The iPhone 5, Charlie Sheen, Amy Winehouse and red velvet cupcakes were among Australia’s top search terms this year, Google Australia has revealed on its blog. The search giant has divided its top searches into 10 categories – fastest rising searches, top food searches, top celebrity death searches, fastest rising news searches, top searches for [...]
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Google’s “+1”: Search becomes social
June 3, 2011
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Google’s new ‘+1’ button for websites is set to revolutionise the way we search the web, according to one of Australia’s foremost authorities on social media. The ‘+1’ button began operating in March on Google search results pages and advertising. The roll out to make it available for websites means Google will be now be [...]
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May 8, 2011
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Google last Friday revealed the 10 fastest rising search terms in Australia in the past week. Perhaps unsurprisingly the death of Osama bin Laden and the Royal Wedding dominated the list. Osama bin Laden accounted for five of the searches, the Royal Wedding three. Pippa Middleton pipped elder sister Kate, who was ninth, by coming in at number [...]
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