Google hires head of "social" direction

11 May
2010

Google is soon going to actively develop the "social" direction of the service, which is planning to invite to the work of the head of the department.

Despite all the efforts and the launch of two social networking sites Orkut and Buzz, the company was unable to understand the needs of users and achieve success in building social networks. Even the addition of a number of social options in existing and popular services such as search, or maps, has not brought the expected results.  Read more... (122 words, estimated 29 secs reading time)

Ask testing a new version of the site

11 May
2010

Search engine Ask.com has begun to test the new version of the site, which focuses on service Q & A. As a test, more attention is paid to the function "Question of the Day" and the three most popular questions to the system. In November last year, executives Ask announced its intention to continue to maximize and improve the service of questions and answers base which currently is one of the largest in the industry.

However, further development and has received a new advertising format, which gives advertisers the ability to post larger size and more sophisticated advertising formats, without interfering with the use of the site.  Read more... (158 words, estimated 38 secs reading time)

New page design for Google SERPs

6 May
2010

After a lengthy period of testing Google introduced a new design of search results – three columns with which the user gets instant access to the search menu and tools to better formulate your search query. However, the page appeared and an updated logo Google.

The search options are arranged in a column on the left. Just search results are located in the mid-in the form of wider columns. Ads placed on the right and bottom of the results.

A new species of SERP will be available to users in 26 languages. According to representatives of Google, by the end of the day the new design will be almost everyone.  Read more... (191 words, estimated 46 secs reading time)

Bing and Microsoft Research presented the technology for data

6 May
2010

Search engine Bing with Microsoft Research presented a series of open testing of new tools Microsoft Web N-gram Services. The project Web N-gram Services is to support research using data sets and the involvement of the academic community in computing.

Private testing of the project started late last year. The public testing will be available to teachers and students of accredited universities around the world.  Read more... (148 words, estimated 36 secs reading time)

Baidu profit exceeded forecasts

6 May
2010

The Chinese company Baidu has published financial results of the first quarter, which exceeded all expectations of financial analysts. Net income totaled $ 70.4 Baidu million. The total income of the first quarter totaled $ 186.9 million, up 60% over last quarter.

According to the company’s next quarter is going to be no less than successful. Projected revenue in Q2 Baidu is $ 268.1 – $ 274 million. According to the financial manager of the company, Jennifer Li, Baidu intends to "aggressively expand the development team and research, and sales to improve technology and monetization."  Read more... (199 words, estimated 48 secs reading time)

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