlets, scholar Eugene Volokh makes the case against government intervention in search results with a compelling argument to protect the First Amendment editorial rights of Google's algorithm. Read more
News Brief: UK Targets eBay Seller Tax-Dodgers, eBay Search Explained
The Guardian newspaper says the UK HMRC tax agency is cracking down on eBay sellers who fail to declare their income. eBay's Vice President of Experience, Search, and Platforms blogs about what makes eBay’s search ranking problem unique and complex. This and more from around the web in today's ecommerce news roundup! Read more
Google Sued Over 'Jewish' Search Suggestions
The search giant's Autocomplete feature allegedly violates French law banning the compiling of files on people by ethnicity, French anti-racism groups claim. Read more
Africa: Neither Devil Nor Angel - The Role of the Media in Sino-African Relations
[Fahamu] The Chinese government is eager to balance the international media coverage of Chinese image and this approach is becoming more and more urgent for Beijing's strategy of engagement in Africa. Read more
Which-a-pedia?
An era of printed reference guides is coming to an end, with the news that the last Encyclopedia Britannica have been printed, and the company is now focusing its resources online. But how reliable and extensive are online information directories? BRIAN O'CONNELLtrawls online for information on three items Read more
What earnings reports have revealed about ads
Here are highlights of recent quarterly earnings reports from selected Internet and media companies and what they say about the state of spending on advertising: Read more
How to Use the Internet Wisely, for Your Health and Your Country's
There's a lot of bad information out there online. This guide can help you avoid the crap and become a savvier citizen of our digital age. addletters.com Editor's note: The following essay has been adapted ... Read more
Google Drive online storage launches today
Search engine giant announces new online file storage system that is also integrated Google+, Gmail and Google Documents Read more
The semantic web: Can it make Google as smart as IBM Watson?
Semantic search has become a hot topic with the advent of "smart" computers like Watson and clever websites like Wolfram Alpha. Under the covers it relies on the emerging set of technologies that make up the semantic web. Read more
More media regulation 'could harm UK websites' MailOnline publisher warns
Martin Clarke (pictured) said the British Press already regularly holds back from publishing information or photographs that rival foreign media organisations use. Read more
