Want to find a person by name on Twitter (again)? Well, now you can (again). Twitter has brought back the ability to search for a person by name.
Once you're signed in, look for the "Find People" link on the navigation bar on the top right hand corner.
Twitter says the search is faster than the original version and that it now boasts a "phonetic similarity algorithm" which helps you find names for possibly misspelled words.
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Microsoft, Yahoo Take Major Hits in Nielsen Online Search Share Rankings for October 2008
Microsoft and Yahoo took a tumble in their year-over-year search share in October 2008, according to Nielsen Online. All searches were down 2%, which is quite surprising considering the election and the economy. Yahoo was down 12% and Microsoft was down 19%. Ask.com took a hit as well with a decrease of 22.9%
The news was much brighter for Google and AOL. Both saw sizeable increases at 8.1% and 14.5% respectively.
Google continues to dominate the search engine industry at a 61.2% market share.
Here's the full chart:
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