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Finding apps in Windows 8
I’ve been spending some time in Windows 8, complete with the Metro-style Start menu. The new Start menu is not great in a virtual machine without touch. You have to navigate with the horizontal scroll...
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The power of Google: how the Panda update hit Experts Exchange
Searching Google recently it struck me that I rarely see results from Experts Exchange. I used to see a lot of these, because I typically search on things like error messages or programming issues for...
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Google: a search engine, or affiliate site?
According to my current web stats, 95.6% of those using a search engine to find a post did so using Google. That represents market dominance, and power to make or break a business which depends on web...
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All about Search in Windows 8: a feature every user has to understand
Windows 8 is a frustrating experience until you work out how Search works. Once it is discovered though, it is an elegant and powerful feature. A confusing aspect of Windows 8 apps (on the tablet side)...
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Extraordinary: the FTC says it is OK for Google to bias search results in its...
The most remarkable statement in the report from the US Federal Trade Commission’s investigation of Google is this one: The FTC concluded that the introduction of Universal Search, as well as...
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Reflecting on Google’s power: a case for regulation?
Via Martin Belam’s blog I came across this account of how the well-known flower vendor Interflora has, it is claimed, been penalised by Google for violation of its webmaster guidelines on paid links:...
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Blocked from Google search: agree our terms or else go away
Late last week I encountered behaviour from Google that I had not seen before. It was related to my habit of not signing into Google automatically; I only sign in when I want to use Google+ (I know;...
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Google Assistant was all over IFA in Berlin. What are the implications?
Last week I attended IFA in Berlin, perhaps Europe’s biggest consumer electronics event, and was struck by the ubiquity of Google Assistant. The company spent big on promoting its digital assistant...
View ArticleGoogle search to become even more opaque? From answers to “journeys”
Google’s Ben Gomes has posted about the future of search. Nothing in it surprises me. Quick summary: From answers to journeys: search to be more personalized and contextual, helping you “resume tasks...
View ArticleGoogle’s search monopoly, the decline of organic search and its implications
A piece by Rand Fishkin tells me what I already knew: that Google has a de facto monopoly in search, and that organic search (meaning clicking on a result from a search engine that is not an ad) is in...
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