Tag: Google Search
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Argentina vs France: How World Cup final gave Google highest ever traffic in 25 years
Google Search recorded its highest-ever traffic in 25 years during the final match of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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Google announces 6 new features on search
Google has announced six new features and developments on search to help people gather and explore information in new ways. Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, the Head, Communication, West Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, said this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos.
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See what Nigerians searched most on Google in 2021
See what Nigerians searched most on Google in 2021
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Nigerians show growing interest in Halloween, Father Christmas costumes, others — Google Search trends
Google has announced that Nigerians have surprisingly shown a growing interest in the holiday of Halloween, Father Christmas costumes and others in it search record. Google, in its October report, said that search queries in the week leading up to October 31, shows that search terms terms like, ‘When is Halloween?’, ‘Halloween meaning’ and ‘History…
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Google introduces discovery feature for people on Search
Google on Tuesday introduced a new mobile-only feature that makes people more discoverable on Google Search. Olumide Balogun, Head of Consumer Apps, Sub Saharan Africa, Google said that People Cards allow people to create their presence on Search in the form of a card. He said in a statement that it was similar to a…
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Google highlights other usefulness of Google Search
Google on Friday highlighted 10 other usefulness of Google Search engine aside from the normal search for obtaining information. Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google Communication Officer, West Africa, said that millions of people made use of Google Search to get answers and information every day. He noted that yet a lot of users were not harnessing…
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Atiku Abubakar, Osun State election dominate Google Search
Query for Osun State election dominated Google Search in 2018, according to The Year in Search 2018 results released on Wednesday, which offered an insight into the year’s major moments and top trends based on searches conducted in Nigeria. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Google Search, also referred to as Google Web Search or simply Google, is…
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#GoogleForNigeria: Everything you missed at Google for Nigeria 2018
On Thursday, Internet search giant held its second Google for Nigeria event in Nigeria where the foremost tech company announced more products and programs to help more people in Nigeria and across Africa benefit from the opportunities the web has to offer. At the event, according to Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, Country Director, Google Nigeria, said “Access…
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Anti-Semitic propaganda on Google triggers outrage in Sweden
Google has revealed it is taking measures to address criticism for allowing the spread of anti-Semitic propaganda through various search results, which had triggered outrage in Sweden. A search on Google for the Holocaust showed an anti-Semitic blog post high up containing information about Swedish Jews. With their names, pictures and occupations listed, dozens of…
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Minimum wage, Kanu’s release, Ooni’s humiliation dominate Google search
Nigerians searched frantically on Google last week for a new minimum wage, envisaged to be announced by the Federal Government on Workers’ Day. According to the Spokesman of Google, Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, hundreds of Nigerians took to Google to get information on a long-envisaged new minimum wage. Kola-Ogunlade, who is Google’s Communications and Public Affairs…