Comscore Releases Data for Most Popular Search Engine – July 2008
Comscore has released the data for the most widely used search engines . Quoting the release:
Google Sites led the U.S. core search engine market in July 2008 with 61.9 percent of the searches conducted, up from 61.5 percent in June, followed by Yahoo! Sites (20.5 percent), Microsoft Sites (8.9 percent), Ask Network (4.5 percent), and AOL LLC (4.2 percent).
Americans conducted 11.8 billion searches at the core search engines, representing a 2-percent gain versus June. Google Sites handled nearly 7.3 billion core searches (up 2 percent), followed by Yahoo! Sites with 2.4 billion and Microsoft Sites with 1 billion.
Searchable Public Transit Maps & Public Transit Schedules from Google for Mobile Phones
You could now use Google Maps to search public transportation maps, transit routes & schedules from your mobile phones. With telecommuting becoming more & more necessary & the rising price of gas & fuel, the use of public transportation systems is likely to see a surge. You could download the new application from Google here .
Create a Blog for Mobile Phones – Creating a Mobile Version of your site for Free
There are 3 very quick, fast & free ways in which you can create a mobile version of your blog or website. In a few of them, you can even place advertisements & earn extra money.
The quickest option is to use Google Reader .
Google Reader is a very stable & standard tool that can convert your website & blog on the fly that could be viewed on mobile phones. It is a free service from Google and you could use a link on your website to route visitors using mobile phones to the reader.
It is very easy to use Google Reader to create your mobile website. Add the <<Feed URL>> of your website as shown: http://www.google.com/reader/m/view/feed/<<Feed URL>>. As an example, type the following on your browser: http://www.google.com/reader/m/view/feed/http://www.promediablog.com/feed . The portion in red is the rss feed from Pro Media Blog. You can also use a burned feed from Feedburner as well.
Here is an Idea – Voice Activated Google Search especially for mobile searches
Google is my default home page. I use Google for all my searches. And in a normal work day it could be like 20 times during office hours. I come back home and start working on my personal blogs and websites. And there again, I have to use Google Searches. I see something on the TV and I come back and Google it for more information. On an average, I probably use Google Searches almost 50 times!
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While at work, I have to type in my searches, click through the search results and browse in silence. Whether you like it or not, you have to use your fingers to type and click and roll the mouse. While at home, I could use voice technology.
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