Google conversational search In the coming days Google is rolling out something new: Conversational Search , an innovative functional addition to Google Search which allows users on all devices (including desktop, tablet and smartphone) to engage in ask and answer sessions with Google Search. This new service is however limited to Google browsers only (read Chrome ). And example of a conversational search would be: "Where can I find a train station in Rotterdam South" upon which Google gives you one or more answers. You could continue by asking "How about a metro station?" and when you receive more then one answer you may want to ask "Which one is most nearby my current location?" etc. etc. In other words, the new service allows you to vocally chat with Goog;e's search engine. Questions and answers are both in spoken language, for now limited to English but that is expected to be widened soon to more languages. And here's fun thing to try... Ask G...
If you use Windows Live, you probably have already noticed the introduction of SmartScreen , a usefull add-on that allows you to instantly access white-listed locations on the web, redirecting users to interstitial pages or simply denying access to certain pages based on content. SmartScreen is a kind of barrier between the links received in Windown Live services and the actual target. Let me explain how it works. Windows Live Messenger contact list contains personal or business contacts.Nowadays, "block-checker" and other services have been increasingly harvesting account names and passwords to be re-used in link-spam bots that message contacts from the affected account. Since a certain amount of trust is expected from Messenger contacts, malicious links which are sent usually without the account's owner even aware of it, have become a growing irritation among Windows Live users. SmartScreen has therefor been created to form a gateway between the received links in Wind...
Facebook Sponsored Search In February Facebook started testing-out a Sponsored Search , a new advertising structure that works quite similar to traditional Facebook ads as they can leverage demographics, location, connections and interests/likes, but expresses itself in a different way. We have launched a feature that surfaces sponsored results along with the organic results when people are looking for things on Facebook. We try to show people apps and pages they’ll be most interested in. Sponsored Search advertisements are only offered on CPC (cost-per-click) basis, not on keyword level, meaning that if advertisers wish to show up for the search term “Search engine marketing” they would target the advertisement to show to those that like similar Pages or Apps. Advertisers can target specific search entities that they’d like to show up against, including Pages, Places, and Apps. In addition to entity targeting, advertisers can further filter their ads based on demographics, locati...
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