I see Google has messaged me in Webmaster Tools about some sites of ours that aren’t mobile-friendly. No surprises there, since some of our sites were hard-coded in HTML a long time ago, before people thought about using cellphones for internet access. The theory is that those that don’t comply will be downgraded […]
Tag: search engine
Duck Duck Go voted best search engine of 2011
According to a reader poll, Duck Duck Go beat Google for best search engine of 2011. ‘With 48% of the vote, relative search newcomer DuckDuckGo beat out search behemoth Google, who came in with 45% of the total vote,’ said About.com. Bing trailled at 3 per cent and Yahoo! at 2. There’s […]
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Duck Duck Go adds a Lucire bang
Aside from writing a branding report today (which I will share with you once all contributors have OKed it), I received some wonderful news from Gabriel Weinberg of Duck Duck Go. Those who are used to the Duck will know that you can search using what he calls bangs—the exclamation mark. On Chrome, which […]
I found a new search engine (after Google signed me up to another mystery service)
I’ve a bit more reason to moan about Google of late, after a few more dodgy happenings on the site. But before I do, some good news: I found a very good search engine. And it’s not Bing. Ironically, one of the alternatives to Google search that I liked was Yahoo!, but even […]
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It’s hard finding the old stuff on Google
My Wired for March 2010 arrived today (things take a while to reach the antipodes), with the most interesting article being on the Google algorithm. And hold on, this isn’t a Google-bashing blog entry. Steven Levy’s article was probably written before the furore over the Google Buzz privacy flap. And it points out how […]