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Barry Schwartz (born 1946) is an American psychologist. Schwartz is the Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and social action at Swarthmore College. He frequently publishes editorials in the New York Times applying his research in psychology to current events.

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Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 20, 2009

In this week's search video recap, I try a new format, breaking the news up in segments - do let me know if you like it. I am sorry the video is so long, just lots of information to cover. We start with Google's new user interface that is now being ...

From BARRY SCHWARTZ, Search Engine Roundtable,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  AdSense,  Yahoo!

Daily Search Forum Recap: November 20, 2009

Video Recap of Weekly Search Buzz :: November 20, 2009 In this week's search video recap, I try a new format, breaking the news up in segments - do let me know if you like it. I am sorry the video is so long, just lots of information to cover. We start ...

From BARRY SCHWARTZ, Search Engine Roundtable,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  Yahoo!

Microsoft Bing November 2009 Search Update?

Bing engineers may need to refine their trust algos. I'm seeing a SERP where Bing is giving a poor quality subdomain a pass because the main domain has a high amount of inbound links (nearly a million). I think Bings method for determining sites ...

From BARRY SCHWARTZ, Search Engine Roundtable,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Yahoo!

Search Ad Keyword Lawsuit, Now Over Privacy

We have covered many of the search ad keyword lawsuits aimed between competitors or directly at the search engines in the past. Nowadays, it seems like a new suit around this topic is filed weekly. Typically these suits go after trademark violations ...

From BARRY SCHWARTZ, Search Engine Land,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.

Google Jazz User Interface Out In The Wild

Sometime later today, a small number of Google users will see a new look to Google’s Search Options feature. If all goes well, the cleaner display may be launched across Google after the New Year. And it’s all because Google’s vice president of ...

From BARRY SCHWARTZ, Search Engine Roundtable,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Yahoo!,  Marissa Mayer

GoogleBot Can Also Crawl Too Much & Be Nasty

After setting a custom crawl rate using webmaster tools (and robots.txt for good measure) GoogleBot's crawl rate slowed to the specified 1 request per (approx.) 60 seconds. However, as of a few hours ago the crawl rate has increased to an ...

From BARRY SCHWARTZ, Search Engine Roundtable,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Yahoo!

Google Now Enforcing 35 Character Display URL Policy

Initially for URLs exceeding character limit we used to give exception on a case-by-case basis. However, please note we've revised our guideline on short display URL exception and sorry to inform you that we no longer provide exceptions to the ...

From BARRY SCHWARTZ, Search Engine Roundtable,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Yahoo!

Yahoo Adds Tweets In New Developing News Box

Starting today, you can see relevant photos, videos, and tweets about a breaking news story on the Yahoo! News Shortcut. Many of you are already familiar with the existing Yahoo! News Shortcut, which displays headlines on our Web search results page ...

From BARRY SCHWARTZ, Search Engine Roundtable,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Yahoo!

Google Updates iPhone & Android Gmail & Calendar Interface

Gmail updated its look & feel in the browser on Android and iPhone devices today. Some of Google's other mobile apps, like Calendar, have also gotten the new look. Other than the 're-skinning,' features are unchanged for now. Like The Story? Vote ...

From BARRY SCHWARTZ, Search Engine Roundtable,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Yahoo!

Daily Search Forum Recap: November 19, 2009

Google Disabling AdSense Accounts For Using Tamper Data Firefox Plugin I have been seeing reports of Google banning and disabling AdSense accounts due to using a Firefox plugin named Tamper Data. Tamper Data allows people to view and modify HTTP/HTTPS ...

From BARRY SCHWARTZ, Search Engine Roundtable,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  AdSense,  Danny Sullivan,  Michelle Obama

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