Tag Archives: Search Engines

The secret URL where Google prototypes the future of search

Written by Chris F. Masse on February 25, 2010 — Leave a Comment

Code name: Google Caffeine
Warming: Works only 50% of the time. (The other 50%, the results come from the current Google Search.)
http://209.85.225.103/

Posted in Information Technology | Also tagged Google Caffeine, Google Search, search, Search Engine

Yahoo! Finance vertical search

Written by Chris F. Masse on December 18, 2009 — Leave a Comment

Yahoo! Finance vertical search

Posted in Information Technology | Also tagged Finance, Financial Markets, Information Technology, search, Search Engine, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Finance

Google Search now personalizes everyone’s search results.

Written by Chris F. Masse on December 4, 2009 — Leave a Comment

- Search Engine Land
- Google Blog
–> Read those 2 stories. This is important.

Posted in Information Technology, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Search Engine Optimization | Also tagged customization, Google Search, Information Technology, Internet Marketing, personalization, Search Engine Optimization, search results

Inside the Mind of Google — THE VIDEOS

Written by Chris F. Masse on December 3, 2009 — Leave a Comment

UPDATE:

Posted in Business, Internet Strategy, Inventions & Innovations | Also tagged CNBC, Google, high-tech startups, Information Technology

The main advantage of web search as a prediction tool may have less to do with its superiority over other methods than with its generality, low cost, and real-time nature.

Written by Chris F. Masse on December 1, 2009 — Leave a Comment

What Can Search Predict?

Posted in Collective Forecasting, Forecasting (Science & Practice) | Also tagged Ask, Bing, forecast, forecasting, forecasts, Google, predicting, prediction, Predictions, search queries, search results, Yahoo!

Prediction market pioneer and Wall Street outcast Max Keiser is frequently searched on Google since the start of the 2008 financial burst.

Written by Chris F. Masse on November 27, 2009 — 3 Comments

Addendum: Max Keiser’s blog

Posted in Finance, People, Resources - References | Also tagged Finance, Financial Markets, Google Search, Hollywood Stock Exchange, HSX, Internet Marketing, Max Keiser, Wall Street

Matt Cutts explains Google Caffeine to you.

Written by Chris F. Masse on August 14, 2009 — Leave a Comment

Matt Cutts explains Google Caffeine.

Posted in Information Technology, Search Engine Optimization | Also tagged Google Caffeine, Google Search, Matt Cutts, search, Search Engine Optimization, search results

Google Caffeine upgrades NewsFutures, downgrades the Iowa Electronic Markets.

Written by Chris F. Masse on August 12, 2009 — Leave a Comment

Google Search versus Google Caffeine for “prediction markets”
P.S.: For those who don’t follow Midas Oracle on a daily basis (how dare), Google Caffeine is the future Google Search.
UPDATE: The Inkling Markets website goes on page 2, on Caffeine. Good.
UPDATE: Google Caffeine is off for a few hours.

Posted in Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Search Engine Optimization | Also tagged Google Caffeine, Google Search, inkling markets, Iowa Electronic Markets, NewsFutures, prediction markets, Search Engine Optimization

What happened to Inkling Markets?

Written by Chris F. Masse on August 12, 2009 — 2 Comments

The Inkling Markets website is not on the first page for the “prediction markets” query at Google Search.
It appears on the 3rd page —where nobody will find them.
By the way, the NewsFutures website has re-made it to the 1st page.