Google has quietly removed the Boolean + operator from its search options–and replaced it with expanded quotation mark functionality. For those who don’t use Boolean search operators, this isn’t a big ...

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One of the many challenges government agencies and their employees face is finding the information they need, when they need it, and having confidence the information is correct, up to date and they ...

Just Google it. You know when something is quite big, culturally and practically, when it becomes a verb. No doubt, you have said “just Google it.” Search is one of the areas that affects our lives in ...

Topsy, a "social analytics platform for real-time discovery and marketing," today launched a new feature for Topsy Pro users that allows brands to "find and reach in-market consumers on Twitter ...

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You're not crazy: "Google fu" doesn't work like it used to. Google's near-total dominance over web searches means that every move it makes is consequential. But Google Search doesn't treat Verbatim ...