As we are again at the threshold of another year, Bing announces the list of the ten most searched queries of the year 2010. Let's take a look at the list of the planet's 'ten most sought after' of the year up till now.
Kim Kardashian turned out to be the most queried, beating Sandra Bullock, with an impressive margin of 20 per cent, who is at the second place followed by Tiger Woods, Lady Gaga and Barack Obama.
Search marketing software provider WordStream has just released a new suite of Quality Score management tools for AdWords advertisers. These tools, which are now incorporated into the company's flagship PPC product, are designed to help you boost Quality Scores while lowering overall PPC costs. These tools should make it much easier for AdWords users to develop more cost-efficient and effective campaigns whatever their experience level.
In an announcement, Bing said that it has made few updates to Bing Mobile iPhone and iPod Touch apps. The updated versions are most likely to be available in Mobile iPhone App at App Store quite soon.
The updated travel feature gives, a Bing user the advantage to make use of Bing flight price predictions on the iPhone. The price predictions helps to determine, whether the person should purchase or wait to buy a specific airline ticket.
The launch of Google Instant is said to bring about some change in search queries data. This is because, when a keyword is typed on Google Instant, it keeps displaying search results until the user stops typing. It dynamically updates to display search results according to the terms typed by the user. This means that people possibly will see or visit a website at a much faster rate, most likely without clicking or hitting the “enter†button. Also, long-tailed keywords now, are more likely to increase conversion rates. This is due to the fact that, a user who would type a long-tailed keyword, is possibly looking for very specific information. In this situations, Google Instant acts as a guide and navigates the user to the desired information.
Google's has launched Google Instant , which is believed to change the pattern of search on Google from now on. The unique features that it boasts of, is both useful for users as well as websites. Google Instant has the amazing ability to predict search queries and displays relevant search results instantly, even before the user completes, typing the search query.
New addition to Google's shopping list is like.com, which was launched in November 2006 by startup Riya. This acquisition is being seen as the competitive response to Bing, which has been labelled as the “decision engine for shoppersâ€.
Yahoo! had started the transfer of the back – end technology of its search to the Microsoft Platform, in the US and Canada, last week.
“Keep an eye out for the “Powered by Bing†indicator at the bottom of our search results page, which will indicate that you are viewing listings from Microsoft.†, said the official Yahoo! Blog.
Google has announced, that it has acquired ITA, a Boston based software company for $700 million. ITA specializes in the collection and organization of the airline data, details of the flight timings including the price of the availability of the flights for the specified destinations.
Google has done some very interesting changes in the homepage of Google news. According to Google, they have replaced the old look of the google news homepage with a transformed version of an easier and understandable form, that is just easy to use and will help the users to guide through the relevant news, excluding the stale types and highlighting the amusing ones. This new homepage will have user friendly features, with which you can share the news with your friends and within your social circle. As of now, this unique feature is only available and can be accessed by the US users.
Larry Cornett, one of the recognizable faces at Yahoo, has announced to depart himself from Yahoo and said that it's time to move on to some other opportunities. Larry Cornett, Vice President of search consumer products at Yahoo, has always lead the company in their search advancements over the period of last 4 years. Some people are making rumors that, if Larry is leaving with his own wish or has been asked to leave right away, because Yahoo is cutting off positions in their organization, so this could be a reason for him to leave. He has started his own consulting business firm named as Brilliant Forge, where he will offer advisory services to other startups and more-established companies
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