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Month: December 2009

How Google Might Let you Shop by Camera Phone

07/05/202112/28/2009 by Bill Slawski
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A few months ago, I stopped at a store to search for a new phone. The place I stopped at offered a couple of dozen different models of phones with different features, and I narrowed my search down to three or four that listed features on their boxes that sounded interesting. Usually, I’ll look online … Read more

Categories Media SEO 36 Comments

Google Search Synonyms Are Found in Queries

07/30/202112/22/2009 by Bill Slawski
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How Often Do Search Synonyms Make A Difference in Searches at Google? When someone searches the Web, one challenge they face is using the right words to find what they are looking for. Search engines rank pages based on the prominence of terms from a query appearing on pages. If a searcher doesn’t use the … Read more

Categories Search Queries 53 Comments

What Did Search Look Like a Decade Ago?

07/01/202012/21/2009 by Bill Slawski

Search engines have evolved tremendously since they first started appearing on the Web more than a decade ago. I thought it might be fun to take a look back at some of the popular search engines of yesterday and spent a little time at the Internet Archive traveling back to the earlier days of search. … Read more

Categories Search Engines and Directories 73 Comments

Microsoft on Navigational Search Queries and Best Match

07/09/201912/19/2009 by Bill Slawski
navigational search queries

When you visit a search engine, and type a word or phrase such as “Hilton,” or “ESPN,” or “Nature Conservancy,” into a search box, chances are that you want to visit the home page for Hilton Hotels, or ESPN or the Nature Conservancy. If the pages for those sites show up at the top of … Read more

Categories Search Queries 9 Comments

How Search Engines Might Divine the Intent behind Regional Queries vs. Global Queries

07/05/202112/14/2009 by Bill Slawski

If you search for “pizza,” or “movie times,” or “division of motor vehicles,” there’s a chance that you might want to find information about where to get pizza near you, or to find what films that local movie theatres or showing, or find out more about driver’s licenses in your area. This is true even … Read more

Categories Local SEO and Maps 26 Comments
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