Blogs by Stuart McLennan

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Twitter real time search now in Google SERPs and implications for brand management

10 December 2009 | Posted by Stuart McLennan | Search Executive | Search, Social Media, Tamar
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 12 months, you will be aware of the phenomenon that is Twitter.
You may also be aware that Google and Bing have been casting jealous glances at Twitter’s Real Time Search engine, as one of the major flaws in both Google and Bing is the inability [...]

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Bing comes out of Beta! Why now and what can you expect?

13 November 2009 | Posted by Stuart McLennan | Search Executive | Search, Technology
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Yesterday (November 12th) Microsoft announced that Bing had finally come out of Beta stage in the UK.
So what has prompted Microsoft to remove the Beta tag and effectively announce their satisfaction with Bing in the UK? The answer, it seems, lies in localised search:
“We promised to remove (the Beta tag) only once our experience would [...]

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Bing in the UK – Hope for Microsoft?

29 September 2009 | Posted by Stuart McLennan | Search Executive | Search
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They say the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Well that is certainly what Google’s competitors must be hoping.
So the latest search stats from across the pond must have caused some people to think that finally a David had been born to humble the Google Goliath.
According to these stats, Bing (David in this story) [...]