Searchcap: the day in search, september 23, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the Web. Bing Ads Gets Extended Validation SSL Ceritificates & Two-Step Verification Process...
View Article$400m lottery winner claims prize, remains anonymous
The Powerball website indicates that the statistical chances of matching all six of the winning numbers is approximately 1 in 175 million. However, with a stroke of luck, one man beat those staggering...
View ArticleYahoo recycled email address users are getting original users’ sensitive info...
In June, Yahoo announced that it would give away inactive email addresses to users who wanted them. It would take addresses (and Yahoo IDs) that had been inactive for at least a year and reset them, so...
View ArticleYahoo adds ‘not my email’ button for users getting other people’s emails
As previously reported, some Yahoo Mail users that took advantage of Yahoo’s recycled email addresses offer have been getting emails intended for the previous account holders. InformationWeek ran an...
View ArticleSurprise: yahoo maps gets a facelift, new features
Shortly after she became Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer declared (disappointingly) that she wasn’t going to invest in Local. In turns out that what she meant was she wasn’t going to go head to head with...
View ArticleYahoo continues product refreshes with new yahoo maps
Yahoo continues to launch redesigns for many of its products. Today it’s Yahoo Maps. The company announced that it is launching a refreshed Yahoo Maps experience for desktop users in the U.S. “The new...
View ArticleIs yahoo doing enough to protect sensitive emails?
If you used to be a Yahoo Mail user, but stopped using it in favor of another service a year ago or more, there’s a chance that sensitive emails meant for you are being delivered to other people thanks...
View ArticleSearchcap: the day in search, september 26, 2013
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. Google’s Knowledge Graph Gets Smarter With Comparisons & Filters Google’s Knowledge...
View ArticleIs google dumbing down search results?
There has been an interesting discussion about Google and search quality this week thanks to comments made by a Googler who suggested that a site with higher quality, better information is not always...
View ArticleGoogle turns 15: here are 10 milestones that have shaped its search program
There’s something special about September 27, at least as it relates to one of the technology industry’s biggest players. It marks the 15th anniversary of Google’s founding* and the company has...
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