Archive for March, 2011
New Feature in Gmail ” Smart Labels”
Google has added one more feature into their cart. Apart the one they have launched last year “Priority Box” which will automatically sort your incoming mails and leaves an option for priority messages, This new one titled “Smart Labels” will help you to classify and organize your email. In order to access the same you have to turn it on from the Labs tab in settings, post which it will automatically categorizes and labels your incoming Bulk, Notification and Forum messages. All the mass mails such as newsletter and promotional email will go into Bulk and gets filtered in your inbox by default. If you have already activated some filters and labels to organize your mail, you could replace it with Smart Labels.
Blekko banned 1.1 Million Sites from Its Search Engine
It seems that every search engine is having a cleanup. Recently Google has updated their algorithm by giving a boost up for some websites and a downfall for someother as per the quality of the content. Now Blekko is a going a step further by banning 1.1 million websites from its searches. They had already removed around 20 websites including eHow, Answerbag (Demand media), but the main difference between Google and Blekko in updating the algorithm is that while the former had sorted the websites based on the content by demoting the sites, Blekko removed them completely, so that it will never ever appear in Blekko.
Blekko announced on their blog that they have brought out this change with the help of ‘Adspam algorithm” and claim that this algorithm is the first of its kind to find spam rather than rank results. The algorithm is designed to identify pages which are spam and abolish before they appear in search results. They have given an explanation about “Adspam” algorithm in their blog. It says that “is a machine-learning algorithm that examines pages for a specific spam signals — the presence of multiple display ad positions on a single page and thin to zero content. Unlike algorithms used by other search engines, AdSpam is being used in conjunction with human curation to detect to continue the War on Spam.
Bing partnered with ‘Angry Birds’
Bing is coming out with some novel ideas and actions everyday to become a better rival for Google. Their new partnership is with Rovio who introduced the much popular game ‘Angry Birds’.
With this deal, Angry Birds feature a search integration with Bing providing over a hundred clues to speed you through new levels and help squash the porcine thieves, Bing announced on their blog.”Featuring Bing Image Search, Bing Maps, and Bing Shopping, the videos show Angry Birds fans how they can advance in the game, featuring the lovable Angry Birds characters. The marketing team of Bing is trying to leverage as many as possible ways to boost up their search results as well as making it more interesting . While ‘Angry Birds’ is the most downloaded application via iPhone, Android, and iPad, this is the first product integration and Bing could surely expect some new users out of this since ‘Angry Birds’ remains the popular game having 25 million gamers spending 200 million minutes playing everyday.
Bing offers Best Travel results
Bing has been working hard to become a fierce competitor for Google as well as to bring out the best search results. For the same they are coming out with unique search engine experience with their search results and partnerships with big players such as Facebook, Twitter tec. For the last couple of months they brought out many search patterns. Now they have partnered with one of the top travel search site KAYAK to offer the best travel services which can meet all your expectations. This partnership provides a comprehensive travel search results for the users to make decisions fast and easier. You could avail wide list of travel results such as flight fares from multiple cities, airports and airlines in the US. So why waiting, explore Bing’s new feature and analyze whether they had done a good job.
Bing launches “Deals”
Bing have partnered with The Dealmap, to launch Bing Deals. By launching this, Bing offers you an excellent way to navigate the web and get the best results instantly. The Dealmap is a leading source for people to find and share the best local deals, so Bing have just utilized this to provide outstanding results for its users.
You will see “deals” from m.bing.com (iPhone and Android)on the homepage and once you proceed you could access top deals (30%-40% off) featuring the very best offers from your own area/location.
It is not just daily top deals; you could even find the ‘nearby’ places such as restaurants, spas, theaters etc and their special offers and could browse by category to narrow down your search and get accurate results.
Once you find your relevant deal, you could access/ claim from the deal provider or share it with friends via email. You could also see for a business opportunity, Bing will highlight any available bargains below the business listing.
You can also get deals at home on your desktop by searching the name of the business on Bing. If there is a deal, they will display it with a green deal icon. You can avail more information like reviews, images, maps by proceeding with the detail page.
A makeover for Google Profile
Google takes the effort to make you more appealing to the world. Yes they have made some changes on the “Google profile” which they have launched two years back making it easier to control and enhance your public profile. As the new update rolls out, existing users’ profile will get updated automatically to the new style. To update and add to your profile, click on the new “Edit Profile” button. Since the profile is created to give you an online presence, Google will ask you to provide the exact name which you are commonly referred to the real world.
Though this feature is good for individuals, Google will start working for businesses to engage with their customers.
Google updated Google docs with new features
Google has expanded Mobile editing in 44 languages and more page sizes in Google documents. This was apart the one they have launched earlier which was only in English. With this feature in effect, you can edit your documents in 45 languages on Android with Froyo (version 2.2) and on iOS devices (version 3.0+) including the iPad.
Also they have increased the print sizes, now there are eight more print sizes in Google spreadsheets, including tabloid, statement, executive, folio and A3, A5, B4 and B5.
Bings’ “New natural language capabilities” makes shopping easier and interesting!!!
The main criteria what you see for shopping is your budget and when you find lots of things within your reach, you will surely be overwhelmed. And Bing helps you to meet your expectation and get your things quickly. For eg, If you want to get jeans under a particular price range then you could just type “Levis jeans under $ 100″ and Bing will do the rest, delivering you refined results. Bing says that they received help from Microsoft Research, to handle price queries to deliver automated results as per your budget. This feature is really helpful to get specific results without much searching. 
Bing introduces a new feature “Autosuggest Flight Prices
Bing introduces a new feature “Autosuggest Flight Prices”. It will display the flight prices and the Price Predictor for key markets in the search box which helps you to get the cheapest airfares. This feature gives you a prediction on what you are searching for. For eg, With the Autosuggest Flight price natural language capabilities, you can simply type “Fly to Chicago” or “Chicago Flights” and Bing will immediately recognize where you are, and instantaneously display the Price Predictor based on your location. Also you don’t have to bother about entering the formal city name or airport, it could also comprehend short-forms and colloquial terms.This new feature provides you an option to decide on rather than searching.