Google provides many tools that can help you understand Web searches. Google Insights provides you with all kinds of information about any keyword/phrase in which you are interested. You'll find out how searches for that keyword/phrase peak and ebb over time, where geographically that search is most popular, and what other keyword/phrases are used to conduct similar searches. For example, at the time of this writing, we tested the tool using … [Read more...]
Google Trends
One way to maximize your Web site’s visibility on Google is to understand what words people use to search for information. That’s just what the Google Trends tool does. It shows you the most popular searches on Google in any given hour, plus a list of related news articles and blog posts that support the rise and fall of the traffic surges. If any of them affects your business, you'll see it first here and will be able to react faster. You … [Read more...]
New Search Service: Viewzi
Google is by far the most used search engine. The biggest drawback is that it is text-based. Enter Viewzi, a new type of search site that offers results as visual images. The company is hoping to radically change how people find information on the Web. Viewzi draws its flexibility from its “views,” each of which is essentially a customized search aggregator. After entering a search term, Viewzi tries to figure out what you’re looking … [Read more...]
New Type of Search Engine
While Google continues to capture the majority of Web searches, there are many specialized search engines that are worth knowing about and using. The Tampa, Fla.-based RedZee is one example. The company says their technology makes it possible to produce the top 100 Web pages that match queries, instead of the conventional top 10 search results found on Google and other text-based search engines. RedZee Search 2.0 displays search results as … [Read more...]
Google Custom Search
Google provides a quick and easy way to search for information on the Web. But that's also a problem. Searching the entire Web usually provides many more results than you want. Using a new service from Google, you can now customize what the Google search engine looks for. Google Custom Search allows you to specify specific Web sites to search. In order to use this free service, all you need is a Google account. Then, a wizard will step you … [Read more...]
Automatic Web Searching
Mention “Google” and most people think of searching the Internet. In fact, about 46% of all web searches are done with Google. In addition to search, Google offers a host of tools that will help streamline your online experience. One of those services is Google Alerts. Google Alerts are emails automatically sent to you when there are new Google results for specific search terms you want to track on an ongoing basis. Alerts results are … [Read more...]
