Top of Google Search Engine 2009
By Abhi | December 31, 2009
Google should be very satisfied and proud of its performance in the year gone by. New type of searches, adding language semantics, improved Search interfaces, and standoff with content publishers – everything just went right for it. 2009 should also be remembered as years of search engines, Bing and Wolfram Alpha hit the markets and Real-time search entered all the mainstream search engines. Google held on to its grounds and gave some amazing performances, here are “Top of Google Search Engine 2009″ chronologically:
Language semantics in search query suggestions
Google Melting Glaciers
March 2009:
Google started providing better suggestions for related searches, based on semantic analysis of search strings. Query suggestion for single/compound words were already in place but this time company has taken a semantic approach to take shots on phrases. Those who have never seen this feature can blame it on the positioning, which is at bottom of the page. Company has said that they are currently eyeing only single phrase and the results were encouraging. ( More..)
Google Search Filters “Show Options”
Show Options Example Google
May 2009:
Before this topic I must inform you that this is not about “Advanced Search” option. These are the filters, which you can apply to your results. If a user is logged into his Google account then he/she can see more filtering options otherwise basic ones are available. Once you have enabled the “Show Options” your result page split in the way as its shown in the image to the right. Here you can filter your results based on 4 major categories. First filter is named “All results” which deals with the type of results and you can narrow down your results to reviews, forums and videos. Second filter is called “Any Time” and in this you can narrow down your results based on the date when they were found. Range of this filter is from “right now” to Day to Week and Year, strangely enough month option is missing. The third filter mainly deals with preview of the results. On selection from this category you can preview the images and more text snapshot of the results. Most important filter and the most interesting one for me is the fourth category, which is named “Standard View”. (More..)
Google “preferences” are no more
Google Prefrences with Login
August 2009:
Google “Preference” we have seen for so many years on the homepage became a the thing of past. Google has continued its march towards improvement and adding more features to its search page. In this process Google has renamed its “preferences” to “Search settings” and changed its position also. If a web searcher is logged in while using Google then new preferences “Search settings” appear as a typical Google drop down under menu named “Settings” along with “account settings”. (More..)
Murdoch vs. Google
November 2009:
Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch diagnosed search engines like Google with “content kleptomania”. Murdoch, who is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of News Corporation said In an interview, that he is considering banning Google from listing his company’s contents. Point of contention – the adverts that Google shows on the right hand side of search results. (More..)
Google Reconciliatory note – The Murdoch Effect
December 2009:
Google “REACTED” to the needs of paid content publishers. Consider this as change of heart or a survival compulsion but Google has sent a reconciliatory note on its official Blog, under the program name “First Click Free”. This program is meant to take care of the concerns of news publishers worldwide regarding content aggregator services like Google search and news. (More..)
Google Real-time Search:
Real time Results from Google
December 2009:
Google and Bing both have joined Real-time search bandwagon. Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, FriendFeed etc. are the Cannons. For those who are new to Real-time search concept, In brief:
Real-time search: Searching “for and about” the information as soon as it is being produced. Blogs, News, Tweets, Social networking and Collaboration websites are the real time sources. Web searchers can search for information based on their keywords, as it is getting published, live. Traditionally, it takes days-to-weeks for a webpage to appear in search engines but that time lapse has been reduced to seconds, of course with limited life cycle.
(Highlighted image shows the Google Real-time search) (More..)
So, all in all Google is still standing tall and proving its worth to all those, who want next Google Killers
