Google Searchology 2009 a recap of new Google Features and Trends.

Google held the Searchology 2009 event yesterday. This is their second event of this type. In the 2007 event they announced Google Universal Search. In this conference they announced a number of new and interesting ways to search. Search Engine Land did an excellent job of recapping what was covered. Click here to read their recap of the event.
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Wolfram|Alpha: a new way to find data online?

This interesting article by CNN talks about a new way people will be able to compare data and search on the Internet starting next week. Wolfram|Alpha appears to offer some very interesting search methodologies not currently offered by Google, Yahoo and MSN. Will this be the company to finally put a dent in Google’s market share? Click here to learn more about this interesting new service and decide for yourself.
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Google’s share of mobile search 97% of the total market.

“You may think Google (GOOG) dominates the search market, with 63.7 percent of all searches conducted in the United States compared with Yahoo’s (YHOO) 20 percent. But you haven’t been looking at mobile Internet devices, which everyone agrees will be the most dynamic and explosive piece of the online world for years to come. According to a new report from the Internet marketing firm Net Applications, Google accounts for 97.5 percent of all mobile phone searches. 97.5 percent. Now that’s what we call dominance.” Click here to read the rest of this article from Reuters...
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