The Great Search Engine War - Latest statistics

Search Engine War  - Latest statistics

In a latest survey comscore has come up with the latest statistics and news seems to be good for Microsoft led search engine 'Bing' , it has gained  considerably in last few month while Yahoo based Search engine share has declined few percent.

All this has happened when Yahoo and microsoft integrated there search technology. As per latest stats available from comscore yahoo share was showing at 16 percent while Bing share was 12 percent , note these figures are relative to there last levels.

Another figures shows from King of Search Engine Google with 66.6 percent , this happened while Baidu a China based Search Engine gained grounds after extinction of Google  from China.

                                    

comScore Explicit Core Search Share Report*
December 2010 vs. November 2010
Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch
Core Search Entity	Explicit Core Search Share (%)
	10-Nov	10-Dec	Point Change
Total Explicit Core Search	100.00%	100.00%	N/A
Google Sites	66.20%	66.60%	0.4
Yahoo! Sites	16.40%	16.00%	-0.4
Microsoft Sites	11.80%	12.00%	0.2
Ask Network	3.60%	3.50%	-0.1

It is estimated that More than 16 + billion searches were done in December 2010 .As expected ,  Google search engine ranked first with around 11.0+ billion searches. Yahoo! Search was second with 2.6 billion and third by Microsoft Sites with nearly 2.0 billion (up 4 percent).

comScore Explicit Core Search Query Report
December 2010 vs. November 2010
Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch
Core Search Entity	Explicit Core Search Queries (MM)
	10-Nov	10-Dec	Percent Change
Total Explicit Core Search	16,039	16,443	3%
Google Sites	10,620	10,957	3%
Yahoo! Sites	2,627	2,631	0%
Microsoft Sites	1,885	1,967	4%
Ask Network	580	575	-1%

comScore Total Core Search Query Report
December 2010 vs. November 2010
Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore qSearch
Core Search Entity	Total Core Search Queries (MM)
	10-Nov	10-Dec	Percent Change
Total Core Search	17,755	18,220	3%
Google Sites	11,410	11,716	3%
Yahoo! Sites	3,427	3,434	0%
Microsoft Sites	2,011	2,183	9%
Ask Network	580	575	-1%

I see that these statistics are bound to Change in coming month with Google again trying to foray into Chinese Markets  and Microsoft  trying to consolidate its grounds .

Improved Google interpreter for Android , Is this future of Human Translator ?

Last year when Google Translator for Andriod was launched it had amazing capability like spoken translation, machine translation . It offered voice input to let users speak the word or phrase and instead of typing it in and instantly it got translated. Another was  SMS translation so user could translate SMS messages sent to them in foreign languages.

This month Google has again come up with improved version in order to have user friendly experience for Google and Android users.

You can download the application from
 http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/google-translate_cozz_download.html

Some of the recent update were-

Better dropdown boxes to help select the languages user want to translate from and into , thus user can now select both languages simultaneously.

Improved input box, and cleaner icons and layout.

Another very interesting features is language translation while users are speaking on phone . Thus, user can speak in their language while person on other side will hear the same in their translated language .

 Although this is still in fancy stage & available only English and  Spanish Translation.But seems to be good step for future replacement of Human translator.Let's see its future version and how much it can live upto the expectations.

iphone 5 release in Summer 2011 ???

From long time Apple Iphone users have been waiting for next version of Iphone release . Now with Verizone iphone schedule to be in market stores from Feb 2011, the great  next thing can be release of IPhone 5 in summer of 2011 .

As per one of the latest unconfirmed news, Apple is all set to launch its long awaited IPhone 5 with completely new handset and may be coming up with Apple's new A5 CPU (a Cortex A9-based, multi-core chip).

The device is like the iPad 2 and will feature a Qualcomm chipset which will perform in three ways as the CDMA / GSM / UMTS baseband processor . Now, please note that all this may be Grapevine but lets keep our figure crossed.

Zodiac sign Shifted from January 2011 and So does Your Future !!!!!!!!!

New Zodiac sign Shifted

The unknown and limitless has once again showed its prowess, now your zodiac sign may not be same as thought till now .

So If you were a Aries, you are now an Taurus: but don't blame others , blame the mighty universe.
An astronomer believes a shift in the Earth's alignment, giving it a different position in relation to the Sun, has changed zodiac dates and added a 13th sign, Ophiuchus.

Around 3,000 years ago, 12 zodiac signs were assigned to 12 different periods of the year, but the Earth's movement created a shift in the alignment of the stars, according to the astronomer. The shift create the "new" sign, Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer.

New Zodiac Signs:

Capricorn: Jan. 20 - Feb. 16

Aquarius: Feb. 16 - March 11

Pisces: March 11- April 18

Aries: April 18- May 13

Taurus: May 13- June 21

Gemini: June 21- July 20

Cancer: July 20- Aug. 10

Leo: Aug. 10- Sept. 16

Virgo: Sept. 16- Oct. 30

Libra: Oct. 30- Nov. 23

Scorpio: Nov. 23- Nov. 29

Ophiuchus: Nov. 29- Dec. 17

Sagittarius: Dec. 17- Jan. 20

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Free Business Calendar for Android

Free Business Calendar for Android

Few days back came across good Business Calender available on Internet and was available free of charge thought of sharing with the information .

This is provided by netgenius . Install and Try this, it has excellent features.

You can download the calender from http://www.appbrain.com/app/netgenius.bizcal?install

Main Features

• Graphical and textual presentation also available
• You can view events by monthly basis or daily basis and on  individual basis
• There is also available favorite calendar bar to quickly fade in and out different calendars
• Built in search function available
• Fast day overview when adding a new event
• context-sensitive help system to optimize your work with Business Calendar
• It has a smooth scroll with zoomable multi-day view capabilities

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Facebook Userbase crossing astonishing 600 million !! wow !!

Facebook Userbase crossing 600 million

Now, this is really good news for Facebook Investors , the ever increasing user community of world leading web site is not about to cross 600 Million.

Although , there are some confusion exist on count - As per news Goldman Sachs is reportedly telling potential Facebook investors that the social network currently has 600 million monthly active users. But Facebook statistics portal Socialbakers (formerly known as Facebakers until Facebook strongly urged the start up to change its name) pegs Facebook’s user base at 596,372,520 members

Some stats available are as follows -



Top countries  user base
United States	146591880
Indonesia	33920020
United Kingdom	27545920
Turkey	24788400
Philippines	20802540

As per comScore Facebook is currently the third largest website in the world  and gaining grounds continuously , not good news for social networking sites competitors
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Google Goggles Can Now interpret Print Ads , gets more voguish & solves Sudoku puzzle

 Google Goggles

Recently Google has launched new version of Google Goggles application which has really amazing capabilities .The new Goggles 1.3 client for Android can recognize print ads in popular magazines and newspapers.

Moreover, Goggles has also learned a fun new trick for Sudoku fans. It can solve any Sudoku puzzle in seconds. It can also scan barcodes almost instantly.

You can install this application for Andriod and IPhone .

Download the application from http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#text

Barcodes Recognition

Google Goggle can now scan barcodes of product in more smarter way , it has ability to capture barcode identification and thus when you are shopping at an Store , pick up any product just hover over the barcode ( remember to open Goggle apps first) and instantly it searches about the product online and provides you the details and then you can have deep search by tapping over the result and get all the information about the project. Thus in short , get product reviews, check in-store availability and compare prices.
Isn’t this useful ?

Identification of Print ads in magazines and newspapers

 On same lines Goggle has now advanced capability to capture any advertisement in magazine or news paper which have appeared after August 2010.So nest time while reading through  the paper or magazine just take the pics of ads and it will return you the results about the major brands or product.

 Solve Sudoku puzzle

Google apps can now easily solve your Sudoke puzzle without giving trouble to your mind. so next time if you are having any problem solving the puzzle just take the picture of Sudoku and will give you solution of puzzle .....but mind it this can make you lethargic so be carefull !!!