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  • Bing Adds Time Period Sorting To Search Results

    Bing has added a new way for users to sort their search results by time period. You can sort by “Past 24 hours” to see the top links that have surfaced during the last day, for example. You can also search by “Past week” and “Past Month”.

    “At Bing, our goal is to give you the most comprehensive and trustworthy set of search results so you can get more done,” says Bing Principal Development Manager, Dr. Walter Sun. “Behind the scenes, we spend a lot of time and computational horsepower to ensure that you are getting fresh and topical search results as they happen.”

    “Now whenever you search, you will see a filter at the top of the results page which lets you narrow down your search based on time period,” he says.

    Sort bing results

    Google has a similar feature, and gives you more options: Any time, past hour, past 24 hours, past week, past month, past year, and custom range.

    Google Sort results

    The feature, however, is hidden under “more search tools,” and probably isn’t used incredibly often. I do like Bing’s approach to putting it right in the forefront. Search engines, especially Google often place a little too much emphasis on freshness in search results for my taste, so it’s nice to be able to give a time period.

  • Google+ Adds a New Search Filter for Photos

    Google+ search has just gotten a little more useful.

    Now, when searching anything within the social network, you can filter the results to only show photos. Just search for whatever you’re looking for, and hit the drop-down menu at the top of the results.

    The option to filter by photos joins the other filtering options: everything, people and pages, communities, Google+ posts, Hangouts, and events.

    Adding a search filtering option for photos makes sense for Google+, who can boast an enthusiastic photography-oriented demographic. It’s actually one of the more popular things to do with Google+. Nearly every day of the week there’s a new photography-related trend, whether it be #LongExposureThursday, #FloralFriday, or #MountainMonday.

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    Dave Cohen14 hours ago

    Filter Google+ search results to only show photo posts

    You can now filter your Google+ search results to only show photo posts. Just type in what you’re looking for, and select “Photos” from the filter dropdown.

    You can find any photo post that’s shared with you — from items shared only with you, to public photos shared by some of the great photographers on Google+. Here are some searches that I enjoy:

    – Long exposure: https://plus.google.com/s/long%20exposure/photos
    – Steel wool: https://plus.google.com/s/steel%20wool/photos
    – Cartoons: https://plus.google.com/s/cartoons/photos

    We hope you enjoy using this feature. Keep the feedback coming!

    #googleplusupdate   #googleplusphotos

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    Google+ isn’t the only major social network that’s making it easier to find and group photos together. You may remember that Facebook recently announced a huge news feed redesign that, among other things, brings new content-specific feeds to the mix. These specific feed options include music, games, pages, groups, and yes, photos.

    The new photo search filter should be available to all users.

  • Sort Google Results By Reading Level

    A Google Web Search product manager announced a new Google search filter for reading level on the Google Web Search Help Forum. 

    "Sometimes you may want to limit your search results to a specific reading level," the company explains. "For instance, a junior high school teacher looking for content for her students or a second-language learner might want web pages written at a basic reading level. A scientist searching for the latest findings from the experts may want to limit results to those at advanced reading levels."

    The filter can be accessed under Google’s "advanced search" link below the search box. If you go to "Reading Level" you will get options for "no reading level displayed," "annotate results with reading levels," "show only basic results," "show only intermediate results," and "show only advanced results." 

    Google Advanced Search Reading Level Filter

    Barry Schwartz, who happened upon this announcement, had the good idea to perform a site search to what percentages of your content Google has deemed basic, advanced, and intermediate. This could provide a good guideline for addressing how well your content is written for your target audience. For example, are you trying to be an expert that other experts and those aspiring to be experts turn to or are you trying to keep things basic? 

    I don’t know how often users break out Google’s advanced search options, especially now that there are so many options on the left panel, but the feature could definitely be useful in research, and for educational purposes as Google described.