ByteDance, Parent Company of TikTok, to Build its Own Search Engine Called ‘Toutiao Search’
by TikTok’s parent corporation, ByteDance, will release its own search engine to compete with Baidu, the market leader in China…
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Google Starts Telling Website Owners to Remove Noindex Directives from Robots.txt Files
Google is reaching out to webmasters through the Search Console, directing them to remove noindex commands from their robots.txt files…
Search Engine DuckDuckGo Now Runs 40 Million Visitor Searches per Day
Privacy-centric search engine DuckDuckGo now handles 40 million searches per day, up substantially from January of this year…
Google Officially Ends Project Dragonfly, its Chinese Search Engine
by A Google executive has announced the tech company is no longer working on Project Dragonfly, its Chinese search engine…
DuckDuckGo Racked-Up over 9 Billion Search Queries in 2018 as it Continues to Grow
DuckDuckGo searches hit more than 9 billion queries in 2018 and the information portal states it’s on its way to breaking that figure in 2019…
Even Millennials Prefer Search Engines over Social Media when it Comes to Gathering Information
by Search engines are still far ahead when it comes to how people gather information over social media, even for millennials… The folks over at Search …
Google Reportedly Building Censored Search Engine for China Market
by New reports reveal a possible search term blacklist Google is now actively developing, using a site it already owns in China… More details are surfacing …
New Google Homepage Links Appear Suddenly
Two new Google homepage links now reside in the top left corner of the screen, “About Us” and “Store” giving searchers quick access to news …
Google Posts Now Appearing Inside Google My Business
Google Posts, a feature which allows certain individuals, businesses, and organizations to create content which appears directly on the SERP…… Posts on Google or Google …
Microsoft Rewards, Bing User Paid Incentive Program, Launches in the UK
A new Microsoft Rewards “loyalty scheme” rolls out in the United Kingdom, giving online shoppers points for use in the Microsoft Store, for using Bing…… …
Google Search Personal Tab Added to the SERP
A new Google search personal tab is now an included option of the search results page, displaying private data and information, inaccessible to the public… …
New Bing Hotel Search Carousel Goes Live
A newly refreshed Bing hotel search carousel now appears on the SERP or search engine results page, featuring information from TripAdvisor… Bing just revamped its …
Bing Search Results Bots Integration Speculation Heats Up
Bing search results bots appear eminent, according to multiple sources and users, as well as the official Microsoft developer conference schedule for May… Anonymous sources …
New Google Project Owl Goes Live to Combat Fake News and Problematic Content
A new search quality initiative called Google Project Owl, launches worldwide, starting today, featuring a three-pronged strategy to fight fake news and more… Search giant …
Half of Google Page One Results are HTTPS, Data Reveals
Half of all Google page one organic search engine results are encrypted sites and could increase, according to study done by Dr. Pete Meyers of …
Bing Copyright Removal Process Refined by the Search Engine
The Bing copyright removal process becomes more streamlined as the search engine adopts new procedures for website copyright removal notices and appeals… Search engine Bing …