Google has started rolling out a new search feature that will allow users to search for animated images in GIF format. Previously such images could be searched only using a search operator.
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Asterisk: Get Personalized Results From Your Favourite Sites
Review of Asterisk search tool that works with Chrome and Firefox and allows personalized search results from a list of your favourite websites.
Google Testing Horizontal Search Options on Search Results Page
Google search options are very useful if you want to refine the search. Most people who use Google tend to ignore the various search options on the left-hand column. This is how Google search results page looks at the moment. Today, I came across a new design by Google for its search results page. The options […]
Compare Bing VS Google Search Results: BingItOn
Microsoft has a neat little web tool, that allow users to compare the results between its own Bing search engine and Google. The site is aptly named BingItOn.com. In other words, its a challenge by Bing to Google. It is suggesting that people are using Google not because it has superior results but because it […]
Restrict Google Country Specific Redirection Page
Google redirects their homepage to a country specific domain based on the user’s IP address. For example, if I am in India and type in Google.com, I am automatically redirected to Google.co.in. While this is a very useful feature, especially while carrying out a local search, it is desirable to shift to Google.com page and […]
Is Google’s Experiment of Gmail in Search Results a Bad Idea?
Google is testing out a new feature, which is going to attract a lot of criticism and attention form privacy pundits. The new search experiment will show Gmail results on the main Google search page. See the image below, it is an example of the new experiment. The search results show up as usual, but […]
Google Introduces SIRI Competitor “Enhanced Voice Search” for iPhone
One of the major upgrade announced to the Google Search app, with Android 4.1 (Jellybeans, was its enhanced voice search feature. It allows users to speak into the phone a search query and get results spoken back to them. Yes! It was considered Google’s own version of SIRI, which is a voice assistant app introduced […]
Google Introduces Scientific Calculator on its Search Page
Google has many search tricks up its sleeve. For instance we use it as a calculator or even a unit converter. Google has recently updated both its calculator and unit converter to make it more interactive. All you need to do to launch it is type in “2+2” on its search bar to fire up the new scientific […]
Limit Search Results on Twitter from Users You Follow
I have always liked using Twitter a lot more than Facebook or Google+. It is a open platform and a constant stream of information on what is happening around the world. Most importantly it is not a network of friends and leaves it upto every individual user to decide what sort of network they want […]
Bing partners Britannica Encyclopedia to create its own Knowledge Graph
Bing has announced a partnership with Britannica Encyclopedia, to give more relevant information for certain search queries in the search page itself. This means using Bing, I could quickly find out some simple details about certain famous people or even certain things like a plant, animal or place. This sounds a lot like Knowledge Graph […]