CoolTechZone :: Google doubles search index database
Sunday 14 November
Google one of the most popular search engines updated its website which stated that Google has doubled its search index database from four billion previously to around eight billion currently
The increase on Wednesday was noted due to the launch of beta search engine that searches around four billion indexed databases
According to industry analysts this could both be a good and bad scenario depending on how the consumers view it...
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E-Commerce News: E-Commerce: Searching for Holiday Profits
When you capture the consumer at the point of search it is generally a better conversion rate Trevor Healy VeriSigns Nasdaq vice president of payments told the ommerce Times Etailers need to be very aware of the peak shopping periods as they add their new paidsearch keywords
To Healys point online retailing researchers are narrowing the field for merchants who depend heavily on search engine marketing to drive sales The Atlas Institute for one is demonstrating some clear holiday shopping trends that directly impact the timing of paidsearch entries...
Instant messages get a boost
Weve written so much about Google lately its nice to be reminded that a lot of innovation in Silicon Valley still comes from small shops For instance David Weekly of Hillsborough recently launched Smarter imsmartercom and it may be one to watch
Smarter is a Webbased service that enhances your instant messenger Yahoo Messenger iChat etc by adding features such the ability to save copies of conversations Unlike Googles Desktop Search tool which logs messages to your computer Smarter stores the conversations on its servers so they can be accessed from anywhere...
Courting clicks
When a Web surfer types in three or four keywords being in the top 10 or 20 results normally the first and second pages displayed is the difference between being seen or not However the days of submitting just any old Web site to be listed on a search engine are long gone
Over the past five years search engines have become extremely sophisticated in how they determine who gets a high placement when someone does a random search said Joe Lemire cofounder of Elyk Innovation Inc an and Web development firm in Jacksonville
William Sims works for two sister companies in Orange Park Citizens High School Inc...