Google had run ads with its search results for a while, but on a fixed-fee basis.
But it does give Google a chance to make search results for and about you remarkably personal.
According to some analysts, the technology could be used by Google to improve search results for news stories.
Full names were always visible to non-friends in search results for your name.
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We have had sponsored search results for awhile, such as for apps.
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This advanced feature simultaneously collects search results for VOD and apps and displays them in the same browser for quick access to sought-after content.
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While Baidu has promised to more clearly differentiate organic and paid search results for a long time, it has still failed to do so.
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The legislation would give the Justice Department authority to seek court orders to block domain names or search results for sites that are alleged to host pirate content.
One person briefed on Google's plans said the shift to semantic search could directly impact the search results for 10% to 20% of all search queries, or tens of billions per month.
Here's how the potential crime was supposed to work: Searches for business- and car-related words produced ads next to search results for legitimate pages like Cars.com and the Better Business Bureau's Web site.
Across the board users will be treated to improved search results for photos, tweets and accounts, along with a preview section for the Discover tab that takes a peek at the latest trends and activity.
In this case, the web document is your professional profile, and the outcome you want is for your professional profile to rank as highly as possible in the search results for the keywords most closely associated with the job you want.
As noted above, there is no benchmark for accurate search results or for accurate credit ratings, so it is difficult not only to know whether information has been distorted but also to devise a rule that would prevent it.
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Meanwhile, Baidu has faced little criticism for its strict censorship of search results or for restricting the entries to Baidupedia, a Wikipedia-like site, to politically harmless subjects.
The sites recently punished by Google and pushed into the practically invisible back pages of search results, for instance, are online directories filled with nothing but links.
SearchMetrics, uses advanced engineering to analyze search engine results for companies that want to move up the ranks in the results returned by Google, Bing and others.
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Google 's ( GOOG - news - people ) upcoming music search, which will provide playable links atop the search results when you search for a band or song.
In light of recent stories hinting that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will not pursue antitrust claims that Google discriminates in its search results, advocates for rival websites are sounding the alarms.
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According to the TorrentFreak news website, Google added TPB to its list towards the beginning of August, leading to a sharp decline in the amount of search results it displayed for the file-sharing site.
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We spent Friday simultaneously trying to understand (a) what had led to sensitive information appearing on Google, and (b) working with Google to remove the search snippets and search results on Google for the discovered cards.
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Facebook also employs linguists that are constantly checking what users are searching for, and making sure Graph Search can account for those results.
As Chinese web users become more sophisticated, they may be gaining a preference for search results that are separate from advertising, which could benefit Google.
Similarly, when users search for terms such as BitTorrent, RapidShare or utorrent, they now have to type in the entire word and hit "search" for relevant results to pop up.
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The vast majority of it, though, is worthless to us and a pretty good exchange for frequent-flier miles, better search results, a fast system to qualify for credit, finding out if our babysitter has a criminal record and ads we find more useful than annoying.
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Fast forward to 2010 and Google launches a new interface for its search results.
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Google is introducing a powerful new feature for its search results page: A look at the page it recommends, without leaving Google.
If searchers had a mere perception that results were biased, he says, they might flock to Google, which set a high standard for unbiased search results by selling off a piece of Performics.
So, in one fell swoop, Facebook hopes to get advertisers going back to the races again to gin up their Like counts in hope of being at the front of the pack for Graph Search results.
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At the same time, eCommerce and mCommerce retailers are faced with just for starters, a low conversion rates (only 2.85% of eCommerce visitors make a purchase) and increased product assortment translates into an obstacle for relevant search results.
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