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Google Caffeine Has Arrived
Google has announced today that its new search index, Google Caffeine, is now complete. The main change is that indexing will now be continuous, whereas in the past it happened periodically.
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Should Google Be Afraid of Social Media?
I don’t think it should.
Not everyone would agree – there have been so many articles and blog posts and comments lately saying that people now spend more time on social media sites than they do on search and news sites (in fact, Facebook recently surpassed Google in US traffic); that the recent slew of Google developments and changes, including adding social results to search results; adding a “past hour” filter to search results; adding social search; and of course Google Buzz – are all a result of Google’s frantic attempt to retain market share in the face of fierce competition from social media sites.
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Google Launches Real-Time Search
Google has launched today its real-time search, which means that Google search results will now include fresh, relevant content from news, blogs and social media. From the Google blog: “Now, immediately after conducting a search, you can see live updates from people on popular sites like Twitter and FriendFeed, as well as headlines from news [...]
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Google Caffeine: Trying not to Worry
Google Caffeine, a new technology that improves Google’s indexing infrastructure, will soon go live at one data center, which means that a small percentage of Google’s users will be able to experience the new search. The full Caffeine roll out will only happen after the holidays. While it’s easy to worry and fret about this [...]
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