Archive for "data"

Before you dismiss this post as just “something for the geeks” – it might worth understanding what you web developer can do to help your Google exposure.

Google has just announced support for Microdata in their Rich Snippets.

Rich snippets are a great way to make your website listings standout in the search engine results page. Given the volume of listings you’re competing against – any opportunity to…

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As the end of 2009 draws to a close, everyone starts sharing their predictions for the year ahead. So to get the ball rolling, Google’s Matt Cutts has weighed in with his predictions for search over the next 3 years.

In true Matt Cutt’s style, he has used video to provide his insights to a viewer’s question. You can watch Matt’s response below.

To summarize Matt’s predictions for the…

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Ever wondered what data Google stores about you through the Google services you use? In a bid to appear more transparent with the information from your Google account, the Google Dashboard has been launched.

It’s a one-stop shop for browsing through most of the Google services you’re using and it shows you everything Google knows about you. There’s no need to panic though, there’s nothing in the…

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The promises of semantic search have been circling for what seems like an eternity with no real definitive moves.

Yahoo! and the other companies involved in the Common Tag initiative (AdaptiveBlue, DERI (NUI Galway), Faviki, Freebase, Yahoo!, Zemanta, and Zigtag) are hoping to deliver on the promises of a semantic driven internet. As detailed in the press release:

Common Tag is an open tagging format developed to make content…

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