2.5 Years ago I hailed the new search results customization feature by Google called SearchWiki.
I loved it in spite of it being broken from the start. Nonetheless the sheer possibilities once it worked were exactly what I needed to make SEO 2.0 truly become mainstream. I was one of the few people who liked SearchWiki and over the years they phased it out. Just a few weeks ago Google removed the star option to vote up or favorite search results.
April 6th | Definitions, Google, Search, SEO.
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