Google has been constantly evolving the algorithm its search engine uses to make the search speedier and more accurate. The company has revealed a secret project codenamed Caffeine that a large team has been working on for last many months. The project involves the next generation infrastructure that will operate under the hood of search engine.
The interface will not change in anyway so a regular user may not spot any difference. But the search engine giant claims that it will improve many aspects of web search including speed and accuracy. Google engineers have actually rewritten some of the search engine's infrastructure (exactly what, the company has not revealed).
The beta search engine can be accessed here.
Showing posts with label Search Engines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Search Engines. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Taptu The Mobile Search Engine For iPhone
Looking for a search engine for your iPhone that is touch friendly and allows to search the web with ease? Taptu may be the answer. Taptu is a mobile search engine that just released its iPhone version that can be downloaded from Apple App Store for free.
The new search engine is user friendly and quick. According to Taptu blog, it has more than 3 million webpages currently in its index. What is special about this application is that it provided the results optimized for iPhone. Instead of the regular scroll-down view Taptu presents the results in a horizontal format that can be flipped through in the typical iPhone style. Taptu has already got a sizable user base. According to Taptu blog, they are getting around 1 million searches from around the world. On more feature that stands out is Twitter search that searches the tweets for a searched term.
Here is a demo of this iPhone App
The new search engine is user friendly and quick. According to Taptu blog, it has more than 3 million webpages currently in its index. What is special about this application is that it provided the results optimized for iPhone. Instead of the regular scroll-down view Taptu presents the results in a horizontal format that can be flipped through in the typical iPhone style. Taptu has already got a sizable user base. According to Taptu blog, they are getting around 1 million searches from around the world. On more feature that stands out is Twitter search that searches the tweets for a searched term.
Here is a demo of this iPhone App
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Microsoft Bing Review
Search engines are the key to most of the people's experience of world wide web and since the advent of Google, for most of the people there is only one search engine that they use and that is Google itself. Today it is the most used application when it comes to searching the labyrinths of world wide web. For a long time many companies have come up with their own products and technology but none could compete with Google. Lime Yahoo, Microsoft. Bing by Microsoft is the latest addition to the variety of search engines available to users. Although most geeks have tendency to hate everything which has the label of Redmond giant on it, Bing has received many positive reviews.
Bing is a very well thought search engine and its key feature is the variety of information it presents to users for every searched keywords. Like if you search for shoes, the application, apart from showing the relevant sites, displays many options like buying guide, reviews, brands and more which is a very nifty feature. One very good feature is that it displays snippets of information when mouse is hovered over the thin line that appears beside search result the moment one moves mouse over a result. (See the image below)
Moreover, when you search for videos, you can play them right in Bing search window. Although, that feature came under fire for displaying sexually explicit videos and thus turning itself into a porn site! Image searches are good too but again Bing has to index more pages to be as relevant as Google. Bing has a fancy display with wallpapers that keep changing. But that could distract the users. The simplicity of Google's homepage is better and appealing.
On certain points, Bing apes Google. For example, advertising display is similar to that in Google. And a look at settings page and you cannot help remembering the wise old search engine. Overall, Bing provides a good searching experience and returns relevant results but its algorithm has to evolve a hundred times if it is to compete with the big brother. Moreover, Microsoft has to advertise its new baby a lot so that people at least know that they have options!
A Bing Trick !
If you reside outside of US, you may not get full features on Bing home page. To access Bing as Americans are accessing it, go here and select United States - English.
Bing is a very well thought search engine and its key feature is the variety of information it presents to users for every searched keywords. Like if you search for shoes, the application, apart from showing the relevant sites, displays many options like buying guide, reviews, brands and more which is a very nifty feature. One very good feature is that it displays snippets of information when mouse is hovered over the thin line that appears beside search result the moment one moves mouse over a result. (See the image below)
Moreover, when you search for videos, you can play them right in Bing search window. Although, that feature came under fire for displaying sexually explicit videos and thus turning itself into a porn site! Image searches are good too but again Bing has to index more pages to be as relevant as Google. Bing has a fancy display with wallpapers that keep changing. But that could distract the users. The simplicity of Google's homepage is better and appealing.
On certain points, Bing apes Google. For example, advertising display is similar to that in Google. And a look at settings page and you cannot help remembering the wise old search engine. Overall, Bing provides a good searching experience and returns relevant results but its algorithm has to evolve a hundred times if it is to compete with the big brother. Moreover, Microsoft has to advertise its new baby a lot so that people at least know that they have options!
A Bing Trick !
If you reside outside of US, you may not get full features on Bing home page. To access Bing as Americans are accessing it, go here and select United States - English.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Bing The Decision Engine From Microsoft
Software giant Microsoft is coming up with a new search engine named Bing. The search engine is expected go live within a few days. Bing aims to refine the search experience of users and help them in making decisions. The company has focused its efforts on some key areas like making a purchase decision, planning a trip, researching a health condition or finding a local business. Due to its focus, Microsoft calls it a decision engine.
As is inevitable, some have already started comparing Bing with Google. But it is better to think about it a search engine with a specific niche and in terms of relevancy the new baby has to go a long way before it can compete with wise grandfather.
To get a hang of Bing the following video may be helpful.
As is inevitable, some have already started comparing Bing with Google. But it is better to think about it a search engine with a specific niche and in terms of relevancy the new baby has to go a long way before it can compete with wise grandfather.
To get a hang of Bing the following video may be helpful.
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