Ringing the Search Bells
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What have the search lot been talking about last week?Bing have announced a relaunch of its search engine, with a big emphasis on combining its social assets and search. A new 3-column design with a new social side-bar has arrived. This move directly pitches Bing’s Social Search against Google’s Search Plus Your World. With Facebook integration – a pivotal part of Bing social search – and the growth of Bing’s share in recent months at the expense of Yahoo, this could be difficult to ignore. Watch this space. |
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What has excited search engine land?Google’s driverless car. Yes, you read that correctly. Las Vegas is widely considered the place to go to, to take a risk, and Google have taken a big gamble. This week the state of Nevada, issued its first license for one of Google’s self-driving cars (provided there are 2 people inside the car at all times). Will Google’s big bet pay off? Watch some videos of the car in action and make up your own mind. |
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What else is news?From Google driverless to Google drive. This week, Google also announced the introduction of it’s long-awaited Dropbox-killer “Google Drive”. This allows you to share and view your files across devices whenever you need them. As handy as it sounds, try to remember those terms and conditions that you signed up to sharing everything with “the big G”, this product falls under those T’s and C’s… |
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What else?Google have been testing a sources area, which could see a ‘stickier’ search experience in the near future. Information about films, books, people, music and more all feature. This move is not dissimilar to features Yahoo and Bing have released in the past and, while it does not rely on Google+ information, it gives a clear indication of where Google could combine its assets. |
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And finally…There is no end to Google’s talents. Searching for “do a barrel roll” or “tilt” have been past examples of a hidden sense of humour, and there are lots more out there. The latest turns our Google Translate friend into a beatboxing colossus. To see MC Google in action, click this link and press the sound symbol to listen. |