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New Google product highlights trends

The "Insights for Search" feature lets users see what searches were popular in a particular country during a specific time span, according to Google's offices in Hamburg. Searches can also show the rate at which certain searches became more popular among users. For those who want even more detail, data for individual or several countries is available.

New Google product highlights trends

Hamburg - A new Google service lets users track internet trends. The "Insights for Search" feature lets users see what searches were popular in a particular country during a specific time span, according to Google's offices in Hamburg. Searches can also show the rate at which certain searches became more popular among users. For those who want even more detail, data for individual or several countries is available.

Laptop searches at border spark debate over privacy vs. security

(AXcess News) Washington - Laptop searches at the border have sparked debate about how the government's broad powers to search international travelers should apply to electronic data.

CarMax Says Online Searches For SUVs And Trucks Increase

s largest retailer of used cars, reports that searches on carmax.com for SUVs and trucks increased in August. Increased searching for SUVs and trucks at carmax.com indicates consumers are looking for affordable vehicles to best meet their needs.

FISA and Border Searches of Laptops

With the recent attention to the DHS's draconian policy on laptop searches at borders, a blog post by Steven Bellovin from last month is worth wider discussion. Bellovin extrapolates from the DHS border policy on physical electronic devices and asks why authorities wouldn't push to extend it to electronic data transfers. "...it would seem to make little difference if the information is 'imported' into the US via a physical laptop or via a VPN, or for that matter by a Web connection. The right to search a laptop for information, then, is equivalent to the right to tap any and all international connections, without a warrant or probable cause. (More precisely, one always has a constitutional protection against 'unreasonable' search and seizure; the issue is what the definition of 'unreasonable' is.

Facebook accounts for 1 in 72 internet searches

UK consumers are shunning generic internet searches, such as ‘cheap flights’ or ‘broadband’, in favour of searching for popular brands including social networks, according to the Managing Your Brand Online report from Experian.

Google Close to 71% of Searches in July 2008

Google was the recipient of 70.77% of U.S. searches in July 2008, up from 69.17% in June, according to Hitwise. Yahoo and Microsoft continued to drop, at 18.65% and 5.36% respectively. Ask.com dropped month-over-month but gained year-over-year, coming in at 3.53%.

Has YouTube Passed Yahoo in expanded searches?

Back on July 20, 2008, I asked: "Is YouTube about to pass Yahoo in expanded searches?" Well, I've just had a chance to digest the latest data from comScore for August 2008 and its appears that YouTube has passed Yahoo -- if you look at "expanded" search queries instead of "core" search queries.

Google to improve privacy on Web searches

Google’s deputy general counsel, Nicole Wong, said Monday that Google will halve the time it stores logs of users’ Web searches.

Privacy groups praise bill curbing warrantless laptop searches

Privacy and civil rights groups are welcoming legislation that proposes tough new standards for conducting searches of laptops and other electronic devices at US borders.

Verizon May Switch To Google for Mobile Searches

Verizon is reported close to a deal to use Google's search service on its wireless network. Mobile searches are currently chaotic, but Verizon wants to be sure Google won't get all the benefits from data mining. An analyst says all the wireless carriers need to integrate search providers like Google or Yahoo into their existing Web portals.

Gov't Database Errors Leading to Unconstitutional Searches?

Wired is running a story about a case the Supreme Court will be hearing on Tuesday that relates to searches based on erroneous information in government databases. In the case of Herring vs. US 07-513, the defendant was followed and pulled over based on a records indicating he had a warrant out for his arrest. Upon further review, the local county clerk found the records were in error, and the warrant notification should have been removed months prior. Unfortunately for Herring, he had already been arrested and his car searched. Police found a small amount of drugs and a firearm, for which Herring was subsequently prosecuted. Several friend-of-the-court briefs have been filed to argue this case, some calling for "an accuracy obligation on law enforcement agents [PDF] who rely on criminal justice information systems," and others defending

Privacy groups praise bill curbing warrantless laptop searches

Privacy and civil rights groups are welcoming legislation that proposes tough new standards for conducting searches of laptops and other electronic devices at U.S. borders.

Porn pipped by social networking sites in web searches

London, Sept 17 (ANI): Social networking sites are the biggest drawers, when it comes to Internet searches, dethroning online pornography, according to a new survey, which has provided an up-to-date view of how society is changing.

India Search Market Led By 1 Billion Searches on Google Sites in June

RESTON, Va., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- comScore, Inc. , a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of the online search market in India, indicating that Google Sites commanded the strong majority of searches conducted in this developing market.

India search market led by 1 bln searches on Google sites in June

Reston, Va., (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of the online search market in India, indicating that Google Sites commanded the strong majority of searches conducted in this developing market.

India Search Market Led By 1 Billion Searches on Google Sites in June

RESTON, Va., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of the online search market in India, indicating that Google Sites commanded the strong majority of searches conducted in this developing market.

Games, flowers, eBay and Wal-Mart top June searches

Searchers were looking for fun and games in June, searching the term “games” more than 1.4 million times, Nielsen Online says. “Games” topped the list of retail products being hunted down, with “flowers” coming in a distant second with just over 750,000 searches, according to data provided to Internet Retailer from Nielsen Online’s MegaView Search Custom Data. The MegaView Search data is based on tallies from 58 representative search engines.

eBay Reintroduces ''Classic Pulse'' Portal Page

Earlier this month eBay rolled out a new version of its eBay Pulse portal that shows popular products and searches. New modules display the most popular searches in each of eBay's main categories, as well as the biggest movers. But after receiving feedback that users wanted to view the data in subcategories as provided by the old version, eBay said it would update the Pulse page and re-launch the portal early next year. In the meantime, users can now access the new portal page and the former version.

Yahoo Offers Ad Privacy Button, Expects Few to Push It

Yahoo has enacted an opt-out option for users who don't want their searches to be tracked and analyzed for relevant advertisements. While the company has framed this development as a move toward transparency, choice and greater privacy, it also predicts that most users will prefer to remain seeing ads that suit their searches.

Yahoo Offers Ad Privacy Button, Expects Few to Push It

Yahoo has enacted an opt-out option for users who don't want their searches to be tracked and analyzed for relevant advertisements. While the company has framed this development as a move toward transparency, choice and greater privacy, it also predicts that most users will prefer to remain seeing ads that suit their searches.

Yahoo Offers Ad Privacy Button, Expects Few to Push It

Yahoo has enacted an opt-out option for users who don't want their searches to be tracked and analyzed for relevant advertisements. While the company has framed this development as a move toward transparency, choice and greater privacy, it also predicts that most users will prefer to remain seeing ads that suit their searches.

The Power of Google Images

In a relatively short time, Google Images has become a huge source of internet traffic. A substantial percentage of our traffic comes from Google searches, and a rapidly growing segment of that comes from image searches. I was reminded of this once more when I checked the numbers and found that over the past 12 hours, nearly 18,000 people have found their way to Power Line by searching "Sarah Palin" and linking to the "Miss Wasilla" photo that you can see below.


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