SiteLines - Ideas About Web SearchingSiteLines is written by Rita Vine, a professional librarian, web search trainer, and lead site evaluator of the Search Portfolio web search product.Together with other members of the Search Portfolio selection team, Rita monitors over 50 key alerting services related to web search tools, site announcements, and the business of web search. SiteLines is intended to present a distillation of the most... SiteLines on Hiatus Until October 1- September 10, 2005 No new postings to SiteLines until October 1 2005....http://www.workingfaster.com/sitelines/archives/2005_09.html#000352 WAY more Google real-estate devoted to ads- September 2, 2005 Have you noticed that Google has expanded the maximum number of horozontal ads on its results pages In this example of a search for 360 degree feedback, it's rather startling to see just how much real estate of the initial results page is devoted to ads. In my 1024x768 display, I'd estimate that between 35-40% of the initial screen contains "pure" search results, with the rest devoted to ads or header information. How interesting....http://www.workingfaster.com/sitelines/archives/2005_09.html#000351 |