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Google Search Changes

Dec 24th, 2007 | By Shamim | Category: Google, Websearch

Google Christmas logo is not the only thing new today. For the first time in years Google changes the default homepage of Google.com and introduces various search options. This is only available for users logged in using a Google account.

As the above screenshot shows Google introduced the following options directly on the homepage.

– (default) [...]



How I Outranked Google

Dec 20th, 2007 | By Shamim | Category: Google, How To's, WTF, Websearch, Yahoo!

At the end of the day Google is an artificial engine based on a search algorithm. This algorithm gets tweaked and perfected by Google engineers every so often. But that can never eliminate the human element. Several SEO’s, both blackhat and whitehat have techniques which give you better search results for specific terms. Google [...]



Google Search Snippets Explained By Matt Cutts

Dec 1st, 2007 | By Shamim | Category: Google, Internet, Websearch

Ever had a question about the snippets showing up on a Google search page? Look no further. Matt Cutts explains the new enhancements made to enhance your search experience on Google. Who is Matt Cutts? He is a Google software engineer since January 2000, currently the head of Google’s Webspam team.
The video starts off with [...]



Ask Search Suggestions Obsessed With Pregnancy

Nov 2nd, 2007 | By Shamim | Category: WTF, Websearch

Ask.com search suggestion for “should I”
Ask.com search has been around for a long time. But it has never quite gotten as much attention as its big brothers - Yahoo and Google. Recently they have introduced search suggestions which gives suggestions of recently searched queries based on what you type. But from the looks of things [...]