Archive for "Search Options"

Google obviously understands the importance of it’s Local search as it continues to push out Local Search enhancements on an almost weekly basis.

This week, Google unveiled its newest Local enhancement – the “Nearby” filter.

Google’s Search Options became a permanent feature of the SERPs back in late 2009. The search options give users more control over…

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For Google, 2009 has been the year of UI testing. There have been more tests on Google’s Search Engine Results Page this year than any other that I can recall.

And it appears the testing is paying off. Many of the changes which were tested this year look to be securing permanent positions and will be appearing in early 2010.…

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Back in May 2009, Google added Search Options to their SERPS (Search Engine Results Page) which allowed users to “filter, refine and generate different views of your search results”.

In an effort to further improve the relevance of their results to searchers, Google have unveiled 9 new search options: past hour, specific date range, more shopping sites, fewer shopping sites, visited…

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Search, from a user’s perspective, is all about timeliness, accuracy and relevance.

Give me the web content most closely aligned to my search needs and make sure it’s up to date (and preferably accurate).

Google, at their recently held Searchology event, unveiled a new search options feature that allows users to refine results to those gathered in the…

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At the annual Searchology gathering, Google’s Vice President of Search Products, Marissa Mayer announced a number of new tools that will add to the overall search experience.

The collections of tools are called Search Options, which, as Google puts it, will “let you slice and dice your results and generate different views to find what you need…

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