Category: search

Google explains how its Search deindexing bug happened

Post author By Randall
Post date August 12, 2019
Categories In gear, Google, google search, Internet, search, Tech

[ad_1] Google says it “temporarily lost part of [its] Search index.” Essentially, what happened was that the company was deploying a new version of its Search index to all of its data centers across the world. Normally, this is a routine procedure for the company, one that it does frequently to ensure that the data […]

Google shuts down its Trips travel planning app

Post author By Randall
Post date August 5, 2019
Categories In app, gear, Google, Google Maps, Internet, Mobile, search, shutdown, Tech, travel, trips

[ad_1] Notes, saved places and reservations will still exist in search as long as you sign into your Google account. You’ll “soon” have the option of adding or editing notes through the search site’s travel portal. you’ll also find things to do, saved places and (in the near future) trip reservations in the Maps app, […]

Microsoft leak suggests hideous Windows Start menu could be coming

Post author By Randall
Post date July 24, 2019
Categories In app, business, Design, gear, icons, internal build, leak, live tiles, Microsoft, personal computing, personalcomputing, search, start menu, Tech, windows 10, windows insider

[ad_1] The redesigned Start menu also has a search bar at the top that lets you search both apps and the web. It has an area of “suggested apps,” which might recommend apps based on other programs you’re running or frequently used apps, and it supports dark mode. You can take a peek at the […]

Airbnb makes it easier to find a place to stay on business trips

Post author By Randall
Post date July 22, 2019
Categories In airbnb, airbnb for work, business, gear, Internet, listings, rental, rentals, search, services, Tech, toggle, tomorrow, travel, trips

[ad_1] Airbnb wants to make it easier to find work-friendly listings, and its solution is fairly simple. Before, the company would ask if you were traveling for business at checkout. Now, it’s offering an Airbnb for Work toggle that you can select at the beginning of your search. The feature will bring up listings that […]

Google Photos will let you manually tag faces it doesn’t recognize

Post author By Randall
Post date July 3, 2019
Categories In albums, Android, Cameras, conversation, david lieb, dialogue, gear, Google, google photos, Internet, Mobile, photo sharing, photo tagging, photos, product lead, search, services, Tech, timestamps, Twitter

[ad_1] Hi Twitter! It’s no-meetings week at @googlephotos and I’ve got a couple hours free. Tell me what you want to see next from Google Photos! New features, bug fixes, performance improvements, you name it. (No promises but very open minds!) — David Lieb (@dflieb) July 2, 2019 According to Lieb, a few capabilities previously […]

Google pushes for an official web crawler standard

Post author By Randall
Post date July 1, 2019
Categories In crawler, gear, Google, googlebot, ietf, Internet, open source, robots exclusion protocol, robots.txt, search, standard, Tech, web crawler

[ad_1] While the Robots Exclusion Protocol has been around for a quarter of a century, it was only an unofficial standard — and that has created problems with teams interpreting the format differently. One might handle an edge case differently than another. Google’s initiative, which includes submitting its approach to the Internet Engineering Task Force, […]

Google thwarts shareholder challenge to its China search plans

Post author By Randall
Post date June 19, 2019
Categories In alphabet, business, China, contractor, contractors, dragonfly, gear, Google, Internet, investor, investors, search, shareholder meeting, shareholders, Tech

[ad_1] The company had opposed the move, claiming that it had looked into a “variety of options” for expanding access in China that would stay “consistent with our mission.” There was also discontent over the company’s handling of sexual assault and harassment claims. CNBC noted that one worker at Verily asked Alphabet why it didn’t […]

Google search results will show where song lyrics come from

Post author By Randall
Post date June 18, 2019
Categories In gear, genius, Google, Internet, lyricfind, lyrics, Music, opinion, search, Tech

[ad_1] In the broader defense, Google maintained that ts workers “do not crawl or scrape” sites to grab lyrics, instead licensing the text from outsiders. They’re automatically updated whenever there are new lyrics or corrections, Google added. LyricFind, a key supplier for Google’s lyrics, recently maintained that it didn’t source verses from Genius and even […]

Genius accuses Google of copying its lyrics data

Post author By Randall
Post date June 16, 2019
Categories In gear, genius, Google, Internet, lyricfind, lyrics, Music, search, Tech, web

[ad_1] Google denied anything sinister in a statement to the Wall Street Journal. The company takes copyright “very seriously” and held its sourcing partners “accountable” for honoring the terms to its agreements — it doesn’t create the panels themselves. A key source for song info, LyricFind, told the WSJ that its staff “do not source” […]

The North Face gamed Wikipedia to boost Google searches

Post author By Randall
Post date June 2, 2019
Categories In Advertising, crowdsourcing, gear, Internet, marketing, search, Tech, the north face, web, wikimedia foundation, wikipedia

[ad_1] Volunteers have since removed the images or cropped out North Face logos. The company itself has since apologized, acknowledging that its behavior was “inconsistent” with Wikipedia’s goals. It has ended the marketing campaign and vowed that teams and vendors would be “better trained” on Wikipedia’s policies. The incident underscores both the advantages and pitfalls […]