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Search Engine Watch
October 31, 2006
Chris Sherman |
Rampant Malpractice Among Health Searchers Although most internet users turn to general-purpose search engines to find health related information, the majority don't bother to check the source and date of the information they find, according to a new study from the Pew Internet Project.   |
Search Engine Watch
August 2, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Search Engine Results Continuing to Diverge A new study suggests that the overlap between search engine results is less than it was even a few months ago, and that the voices of each engine are growing even more unique. |
Search Engine Watch
May 25, 2004
Sullivan & Sherman |
Search Engine User Attitudes With so much interest in search, it's amazing how relatively little research has been done into how people interact with search engines, especially from a search marketing perspective. That's finally changing. |
Search Engine Watch
April 11, 2006
Chris Sherman |
Searcher Behavior Research Update Two new studies examining how people search show that internet users are becoming more discriminating, with important implications for search marketers. |
Search Engine Watch
July 12, 2005
Chris Sherman |
How Americans Search A recent study shows that over 50% of online users use a search service every time they go online. Common search goals include health and medical information, directions and maps, and news. |
Search Engine Watch
September 14, 2004
Heather Lloyd-Martin |
Delving Deep Inside the Searcher's Mind Industry experts from Enquiro, Vividence, iProspect and Google asked searchers, "What are you thinking?" Their research unearthed some surprising results that will help site owners better understand their customers. |
Search Engine Watch
April 4, 2000 |
Search Satisfaction And Behavior Results Released Every three months, some users at the major search engines are selected randomly by NPD and asked about their visits. The results are fascinating, but they've not been available to the general public until now.
The survey is funded and conducted on behalf of the major search engines, and the results have been used for their own internal purposes.... |
ONLINE
Jan/Feb 2002
Marydee Ojala |
Search Soirees I am constantly struck by the difference between what people can do with search engines and what they actually do. It boils down to this: advanced search engine features go largely unused... |
InternetNews
August 2, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Dogpile: Search Engines Don't Have Much in Common Users of the meta-search service can now see results from MSN Search in addition to results from Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves and MSN Search. As part of its announcement, Dogpile demonstrated the diversity of results across the engines. |
PC Magazine
December 20, 2006 |
Quack Alert People searching for health information online need to be reminded that the Internet is not a library and that they need to check the quality of the source. |
InternetNews
February 28, 2005
Rob McGann |
Majority of Searchers Use Multiple Search Engines What are the most popular search engines? |
InternetNews
December 14, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
Search Industry Gains Clout Search engines are now recognized as full-fledged media companies and search engine marketing is no longer a cottage industry. |
ONLINE
May 2000
Greg R. Notess |
On the Net, Up and Coming Search Technologies Search technology is big business on the Net. The most highly visited sites often started off by helping people find something on the Web.... |
ONLINE
November 2001
Greg R. Notess |
On the Net, Freshness Issue and Complexities with Web Search Engines Understanding the currentness (or freshness) patterns of the search engines' databases helps the searcher to better understand the results and what might not be found... |
Search Engine Watch
May 5, 2005
Anne Kennedy |
What Clicks with Web Searchers How do searchers find what they want online? Not the way most people might think, studies show. For example, more than 92 percent of searchers never use brand names as search terms. |
InternetNews
October 11, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Search is Key to Online Shopping Most Americans use search for product research, study shows. |
Search Engine Watch
May 23, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
Meta Search Or Meta Ads? A review of meta search services shows that some are providing results where more than half of their listings are paid links. A guide to what's paid, what's not and how to get the most from your meta search service... |
Search Engine Watch
November 23, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Search Engine Disclosure: Better, but Still Wanting How forthcoming are search engines in disclosing their paid placement and paid inclusion policies? They're better than they were a couple of years ago, but there's still room for improvement, according to a prominent watchdog group. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2002
Killmer & Koppel |
So Much Information, So Little Time Evaluating web resources with search engines |
Search Engine Watch
July 17, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
Consumer Group Asks FTC To Investigate Search Ads Is it deceptive advertising to include paid listings in your search results and not clearly label them as ads? A group backed by consumer advocate Ralph Nader believes so, and it's asking the US Federal Trade Commission to take action against seven major search companies... |
Search Engine Watch
December 4, 2003
Greg Jarboe |
Meta Search Engines are Back It's been a busy year for the major meta search engines, with a number of notable developments that have restored their usefulness as worthy search tools. |
Search Engine Watch
January 3, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
12 Minutes To Search Rage How long is too long until searching the web drives you crazy? Apparently, 12 minutes, according to a new survey commissioned by search engine WebTop.com... |
Search Engine Watch
March 3, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Bad Medicine: Study Finds Problems with Online Healthcare Information Searching for health information on the web? Be careful: A new study says that it's difficult for many people to accurately access and evaluate credible health information. |
Search Engine Watch
March 7, 2011
Eli Goodman |
Q&A Search: Who, What, Where, When, Why & How Each of these question search terms tell their own story. A look at why the consumer experience on your website, and the ensuing return visitation if satisfied, is so important in the Q&A space. |
Search Engine Watch
May 12, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Dogpile Enhances Meta Search, Offers Comparison Tools Dogpile has redesigned its meta search site and introduced a nifty new utility that visually displays the overlap (or lack thereof) of results from the multiple search engines it queries. |
InternetNews
August 14, 2009 |
Key to Bing Success: Breaking 'Google Habit'? comScore analysis finds 'lighter' searchers most likely to be pried away from reliance on Google for search. |
Search Engine Watch
May 2, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
Avoiding The Search Gap Are you a victim of the search gap? You could be, if you've focused all your efforts on getting people to your web site via search engines rather considering what happens after they arrive... |
Searcher
October 2001
Gary Price |
Web Search Engines FAQs: Questions, Answers, and Issues The Web search world changes on what sometimes seems like an hourly basis. What follows are a few selected tips and resources for some of the most well-known of engines... |
Search Engine Watch
December 5, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
In Search Of The Relevancy Figure Where are the relevancy figures? While relevancy is the most important "feature" a search engine can offer, there sadly remains no widely-accepted measure of how relevant the different search engines are. Turning relevancy into an easily digested figure is a huge, but necessary, challenge. |
Search Engine Watch
January 13, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Yahoo & MSN Closing the Google Gap While Big G continues to maintain its leadership position in the eyes of web searchers, a new study finds that Yahoo, MSN Search and Ask Jeeves have all made significant improvements over the past year and are narrowing Google's mindshare advantage. |
Search Engine Watch
February 19, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Direct Navigation To Sites Rules, But Search Engines Remain Important A new release from StatMarket has found that web users are more likely to find web sites through direct navigation than a year ago, but this gain hasn't been at the expense of search engine usage... |
Search Engine Watch
September 3, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
German Search Engine Resources Resources that should be useful to anyone who is a German speaker or interested in German search engines. |
Search Engine Watch
June 3, 2003
Danny Sullivan |
Report Shows Confusion Over Paid Listings Expect to see the issue of how well, or poorly, search engine disclose paid content to come up this month. Reason? Consumer WebWatch will be issuing an "anthropological" report later this month showing confusion about disclosure of paid listings based on a study of 17 web surfers. |
Search Engine Watch
May 26, 2004
Gord Hotchkiss |
Inside the Searcher's Mind: It's a Jungle in Here! What goes on in the mind of searchers? A research group set out to find the answers -- and came up with some interesting and surprising answers. |
InternetNews
November 21, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
Study: Search Engine Use Climbing E-mail is still the most used Internet application, but search engine usage is rapidly gaining, according to new data |
Search Engine Watch
April 28, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Exploring Search Engine Overlap A new comparison tool shows that the major search engines have surprisingly little overlap, even for popular search terms. |
Search Engine Watch
April 4, 2000 |
Making Search Sticky EoExchange powers subject-specific search engines for a variety of web sites, such as American Banker and Red Herring. Now the company has announced page monitoring tools that can be integrated into those results.... |
Search Engine Watch
May 24, 2006
Chris Sherman |
The Value of Branded vs. Non-Branded Search Terms New research suggests that while branded search terms offer the highest conversion rates, non-branded terms can significantly impact the outcome of a paid search marketing campaign. |
Search Engine Watch
July 25, 2008
Gregg Stewart |
The Local Advertiser of Today and Tomorrow Gauging and prioritizing emerging media such as local search is vital to capturing increased business in a cost efficient manner. Meet the local advertiser of today and tomorrow. |
Search Engine Watch
June 4, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
Can Portals Resist The Dark Side? The battle now raging over profits in the search space may not be as dramatic as Star Wars, but there's definitely an element of the Dark Side as two more search engines -- iWon and Canada.com -- have shifted over to using paid placement listings. Will other search engines follow? |
AskMen.com
January 31, 2001
Justin Becker |
How To: Use Search Engines Well, no need to feel lost anymore -- here is a map of which search engines I highly recommend, and which ones to use for specific searches. And since information is power, you'll feel like king of the world in no time... |
ONLINE
May/Jun 2004
Greg R. Notess |
On The Net - Search Engine Prefixes and Shortcuts An online searcher offers tips and practical advice on efficient and effective online searching using shortcuts and prefixes. |
Search Engine Watch
January 31, 2007
Kevin Newcomb |
Search Presents Challenges for Retailers In addition to paid search, retailers should pay attention to search engine optimization and shopping search engines, according to a new study from TrafficLeader. |
Search Engine Watch
May 11, 2009
Ron Jones |
Search Engine Submission 101, Part 1 This two-part article will look at developing a healthy relationship with search engines so they can become aware of your site and then stay up to date as your site grows. |
Search Engine Watch
May 6, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
The Mixed Message Of Paid Inclusion Pages pitching webmasters on the advantages of paid inclusion end up hurting search engines that run these programs, because they imply that the search engines have out-of-date, incomplete listings of the web... |
Searcher
Howard S. Homan |
Making the Case for Patent Searchers? What is a searcher and what do they do? |
Search Engine Watch
March 27, 2009
Frank Watson |
Does Twitter Reflect a Change in How We Search? Google will always be a major presence on the Web, and the place to go for certain types of information. When once we looked to the engines for all quick finds of needed information, we're now getting some of that from the global village of social media. |
Search Engine Watch
July 5, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Keeping an Eye on Google A new report offers fascinating, in-depth insights on how users interact with Google search results, based on studies using eye-tracking technology. |
InternetNews
October 30, 2006
David Needle |
Search Engines Power Help With Health Pew study shows most online health seekers don't check the source and date of the information they find. |
ONLINE
Mar/Apr 2012
Greg R. Notess |
On the Net: Advanced Search in Retreat Google's many databases and frequent user interface changes show a variety of approaches to advanced searching. Google often leads the way in search design. |
