Searches frustrate surfers

Hitwise found that although both US and Australian internet surfers were finding it difficult to get results when surfing the internet, " Australians were having a marginally higher success rate with their searches than their US counterparts, but the failure rate was still...

Google Flu Trends Tracker, Depression and Others Could Be Next

The new Google Flu Trends is making big news today, as the search engine has launched an online tracking system that examines google search terms to identify areas where the flu has struck.  The software allows the Centre for Disease Control, and anyone else who is...

Porn passed over as Web users become social

"Social networking sites are the hottest attraction on the Internet, dethroning pornography and highlighting a major change in how people communicate, according to a web guru. ...

Google's Share of U.S. Searches Breaks 60 Percent

"For the four weeks ended July 29, Google accounted for 60.2 percent of U.S. searches among the top 57 search engines, writes Hitwise's Bill Tancer in his blog. Yahoo Search was second in July search volume with 22.5 percent, and MSN Search was third with 11.8 percent. The...

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