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Thursday, March 15, 2012
GOOGLE Planning to Change up Online Searches once again by using semantics, or word association... read on, Tom
By AMIR EFRATI
Google Inc. GOOG +0.82% is giving its tried-and-true Web-search formula a makeover as it tries to fix the shortcomings of today's technology and maintain its dominant market share.
Over the next few months, Google's search engine will begin spitting out more than a list of blue Web links. It will also present more facts and direct answers to queries at the top of the search-results page.
Associated Press
Google's Amit Singhal, shown in 2009, sees better matches for queries.
The changes to search are among the biggest in the company's history and could affect millions of websites that rely on Google's current page-ranking results. At the same time, they could give Google more ways to serve up advertisements.
Google isn't replacing its current keyword-search system, which determines the importance of a website based on the words it contains, how often other sites link to it, and dozens of other measures. Rather, the company is aiming to provide more relevant results by incorporating technology called "semantic search," which refers to the process of understanding the actual meaning of words.
Amit Singhal, a top Google search executive, said in a recent interview that the search engine will better match search queries with a database containing hundreds of millions of "entities"—people, places and things—which the company has quietly amassed in the past two years. Semantic search can help associate different words with one another, such as a company (Google) with its founders ( Larry Page and Sergey Brin).
Powering up the Search Engine
Google is adding semantic technology to its keyword search system.
Keyword Search
Determines the importance of websites based on the words it contains, links to those sites and dozens of other measures.
Also factors in the person searching, such as his location and the time of day.
Semantic Search
Refers to the process of understanding the actual meaning of words.
Can differentiate between words with more than one meaning, such as the car brand 'Jaguar' and the animal 'jaguar.'
Google search will look more like "how humans understand the world," Mr. Singhal said, noting that for many searches today, "we cross our fingers and hope there's a Web page out there with the answer." Some major changes will show up in the coming months, people familiar with the initiative said, but Mr. Singhal said Google is undergoing a years-long process to enter the "next generation of search."
Under the shift, people who search for "Lake Tahoe" will see key "attributes" that the search engine knows about the lake, such as its location, altitude, average temperature or salt content. In contrast, those who search for "Lake Tahoe" today would get only links to the lake's visitor bureau website, its dedicated page on Wikipedia.com, and a link to a relevant map.
For a more complex question such as, "What are the 10 largest lakes in California?" Google might provide the answer instead of just links to other sites.
More
Digits: What Google's Search Changes Might Mean for You
Digits: Google Search Revamp: A Step Closer to AI
With Semantic Search, Google Eyes Competitors
To provide answers that aren't already in Google's ever-expanding database, the company will blend new semantic-search technology with its current system to better recognize the value of information on websites and figure out which ones to show in search results. It would do so by examining a Web page and identifying information about specific entities referenced on it, rather than only look for keywords.
The coming shift has major implications for Google, which dominates the Internet search market with around 66% market share and more than 75% of all search-ad revenue. The Mountain View, Calif., company has succeeded because of the strength and ease of its keyword-search technology, which in turn fueled Google's search ads, which appear next to search results. That business now generates the majority of Google's $37 billion in annual revenue.
Now Google is taking action to maintain that lead. The Internet giant is trying to stay ahead of Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT +0.15% Bing in Web search, catch up to Apple Inc.'s AAPL -0.24% Siri voice-activated mobile search, and beat back rivals in niches such as product search.
Some semantic-search experts also believe the move will help Google to keep up with Facebook Inc., the social network that also has amassed a database about hundreds of millions of people, places and things but hasn't offered a robust search service.
Google also hopes the change to semantic search will entice some people to stay longer on the search site, said people briefed on the plans, amid competition with social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter Inc. that are claiming more Internet users' time.
For instance, people who search for a particular novelist like Ernest Hemingway could, under the new system, find a list of the author's books they could browse through and information pages about other related authors or books, according to people familiar with the company's plans. Presumably Google could suggest books to buy, too.
A Google spokesman declined comment about the potential changes.
Google says it is still tinkering with the new look and function of its search engine, so it's unclear exactly what this might mean for Google users and website owners. But the move could spur millions of websites to retool their Web page—by changing what's called a "markup language"—so the search engine could more easily locate them under the new system, said Larry Cornett, a former Web-search executive at Yahoo Inc. YHOO +1.57%
One person briefed on Google's plans said the shift to semantic search could directly impact the search results for 10% to 20% of all search queries, or tens of billions per month.
It's also unclear exactly how Google's search ads—which appear next to search results and are handled by separate teams inside the company—would change in response to the overhaul. But people briefed on the initiative said that if the search engine better understands the meaning or intent behind people's search queries, Google could find a way to show them more relevant ads.
As people spend more time on Google's search site looking through its extensive "entity" database, there would also be more pages, or inventory, on which to place ads, said a person with knowledge of the initiative.
Google's advertising executives have knowledge of the initiative and have considered ways to capitalize on it, said a person familiar with the matter. Mr. Singhal said his team is working independently of any advertising considerations.
Google has previously updated its core Web search technology. Most recently, it began tailoring search results to individual users based on their activity on Google+, the company's social network, and it is now instantly showing search results before a person has finished typing their search query. Google also can scan thousands of sites and give a "best guess" answer for limited sets of questions, such as, "Who is the chancellor of Germany?"
Google also currently has some other semantic-search elements, such as the ability to assess what the web collectively thinks are the most significant items associated with certain keywords. For example, a search for "30 Rock," the name of a popular TV series, will bring up a section called "Actor searches for 30 Rock" at the bottom of the search-results page. There, people can find a photo of each actor and a link to execute a new Google search for that name.
But the newest change is expected to go much further, coming as a result of Google's acquisition in 2010 start-up Metaweb Technologies, which had an index of 12 million entities, such as movies, books, companies and celebrities. By comparison, online encyclopedia Wikipedia has 3.5 million English entries, though they include more detailed information.
Mr. Singhal said Google and the Metaweb team, which then numbered around 50 software engineers, have since expanded the size of the index to more than 200 million entities, partly by developing "extraction algorithms," or mathematical formulas that can organize data scattered across the Web. It also approached organizations and government agencies to obtain access to databases, including the CIA World Factbook, which houses up-to-date encyclopedic information about countries worldwide.
Write to Amir Efrati at amir.efrati@wsj.com
A version of this article appeared Mar. 15, 2012, on page B1 in some U.S. editions of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Google Gives Search a Refresh.
By AMIR EFRATI
Google Inc. GOOG +0.82% is giving its tried-and-true Web-search formula a makeover as it tries to fix the shortcomings of today's technology and maintain its dominant market share.
Over the next few months, Google's search engine will begin spitting out more than a list of blue Web links. It will also present more facts and direct answers to queries at the top of the search-results page.
Associated Press
Google's Amit Singhal, shown in 2009, sees better matches for queries.
The changes to search are among the biggest in the company's history and could affect millions of websites that rely on Google's current page-ranking results. At the same time, they could give Google more ways to serve up advertisements.
Google isn't replacing its current keyword-search system, which determines the importance of a website based on the words it contains, how often other sites link to it, and dozens of other measures. Rather, the company is aiming to provide more relevant results by incorporating technology called "semantic search," which refers to the process of understanding the actual meaning of words.
Amit Singhal, a top Google search executive, said in a recent interview that the search engine will better match search queries with a database containing hundreds of millions of "entities"—people, places and things—which the company has quietly amassed in the past two years. Semantic search can help associate different words with one another, such as a company (Google) with its founders ( Larry Page and Sergey Brin).
Powering up the Search Engine
Google is adding semantic technology to its keyword search system.
Keyword Search
Determines the importance of websites based on the words it contains, links to those sites and dozens of other measures.
Also factors in the person searching, such as his location and the time of day.
Semantic Search
Refers to the process of understanding the actual meaning of words.
Can differentiate between words with more than one meaning, such as the car brand 'Jaguar' and the animal 'jaguar.'
Google search will look more like "how humans understand the world," Mr. Singhal said, noting that for many searches today, "we cross our fingers and hope there's a Web page out there with the answer." Some major changes will show up in the coming months, people familiar with the initiative said, but Mr. Singhal said Google is undergoing a years-long process to enter the "next generation of search."
Under the shift, people who search for "Lake Tahoe" will see key "attributes" that the search engine knows about the lake, such as its location, altitude, average temperature or salt content. In contrast, those who search for "Lake Tahoe" today would get only links to the lake's visitor bureau website, its dedicated page on Wikipedia.com, and a link to a relevant map.
For a more complex question such as, "What are the 10 largest lakes in California?" Google might provide the answer instead of just links to other sites.
More
Digits: What Google's Search Changes Might Mean for You
Digits: Google Search Revamp: A Step Closer to AI
With Semantic Search, Google Eyes Competitors
To provide answers that aren't already in Google's ever-expanding database, the company will blend new semantic-search technology with its current system to better recognize the value of information on websites and figure out which ones to show in search results. It would do so by examining a Web page and identifying information about specific entities referenced on it, rather than only look for keywords.
The coming shift has major implications for Google, which dominates the Internet search market with around 66% market share and more than 75% of all search-ad revenue. The Mountain View, Calif., company has succeeded because of the strength and ease of its keyword-search technology, which in turn fueled Google's search ads, which appear next to search results. That business now generates the majority of Google's $37 billion in annual revenue.
Now Google is taking action to maintain that lead. The Internet giant is trying to stay ahead of Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT +0.15% Bing in Web search, catch up to Apple Inc.'s AAPL -0.24% Siri voice-activated mobile search, and beat back rivals in niches such as product search.
Some semantic-search experts also believe the move will help Google to keep up with Facebook Inc., the social network that also has amassed a database about hundreds of millions of people, places and things but hasn't offered a robust search service.
Google also hopes the change to semantic search will entice some people to stay longer on the search site, said people briefed on the plans, amid competition with social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter Inc. that are claiming more Internet users' time.
For instance, people who search for a particular novelist like Ernest Hemingway could, under the new system, find a list of the author's books they could browse through and information pages about other related authors or books, according to people familiar with the company's plans. Presumably Google could suggest books to buy, too.
A Google spokesman declined comment about the potential changes.
Google says it is still tinkering with the new look and function of its search engine, so it's unclear exactly what this might mean for Google users and website owners. But the move could spur millions of websites to retool their Web page—by changing what's called a "markup language"—so the search engine could more easily locate them under the new system, said Larry Cornett, a former Web-search executive at Yahoo Inc. YHOO +1.57%
One person briefed on Google's plans said the shift to semantic search could directly impact the search results for 10% to 20% of all search queries, or tens of billions per month.
It's also unclear exactly how Google's search ads—which appear next to search results and are handled by separate teams inside the company—would change in response to the overhaul. But people briefed on the initiative said that if the search engine better understands the meaning or intent behind people's search queries, Google could find a way to show them more relevant ads.
As people spend more time on Google's search site looking through its extensive "entity" database, there would also be more pages, or inventory, on which to place ads, said a person with knowledge of the initiative.
Google's advertising executives have knowledge of the initiative and have considered ways to capitalize on it, said a person familiar with the matter. Mr. Singhal said his team is working independently of any advertising considerations.
Google has previously updated its core Web search technology. Most recently, it began tailoring search results to individual users based on their activity on Google+, the company's social network, and it is now instantly showing search results before a person has finished typing their search query. Google also can scan thousands of sites and give a "best guess" answer for limited sets of questions, such as, "Who is the chancellor of Germany?"
Google also currently has some other semantic-search elements, such as the ability to assess what the web collectively thinks are the most significant items associated with certain keywords. For example, a search for "30 Rock," the name of a popular TV series, will bring up a section called "Actor searches for 30 Rock" at the bottom of the search-results page. There, people can find a photo of each actor and a link to execute a new Google search for that name.
But the newest change is expected to go much further, coming as a result of Google's acquisition in 2010 start-up Metaweb Technologies, which had an index of 12 million entities, such as movies, books, companies and celebrities. By comparison, online encyclopedia Wikipedia has 3.5 million English entries, though they include more detailed information.
Mr. Singhal said Google and the Metaweb team, which then numbered around 50 software engineers, have since expanded the size of the index to more than 200 million entities, partly by developing "extraction algorithms," or mathematical formulas that can organize data scattered across the Web. It also approached organizations and government agencies to obtain access to databases, including the CIA World Factbook, which houses up-to-date encyclopedic information about countries worldwide.
Write to Amir Efrati at amir.efrati@wsj.com
A version of this article appeared Mar. 15, 2012, on page B1 in some U.S. editions of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Google Gives Search a Refresh.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Have an iPhone? A Samsung digital TV? Xbox360? Wondering where your next job may be? Follow your money trail to find out.
Foxconn Technology, China’s largest exporter and one of the nation’s biggest employers, with 1.2 million workers. The company has plants throughout China, and assembles an estimated 40 percent of the world’s consumer electronics, including for customers like Apple, Amazon, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Nintendo, Nokia and Samsung.
Foxconn Technology, China’s largest exporter and one of the nation’s biggest employers, with 1.2 million workers. The company has plants throughout China, and assembles an estimated 40 percent of the world’s consumer electronics, including for customers like Apple, Amazon, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Nintendo, Nokia and Samsung.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
Dateline- Vancouver, BC
I heard today the Kodak is billions in debt and may go the way of Nortel, Blockbuster Video, and othe behemoths of our era. Not keeping up with the times or not reinventing yourself can land even the giants in the junk heap. TMSI is adding top line revenue equivalent to your business by reducing your bottom line costs in telecom. Flexlines answers the question: Is paying Telus alot of money keeping me in business? Or keeping them in business?
I heard today the Kodak is billions in debt and may go the way of Nortel, Blockbuster Video, and othe behemoths of our era. Not keeping up with the times or not reinventing yourself can land even the giants in the junk heap. TMSI is adding top line revenue equivalent to your business by reducing your bottom line costs in telecom. Flexlines answers the question: Is paying Telus alot of money keeping me in business? Or keeping them in business?
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Welcome to a new year of lowering telecommunications costs. Those of you on board with me last year, pocketed on average $2,200.00 !
That covers ICBC insurance for a car, life insurance for 1,000,000, boosts your investment portfolio by $2,200. If you had $22,000 the market, that's a ten percent return before market. Wow. Well done everyone!
That covers ICBC insurance for a car, life insurance for 1,000,000, boosts your investment portfolio by $2,200. If you had $22,000 the market, that's a ten percent return before market. Wow. Well done everyone!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Top 10 Internet Marketing Game Changers of 2011
TMSI is employing these trends. Especially the last trend which to my b to b is or should be number one.
Techwyse writes;
When 2011 began, we fought to get our clients listed with Google Places. This was just the start of a very busy year for the Internet marketing industry. As 2011 comes to a close, we reflect on how our roles have changed in the fast-paced nature of the Internet. We wanted to take the time to summarize the top 10 game changers of this past year. These trends are sure to continue in 2012 and with that we present:
1. Social Search
Social Media used to be all about maintaining friendships but now these connections can change the way your browser views search results. If you're signed into your Google account, Social Search has the ability to gather relevant data based on the reviews, blogs, images and more about what you and your mutual friends are viewing and discussing.
2. Google +1 Button and the Google+ Network
The Google +1 feature allows users to tell searchers which web pages they like, and needless to say, using this feature can give your website a boost in search rankings.
3. Google Panda / Freshness Algorithm Update
The Google Panda and Freshness update means that websites with original recent and relevant content will be given a priority in the Google search engine.
4. Facebook Likes in Bing Search Results
Bing knows that search engine users trust their friends and family, and are now offering personalized search results, based on which websites their friends have "liked" on Facebook.
5. Interactive Social Advertising
The ads are "interactive" because they involve a mutual action taking place between the promoter and the customer. This includes ads that are designed as polls, Flash presentations, surveys or any advertisement that will get your target market engaged.
6. Remarketing
Remarketing displays ads to people that have already visited your website. It allows businesses to communicate with potential customers in a powerful new way, matching the right market with the right message.
7. Mobile and Apps Skyrocketing
Consumers are using their mobile devices for everything from shopping to banking, and most companies are considering releasing a mobile site, if they haven't already.
8. Ad Extensions on Pay Per Click
This new PPC feature works toward a stronger connection between PPC ads and the visitor by sending consumers to specific landing pages, allowing the lead to call the business directly with a single click, and enabling contact forms right from the PPC ad.
9. HTML 5
With HTML 5, (Hyper Text Markup Language) site designers will have more flexibility to create interactive websites and powerful and efficient applications including: managing data, drawing, video and audio and providing websites that deliver what users want better and faster. It has already allowed developers to create cross-browser, web-based applications for portable devices.
10. Video Marketing
2011 saw a huge leap in the number of businesses that are supplementing their advertising strategy with video marketing. This advertising method has the ability to accurately demonstrate how a product works, and provides an "on-demand" quality that appeals to many customers, more than a wall of text.
2011 has proven to be a huge year for Internet development and by staying on the leading-edge of trends; your business has the advantage in this fast-paced digital marketplace.
TMSI is employing these trends. Especially the last trend which to my b to b is or should be number one.
Techwyse writes;
When 2011 began, we fought to get our clients listed with Google Places. This was just the start of a very busy year for the Internet marketing industry. As 2011 comes to a close, we reflect on how our roles have changed in the fast-paced nature of the Internet. We wanted to take the time to summarize the top 10 game changers of this past year. These trends are sure to continue in 2012 and with that we present:
1. Social Search
Social Media used to be all about maintaining friendships but now these connections can change the way your browser views search results. If you're signed into your Google account, Social Search has the ability to gather relevant data based on the reviews, blogs, images and more about what you and your mutual friends are viewing and discussing.
2. Google +1 Button and the Google+ Network
The Google +1 feature allows users to tell searchers which web pages they like, and needless to say, using this feature can give your website a boost in search rankings.
3. Google Panda / Freshness Algorithm Update
The Google Panda and Freshness update means that websites with original recent and relevant content will be given a priority in the Google search engine.
4. Facebook Likes in Bing Search Results
Bing knows that search engine users trust their friends and family, and are now offering personalized search results, based on which websites their friends have "liked" on Facebook.
5. Interactive Social Advertising
The ads are "interactive" because they involve a mutual action taking place between the promoter and the customer. This includes ads that are designed as polls, Flash presentations, surveys or any advertisement that will get your target market engaged.
6. Remarketing
Remarketing displays ads to people that have already visited your website. It allows businesses to communicate with potential customers in a powerful new way, matching the right market with the right message.
7. Mobile and Apps Skyrocketing
Consumers are using their mobile devices for everything from shopping to banking, and most companies are considering releasing a mobile site, if they haven't already.
8. Ad Extensions on Pay Per Click
This new PPC feature works toward a stronger connection between PPC ads and the visitor by sending consumers to specific landing pages, allowing the lead to call the business directly with a single click, and enabling contact forms right from the PPC ad.
9. HTML 5
With HTML 5, (Hyper Text Markup Language) site designers will have more flexibility to create interactive websites and powerful and efficient applications including: managing data, drawing, video and audio and providing websites that deliver what users want better and faster. It has already allowed developers to create cross-browser, web-based applications for portable devices.
10. Video Marketing
2011 saw a huge leap in the number of businesses that are supplementing their advertising strategy with video marketing. This advertising method has the ability to accurately demonstrate how a product works, and provides an "on-demand" quality that appeals to many customers, more than a wall of text.
2011 has proven to be a huge year for Internet development and by staying on the leading-edge of trends; your business has the advantage in this fast-paced digital marketplace.
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