Universal mobile search now in over 60 countries

Thu 2 July 2009 14:40, Bas van den Beld

Google has released their mobile universal results pages in over 60 countries world wide. The new format is now available on all featured device models, so not just the iPhone or Android anymore. The universal search is supported by 38 languages.

Google launched the service in the US back in December and then added 20 more countries last March. Now with 40 more countries and compatibility with all devices Google feels its 'concurring' the mobile search world.... read more

Universal mobile search now in over 60 countries


Europe still waiting for the 'Bingvasion'

Thu 2 July 2009 09:02, Bas van den Beld

Europe still waiting for the 'Bingvasion'

In the last month (June) Bing has taken a market share of 1,56% in Europe. That's what numbers of Statcounter show when it comes to stats of search engines in Europe. With that Bing takes a bigger part of the market then Windows Live (0,72%) did in the entire last year, but it's only a small gain. Yahoo is still second in Europe with a market share of 2,09%

The rise of Bing isn't going as fast as in the US. There Bing made a market share of 8,23% in June, thus closing the gap with Yahoo fast, which is on 11,04%. Google is still the dominant force in both Europe (94% according to Statcounter) and the US (78%).... read more



Now US Maps showing up in UK results

Wed 1 July 2009 09:01, Bas van den Beld

On Twitter yesterday someone stated that "Google UK has gone B-O-N-K-E-R-S" when referring to the local buttons being removed from some UK - Google Interfaces. At that time he didn't know he would be surprised again later that day when US maps started showing up in UK pages.

Dave Naylor posted the issue on his blog
. What happened? When searching for "driving lessons in Hull" in the UK SERPS Google gave back a UK result. However, the city visitor link linked to Hull Place StLouis, USA. A clear mixed up.... read more

Now US Maps showing up in UK results

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Google kills local?

Tue 30 June 2009 09:07, Bas van den Beld

Lots of things are happening in the Google SERPS in the UK. We saw US results popping up within the UK results. It looks like this was all part of the update Google 'launched' this weekend in the UK. With the 'authority'-update the results seemed to have get back to normal.

However, Google is not done yet so it seems. SEOHome noticed some changes in the User Interface of Google.co.uk: the buttons ”the web” and “pages from the UK” are removed. It seems as if some other countries are seeing the same.... read more

Google kills local?

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Google 'authority'-update in the UK

Mon 29 June 2009 15:11, Bas van den Beld

Google 'authority'-update in the UK

It took Google a couple of months to get it across the ocean, but today we are starting to see the results of a Google algorithm change which will help authoritative sites, and with that brands rank better popping up in the UK.

Google changed their algorithm in the US in March. With the change Google favoures authority and trusted websites. Google doesn't call it favouring 'brands' themselves, but it will definitely help brands rank better.... read more



The Importance Of The PPC Header

Fri 26 June 2009 09:17, Bas van den Beld, 0 comments

Google hands Bing a pagerank 9

Thu 25 June 2009 09:00, Bas van den Beld, 0 comments

BBC takes on Bing Maps big time

Wed 24 June 2009 14:44, Bas van den Beld, 2 comments

Czechs get to vote on Streetview sites

Wed 24 June 2009 09:04, Bas van den Beld, 0 comments

Arrested through Streetview

Mon 22 June 2009 14:13, Bas van den Beld, 0 comments

Twitter Search in Plain English

Fri 19 June 2009 14:00, Bas van den Beld, 0 comments

Calling Europe: UK in June 2009

Thu 18 June 2009 16:17, Bas van den Beld, 0 comments

Google VC wants to start "Silicon Milan"

Mon 15 June 2009 17:04, Bas van den Beld, 1 comment

Schmidt tells Microsoft who's boss

Mon 15 June 2009 14:00, Bas van den Beld, 0 comments

Is Google Microblogsearch coming?

Mon 15 June 2009 09:01, Bas van den Beld, 1 comment

European online ad spending up 20%

Fri 12 June 2009 09:00, Bas van den Beld, 0 comments

Wolfram Updates: more European info

Thu 11 June 2009 15:09, Bas van den Beld, 0 comments

The mystery of the UK SERPS - updated

Wed 10 June 2009 11:06, Bas van den Beld, 9 comments

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