Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'searchwiki'

When Google launched SearchWiki in November 2008, it came with a little comments bubble, where users can leave comments about a specific site in the search results. Google seems to be changing that comments bubble or icon into simple text...

Posted on May 6, 2009 8:14 AM

I am shocked to see this! Google seems to be testing part of SearchWiki, Google's way of promoting and removing results, to be spotted in the AdWords or sponsored ads section of the Google search results. Some people are noticing...

Posted on February 14, 2009 8:26 PM

Google Operating System wrote about a new personalization feature Google is testing, named Preferred Sites. How does it works? You go to your search preferences and enter in a list of domains or sub domains that you prefer. If Google...

Posted on January 20, 2009 8:43 AM

Google cranks up the Consensus Engine by Andrew Orlowski at The Register completely took Marissa Mayer's comments out of context when he wrote in his introductory line: Google this week admitted that its staff will pick and choose what appears...

Posted on December 15, 2008 7:52 AM

Barry reports at Search Engine Land that Marissa Mayer spoke at LeWeb in Paris about SearchWiki and said that it's possible that the tool may be used in the future for ranking purposes. Barry refers to the TechCrunch coverage that...

Posted on December 10, 2008 10:18 AM

A few weeks ago, Google launched SearchWiki to the public, making all Google searchers who are logged in, advanced searchers. I was surprised by this, so I asked you guys, do you think the average searcher is ready for this....

Posted on December 4, 2008 8:39 AM

According to Nielsen as reported by CNET and according to comScore as reported by BusinessWeek, Google search shares went up for the month of October. Nielsen reports that Google's search went up 8.1 percent (to a total of 61.2 percent)....

Posted on November 28, 2008 8:57 AM

The blogosphere is buzzing about Google's announcement that they have made Google SearchWiki the default for users who are signed into Google while searching. What this means is that users will see features to promote, delete and comment on search...

Posted on November 21, 2008 8:38 AM

About a year ago today, we wrote about a Google experimental test for voting up web results. Well, it seems like Google is now pushing that test out to users. Several folks are now seeing it. We have a WebmasterWorld...

Posted on October 29, 2008 8:09 AM