This year marks our 11th annual look back at the searches that compose the year’s Zeitgeist—the spirit of the time. With Zeitgeist, we look at the most popular and the fastest rising terms—the terms with the highest growth in 2011—in many categories across many countries around the world. For our[...]
Google Software Engineer Evan Gilbert explains whats new with the +1 recommendation button and how to use it: Since we started rolling out the +1 button in March, you’ve been able to recommend content to your friends and contacts directly from Google search results and ads. But sometimes you want[...]
Today we’re making a change to the way we categorize link data in Webmaster Tools. As you know, Webmaster Tools lists links pointing to your site in two separate categories: links coming from other sites, and links from within your site. Today’s update won’t change your total number of links, but will hopefully[...]
Shenzhen-based internet company Tencent’s (0700.HK) search engine, SOSO, recently launched a “People Search” social search function (SNS). Using the new function, SOSO users can input a friend’s name or the real name or online alias of a celebrity into the search field to retrieve public information from the person’s profile[...]
