Today’s Op-Ed Column of NYT features a very long article by Google’s Sergey Brin. And the topic? Something which is close to my heart – the controversial Google Books Project. In case you didn’t know, I’m a librarian by education and profession. But that’s not the point of this post but rather on the many [...]

The Google Mobile Blog has just announced that  the Search Options which Google recently introduced to its web search service is now available for the mobile web.  The Mobile Search Options is now active for U.S. users with either an Android and Palm WebOS phones and the iPhone.

Google has just made it easier to view PDF files in search results – by providing the Quick View facility that would display these PDFs right onto the browser with all the PDF formating features intact. Although there was already a facility for viewing these PDFs before, by clicking on “View as HTML”, this however [...]

Bing has teamed up with Sprint Mobile to bring voice-recognition search feature to one of Sprint’s not so well know mobile phone – the Sprint Intrepid with voice interface through Tellme app. While this maybe a feature which Google has long introduced to the Android phone and even on the iPhone, one thing that’s unusual [...]

Ubiquity is an awesome FireFox addon that enables you to quicker access and complete multiple tasks you do daily. While it can be useful for overall daily browsing, this post focuses on how it can help search marketers in particular. Ubiquity Basics First, let me briefly describe the installation and usage process: install the addon [...]