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The 'New Bing': Now Searching With Facebook
Interested in the New Bing and unable to see it or would you just like a quick overview, now that it is supposed to be available to all U.S. users? See my NewsBreak on the New Bing. While the...
Google Scholar Update in Progress
Google Scholar has announced an update that brings Scholar more in line with other Google properties. Google Scholar is still not linked from the main Google page, but now (if you are getting the new look which is still...
More Punctuation Searching at Google
Somehow I missed the announcement last month from Google which included a note that Google has started indexing more punctuation marks. Based on this announcement, it looks like we can start searching with all of the following (some of...
In-Depth Bing Relaunch Overview
If like me you are not yet seeing all the new Bing features (or if you are outside the U.S. where they have not yet been introduced), Danny provides an excellent and in-depth overview with his Bing Relaunches, Features...
Trends Highlighted on Bing
Yesterday I noticed a new left margin icon appearing on some results at Bing. A small, grey, curved, upward arrow shows up just to the left of the title on results that are "trending" on Facebook and/or Twitter. These...
Google Resurrects Realtime? No, Just More News Noise
Google News has announced a few changes: "Realtime" news Larger images on main page Integration of Google+ content But no, this is not a new version of Google Realtime search that searched Twitter and other social networks and was...
New Bing Results Page Live in U.S.: What's Missing?
Late last night I started seeing the new Bing user interface live on results pages in all my browsers. I first saw it last week in a slightly different version, but now it is official and has been reported...
New Bing User Interface Test
I see or hear about all kinds of Google user interface changes tested by being made available to a small fraction of users. Yesterday I came across one from Bing. The main changes I noticed: History gone Related searches...
Google Adds "Top Answers"
After panning Google earlier today for non-search changes like the addition of Play and disappearing search tools experiment, I should give them credit for a potentially useful search results change. Barry reported on SearchEngineLand that for some results from the...
Google Plays & Experiments with Collapsible Search Sidebar
Google Play, the new combined online Google store for music, books, and Android apps, is now being featured prominently in the top Google bar, highlighted with a "NEW" superscript. Clicking the Play link does not transfer a search that you...
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