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Category Archives: Google
Getting where we want to go…quicker!
November 26, 2009
Following from yesterday’s post ‘Searches getting longer” today we look at the impact of branded search (aka navigational search) and the trends in the success rates of searches on the major Search Engines used by Australian Internet users. The following... Continue reading...
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Searches getting longer
November 25, 2009
Last week I spoke at Search Engine Room in Sydney and presented some of the trends we are seeing in how Australian’s interactions with search Engines are changing. There has been a global trend that my international colleagues have been... Continue reading...
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Breaking News?
November 11, 2009
In his most recent post, our General Manager of Global Research, Bill Tancer looked at the importance of Google to the Wall Street Journal following Rupert Murdoch’s recent comments in a Sky News interview (http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/11/09/news-corp-considers-a-google-ban/?mod=rss_WSJBlog) saying he would consider blocking... Continue reading...
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In Categories Google | News and Media | Search | Search Engines
The King, the Angel and the Hoax.
June 30, 2009
Pop culture is a substantial driver of online behaviour, and the untimely death of the King of Pop Michael Jackson and the passing of Charlie’s Angels Farah Fawcett last week provided celebrity websites with large single day gains of Australian... Continue reading...
Posted by Alan Long at 01:24 PM
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In Categories Celebrity | Entertainment | Google
Australia goes Bing
June 18, 2009
Last week I posted some initial stats around the launch of search engine challengers Wolfram Alpha and Bing. Today I am going to dig a little deeper into Bing’s launch in the Australian market. . The chart below illustrates the... Continue reading...
Posted by Alan Long at 05:38 PM
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In Categories Brand | Google | Search | Search Engines
Google Chrome – An Asian Trojan Horse?
October 06, 2008
On September 5 we reported on the launch of the Google web browser Chrome, and now just over a month later it's time for a quick update. In a highly competitive market it seems the upper hand is being held... Continue reading...
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In Categories Brand | Google | Search
Is Chrome the New Colour of the Web?
September 05, 2008
There's plenty of activity around the blogosphere, in the newspapers and in the office with people loading the new Google Chrome browser, making their own comparisons, and adding their opinions. Two days after its release on September 3 the initial... Continue reading...
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In Categories Google | Search
