Speaking of search suggestions, Google tests two features that could save a few clicks: displaying the top result for navigation queries, which usually have a single best answer, and showing ads related to the query at the bottom of the list of suggestions. I don't see the two features, but Sterling, a reader of this blog, spotted them while testing IE8.
Google also tests enabling search suggestions in Image Search:
In other news, Google Maps Germany added a questionable feature that shows suggestions when you start to enter a location, after being tested in Google Maps China. If you are logged in, the first suggestions are from your list of saved locations.
{ Thanks, Sterling and Luke. }
Do You think will Internet Explorer 8 be able to challenge the growth rate of Firefox and Chrome ?
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When is Google going to fix a lot of the annoying bugs in Chrome. I know it's beta but there are a lot of simple but annoying problems that should be fixed already like printing issues, links not working, funny looking pages, etc. When I try them in IE, they work.
ReplyDeleteAs long as they keep the saved locations at the top when we are logged in, this new feature in Google Maps seems really useful.
ReplyDeleteMicrosoft advertises on Google network?
ReplyDelete...I didn't see any Microsoft ads here. There's an article by a person talking about MS products. There's an ad that mentions Microsoft but it's by a third party. (YMMV)
ReplyDeleteLastly, why wouldn't they though. The old days of "choke off their air supply" or "heavens, they're getting a larger percentage of a vastly expanding marketplace," (the market share myth,) are over!
Companies that have policies like "No XXX corp products in here" are companies that are headed for the tar pits. Today's world demands that you be straight and honorable about the other guy's products. Use them if they support your succees in business.
The modern consumer can find the truth, so you only damage yourself if you lie about the other guy or his product. Try outperforming them! I don't know it's just an idea.
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I do find it interesting that in both of the stories I've read here about IE8, there's a very clear place that allows you to download Chrome. It's what I recommend.
When are people going to comment on the topic of the story and not ask mundane irrelevant questions? I get the irony.
ReplyDeleteads on search suggestions sounds interesting to me. Is Google using them from AdWords?
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