3 Ways to Use Google Instant Search
Google’s new Instant Search feature has gotten a lot of attention in the past day or so, but what can it do for you?
Whether you are a busy SEO professional or a stay-at-home dad, you have probably noticed that Google has upgraded their search engine to provide instant results as you type. If you haven’t heard of this yet, according to statistics, you will experience it soon enough.
When you visit the search engine Google.com, you will be greeted by the same simple home page. The difference will be obvious once you begin to type. As soon as… Continue reading
Search Gets Even Faster with ‘Google Instant’
The mystery behind this week’s changing Google logo was revealed today as the company released its new searching platform, ‘Google Instant.’
In a San Francisco seminar this morning, Google announced it would be launching “Google Instant,” a faster, more interactive way to search the web.
When you search on Google today, your results will appear instantly. Instead of clicking the search button or pushing enter to see your results, the results of your search will appear as you type.
Not only can you see your search results as you type your query, but Google Instant will predict what… Continue reading
BP Blowout Preventer Recovered for Investigation
BP’s defective blowout preventer (BOP) was lifted by crane to the surface over the weekend, but the real work has only just begun.
The blowout preventer will be transferred to a NASA facility in Louisiana where it will be dissected and investigated for reasons behind its failure that lead to the worst oil spill in world history.
The device weighs approximately 300 tons, stands about 50 feet high, and took just under 30 hours to lift to the surface.
Deconstructing the blowout preventer will be a hefty task and the investigation could take up to three months. Although corporations, business owners,… Continue reading
BP Insanity: Negotiating Their Own Punishment
If the Obama Administration passes a bill to stop new offshore drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico, BP asserts they may fall short of the $20 billion oil spill compensation payments they agreed to pay its victims.
When BP agreed to set aside $20 billion for Gulf Oil Spill clean up and victim compensation, the Obama Administration also permitted BP to pull those funds exclusively out of the revenue made from their Gulf of Mexico operations.
If new offshore drilling permits are no longer available to BP, particularly in the Gulf of Mexico, their revenue from Gulf… Continue reading
Recovering the Blowout Preventer
So far, we have only heard reports that the BP well cap was removed successfully, the first of many steps to finally plugging the well for good.
The well had been plugged with cement and mud prior to the cap’s removal, a cap that originally stopped the gushing well that spilled over 4 million barrels of oil. According to reports, the cap has been removed successfully and without leakage of oil.
Clean-up crews are standing by in case of any problems, but nothing has been reported yet. This step of removing the well cap is just one in a… Continue reading
