Google appears to have quietly put an end to a long-running trial that added a “quick view” option next to mobile (smartphone only) search results from select websites. The feature offered searchers a fast way to see a lightweight version of a web page without having to fully click... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. … [Read more...]
Spurred By PRISM Scandal, StartPage & Ixquick Surpass 3 Million Daily Searches
June 14, 2013 by
Alternative search engines are having a good week, likely thanks to public awareness and concern over data and privacy issues being raised by the PRISM scandal. StartPage and Ixquick, two small search engines from the same company, announced this week that they surpassed three million daily... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. … [Read more...]
SMX Advanced Live Blog: Keynote Conversation With Microsoft’s Gurdeep Singh Pall
June 12, 2013 by
Day two of our SMX Advanced event is getting started with our second keynote event: a conversation with Microsoft’s Gurdeep Singh Pall. He’s the VP for the Information Platform & Experience team at Microsoft, and is responsible for vision, product strategy and R&D for Bing.... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. … [Read more...]
SMX Advanced Live Blog: You&A Conversation With Matt Cutts
June 11, 2013 by
Day one of our SMX Advanced show is almost over, but there’s one last session still to come: the traditional “You&A with Matt Cutts” keynote session. Search Engine Land’s founding editor, Danny Sullivan, will be sitting down for a lengthy chat with Matt Cutts, the head... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. … [Read more...]
DuckDuckGo Passes 2 Million Daily Searches
June 11, 2013 by
DuckDuckGo, the upstart search engine that hangs it hat on protecting its users’ privacy, hit a new milestone on Monday: its first day with two million direct searches. According to the company’s traffic page, DuckDuckGo saw 2,211,203 direct searches on Monday — up about 400,000... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. … [Read more...]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 10, 2013
June 10, 2013 by
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Apple Makes Bing The “Default Search Engine” For Siri One of the things that you might have missed if you weren’t paying really close attention... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article. … [Read more...]
