google is becoming far too insensitive to the visually challenged user. the older version of the standard that worked a charmed with screen readers is now made unavailable, and now the auto fill in feature seems to have some problems. I don't have the issue all the time, its there at times, but not always. may be we should think of some ways of reaching our complaints to google as a collective so that they understand the magnitude of the problem. should we do an online petition? what do you all think? regards,
On 11/17/10, Sharma G <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > On Monday, Google debuted some major changes. Google, one of the most > popular search engines on the Web, is known for returning extremely > relevant search results. Their recent partnership with Yahoo! has > brought them publicity and increased traffic. > > What exactly are these new changes, and how will they affect you? > > Paid Links > > The new paid link program has been running for a couple weeks now, > company officials say, but the program has gone unadvertised so that > Google could slowly beta test the system. > > Paid links appear above normal search results. They have a different > colored background and are marked "Sponsored Link." The idea is to set > off Google's editorial search results from the paid links in a > visually distinct way, so users aren't confused about which results > are paid and which come from Google's search algorithm. This is > important for visitors who use Google because it produces excellent > search results and don't just want to be told which company paid the > most money for a listing. > > This new development is also important for Web site owners who use > Google to get traffic. Much like GoTo or FindWhat, one can now pay a > fee to be displayed prominently in a search for certain keywords on > Google. This site has often preached the importance of being listed in > Google. Google can send lots of traffic to your site, so just being in > there at all is a must for the successful promotion of your site. Now > there's a way you can be displayed at the top of the results for your > keywords. > > There are a few caveats about this, however. > > I made a few test searches on Google that might be of interest to the > netbusiness owner. The sponsored links returned were only for > well-known very high-traffic sites. This, combined with the enormous > popularity of Google, leads me to believe that paid links on Google > might be quite expensive. There are no exact figures on the Google Web > site, but I have a feeling that actually getting displayed for > meaningful keywords could be too pricey for the small to medium > business owner. > > Also, if you do get listed, I think that many users will be turned off > by the sponsored links. People use Google more than pay for position > search engines because of the usefulness of the results it returns. > Google users are interested in what Google thinks the best match for > their search is. As such, many of them will probably just skip the > obviously marked sponsored links. > > Once again, I have to give Google a lot of credit for clearly > distinguishing sponsored links from their normal search results and > not trying to trick their visitors. Also, if a site has to have > sponsors, it's great not having to wait for a banner to load to get > your search results. > > Stock Quotes > > The second change Google made this week was to make it easier to find > stock information. Now, whenever you search for a company's stock > symbol on Google, at the top of the search results is a link to show > the stock quotes for that company. > > Also, if you search by name for a publicly traded company, you get a > link to that company's stock quotes. This is very convenient if you > don't happen to know a company's symbol off the top of your head. > > Additional Languages > > Google's third big change is the inclusion of ten new search > languages. Users can now display Google search tips, help pages, and > messages in Czech, Estonian, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, > Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, and Romanian. This brings Google's total > number of supported languages up to twenty-five. > > This is great for the ebusinessperson, who can now reach new users all > over the world. > > So... > > Google is still the same search engine it was last week. It still > returns very accurate search results, and people will continue using > it in the same numbers they have in the > past. > > source(http://www.ipowerweb.com/iboost/promote/search_engines/articles/20002.htmgood > ) > With regards, > > > On 11/16/10, Shadab Husain <[email protected]> wrote: >> I use Outlook Express, but so far search results are concerned - we need >> to >> bring up the heading list (insert + F6) and click on any result to >> navigate >> properly. Shadab >> >> There is enough light for one who wants to see. >> Easy tips of improving English at >> http://shadablucknow.blogspot.com/ >> My contributions to the press >> http://shadablucknow.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-contributions-to-press.html#link >> Many posts on one page >> http://shadablucknow.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2008-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=47 >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "sunil" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 10:26 PM >> Subject: Re: [AI] Query about gmail >> >> >> if you all are talking about the web interface of gmail, then may be >> the gmail team has disabled this feature as i also couldnt use the >> same. >> >> On 11/16/10, Sneha Nandakumar <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello friends, >>> My greetings to all! >>> The message is pretty long, since I have brought forth the whole problem. >>> I have a query regarding gmail. >>> It is this. When we type the email addresses in the edit box, if it is >>> a new address, we have to type the full address. But, if it is an >>> already existing address in our contact list, we need not actually >>> type the full address. We have to type only the first few characters >>> of the address and then press the tab key, it automatically comes into >>> the edit box. This used to work well with me until a few days back. >>> But, now even if I type the first few characters of the email address >>> and press the tab key, the address is not coming to the edit box. >>> What could be the problem? >>> Please guide me. >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] >>> with >>> the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >>> please >>> visit the list home page at >>> >>> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >>> >> >> >> -- >> "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." >> ~William Shakespeare >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] >> with >> the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please >> visit the list home page at >> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] >> with >> the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please >> visit the list home page at >> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > > -- > The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > -- Mahesh S. 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