Archive for March 24th, 2009

Google tweaks search engine results reporting (vnunet.com)

Iain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Tuesday 24 March 2009 at 23:50:00 Two new additions to search technology Google has announced it is adding two new features to its main search engine to improve the ease of searching....

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Google goes long with new search pages (The Register)

Lengthy snippets dabble in paradox Google has pushed out two (minor) changes to its web-dominating search engine. Search-results pages now offer longer site descriptions, and a longer list of searches is provided that may or may not improve your initial query.…

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Google to fund another round of NetSurf development (Drobe.co.uk)

By Michael Drake . Published: 22nd Mar 2009, 22:49:15. Development work on the open source NetSurf web browser project will once again be funded by Google as part of the internet giant's Summer of Code scheme . NetSurf has been accepted into this year's GSoC, which pays students to develop open source software during their holiday, under the guidance of a mentor.

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Google pre-empts Microsoft over relaunch (Financial Times)

Google pre-empted Microsoft ’s plans for a significant relaunch of its internet search service as it revealed on Tuesday changes to its own search results pages that echo some of the moves planned by its arch-rival.

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Google Street View - What action should be taken in response to the Street View image concerns? - Infomatics (Infomatics)

What action should be taken in response to the Street View image concerns? Nothing. Google pulls offending images and this is adequate Google should take down the whole system.

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009