Bing Social Search

Microsoft is getting its competition on with Google by adding social content to its search results. The new Bing will include a social sidebar that will draw relevant social posts from a user’s Facebook friends to accompany a search.

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Googlers Explain How They Improve Google Search

Googlers Explain How They Improve Google Search

A short video that gives you a sense of the work that goes into the changes and improvements that are made to Google almost every day. While an improvement to the algorithm may start with a creative idea, it always goes through a process of rigorous scientific testing.

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Google Consciousness: Algorithmic Sentience

Google Consciousness: Algorithmic Sentience

What if Google’s search algorithm has achieved sentience? Social Media strategists and developers Rome Viharo and Maf Lewis reveal the likelihood that Google’s search algorithm may already be sentient, what it means, and what it represents as a metaphor for collective problem solving.

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