Another Penguin question was raised in Friday’s webmaster hangout with John Mueller, this time specifically on how machine learning impacts Penguin, but the answer turned into something far more interesting about Google’s use of machine learning in the search algo. The question was “Are you using more machine learning algorithms into Penguin, or are you […]
Archives for December 7, 2015
Bing Adds How Many Days Countdown Feature to Knowledge Box
Bing has added a new feature to their knowledge box results at the top of the search results. Now, if someone searches for a specific event or holiday, Bing not only shows the date but also how many days away it is. Here is an example when you search for Valentine’s Day: By comparison, here […]
Bing Testing Larger News Story Thumbnails in Search Results
Bing is drawing more attention to news stories in the search results my including much larger image thumbnails with some news stories. Here is an example: The larger thumbnail is 195 x 195 pixels while the original thumbnail size is 80 x 80. The news stories don’t seem restricted to a particular news sites, as […]
Mozilla Ends Sponsored Tile Ads Program in Firefox
Last May, Mozilla began offering sponsored tiles, which would appear on when someone started Firefox or opened a new tab. Now, over half a year later, they are ending the program and will no longer sell sponsored tiles to advertisers. Their reasoning behind the move is to “focus on content discovery.” Our learnings show that […]