News tagged with search terms

Google tips China searchers to hot-button terms

Google on Thursday tuned its search engine in mainland China to tip people off when they try to use characters that evidently prompt censors to derail queries.

Technology / Internet

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

American Express, Twitter team up on retail deals

(AP) -- American Express card holders can use the Twitter online messaging service to get exclusive discounts and other deals from more than a dozen retailers under a partnership announced Tuesday.

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created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google announces 'Instant Previews' search feature

(AP) -- People searching on Google will soon be able to see previews of websites before clicking on them.

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created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

BP buying search terms to point Web surfers to own site

BP, facing a tidal wave of bad publicity over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, is buying search terms on Internet search engines to point users to the company's official website.

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created Jun 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New malware uses search terms like 'Lost' as bait

"Lost" fans searching for secrets of the ABC show's final episode may be in store for a nasty surprise: An infected computer.

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created May 19, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google helps online searchers with spelling

Google on Friday said it has enhanced its search engine to make it easier for people to find what they seek online despite spelling slips.

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created Apr 16, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nintendo, Google to release Wii 'web search' game

Japanese video game maker Nintendo said Wednesday it had jointly developed a Wii game with US Internet giant Google in which players compete to generate the most search engine results.

Technology / Software

created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

UK court rejects suit on Google search results

(AP) -- A British judge has ruled that Google cannot be held responsible for defamatory words that appear in results on the popular Internet search engine.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

If at first you don't succeed, let the search engine try

No matter how good a search engine is, it is sometimes necessary to change the search terms to get the information you need. But what if you did not have to change the search terms yourself? What if the search engine could ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Desperately seeking...

Sunday's Academy Awards clearly left many of us wanting more. Here are five hot Oscar-related search terms from Monday, as tracked by Google Trends:

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created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0