Tagged: Alg

Panda Watch: Google launches authorship mark-up
Just days after search's big three agreed to use microdata for structured data mark-up, Google's launched an authorship markup feature linking content to author bios.

Google, Bing and Yahoo! share search schema
They might spend most of their time squabbling over search share, but Google, Bing and Yahoo! have banded together to launch a shared search schema initiative - with added "geek factor".

Google fending off criticism from Microsoft and others after Panda update
Google defended its recent 'Panda' update after it was accused of cutting back the prominence of several high profile websites, including a Microsoft-owned site.

A direct hit? Yahoo! launches Search Direct - a Google Instant rival
Yahoo!'s upped its search offering by launching a Google Instant rival, just months after the firm's top brass re-branded the firm a media portal rather than a search engine.

Stung: Google's anti-spam algo tweaks seem to boost content farms
Google's spam sting algorithm changes seem to have boosted the visibility of Demand Media's eHow search rankings, leaving web pundits to question whether Mountain View's search clean-up has backfired.

Spam Sting: Google tweaks search algorithms
After promising to improve search-to-spam ratios and penalising Forbes for link spamming, Google has modified search algorithms in a bid to curb content farms and spammy sites.

Search Sting: Google accuses Bing of copying search results
Search rivals Google and Bing have engaged in a scathing blog row after a Mountain View "sting operation" allegedly shows Microsoft's been copying Google's search results.

Web users eye Google's sponsored and PPC ads longer than Bing's
Web users pay more attention to Google's paid-for ads than Bing's, according to a new study that used heat mapping to track web users' search habits, eye movements and attention spans.

NYT exposé gets Google to change its ways
Journos expose Mountain View's policies that even negative feedback lifts a website's ranking and Google responds by implementing an algorithm to block baddies.

How Google Instant impacts big brands
Bigmouthmedia research reveals how Google Instant affects the way we search. For big brands, the effect can be a significant change to the way their customers find their site.