Tag Archives: Search

The Google logo displayed on a smartphone with the front pages of several newspapers pictured in the background. Hakan Nural | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Google is rolling out a feature to its iPhone app that lets you quickly delete the last 15 minutes of search history with just two taps. Google’s automatic systems could already be set to delete your web history after three, 18 or 36 months, but this adds an extra layer of privacy. It could be particularly useful in certain scenarios. For… Source link

New Jersey, USA, – The latest market report published by Market Research Intellect, titled ‘Global Search Engine Market,’ presents an accurate analysis of the estimated market size, share, revenue, and sales & distribution networks of the global Search Engine market over the forecast period. The report offers an exhaustive overview of the market, along with a precise summary of the market’s leading regions. Our team of analysts has studied the existing competitive landscape of the… Source link

Senior executive Urs Hölzle told employees last week he’ll be working from New Zealand. Stephen Shankland/CNET … Source link

The Google logo seen on a computer screen in Washington, DC in July 2019.Photo: Alastair Pike / AFP (Getty Images) How does a search engine like Google quantify, analyze, and rank information? What factors does it take into account, and how are they weighted? The algorithms that handle queries may be opaque, but the end results are clearly visible. That’s the idea behind Search Atlas, a new tool developed by academics that aims to show how Google would display search results if a query was… Source link

Volunteers Richard Calhoun, left, and John Lattyak prepare food for distribution at Harmony Community Church in Lawndale in Chicago on Dec. 9, 2020. The food pantry at Harmony Community Church in Lawndale is supplied by the Greater Chicago Food Depository. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune) Source link

Google announced a new website designed to be a “one-stop shop” for people with food insecurity. The “Find Food Support” site includes a food locator tool powered by Google Maps which people can use to search for their nearest food bank, food pantry, or school lunch program pickup site in their community. Google is working with non-profit groups like No Kid Hungry and FoodFinder, as well as the US Department of Agriculture, to aggregate 90,000 locations with free food support… Source link

Google has been sharing incorrect instructions on contact tracing through its Covid-19 “common questions” feature, advising some users that they can stop self-isolating when NHS rules say the opposite. The flaw is the latest example of Google incorrectly parsing information from websites and trying to present a simple answer to keep users from clicking away from the search engine. The company has pledged that it will now fix the advice after a government request to do so. British Google… Source link

Google will display a warning for searches where the results are “rapidly evolving.” When a user performs a search falling into this area, they will receive a message noting that “results are changing quickly.” “If this topic is new, it can sometimes take time for results to be added by reliable sources,” reads the prompt from Google. “While Google Search will always be there with the most useful results we can provide, sometimes the reliable information you’re searching for just isn’t… Source link

Google has been the undisputed king of search for decades, with the meager attempts of Microsoft and the upstart, privacy-focused DuckDuckGo failing to coax many users away. Estimates of Google’s global search market dominance range from between 70% to 90%, though Microsoft’s Bing appears to have gained some small ground over the last couple of years. Now, as both users and regulators are increasingly demanding greater security and better privacy, the company behind the… Source link

Google has started warning users when they search for a topic that is likely to have poor results, as part of its effort to tackle “data voids” on the search engine. The new warning was spotted by Renee DiResta, an academic who studies misinformation at Stanford University. “It looks like these results are changing quickly,” Google will now caution users. “If this topic is new, it can sometimes take time for results to be added by reliable sources.” “First time I’ve seen this… Source link