Posts Tagged ‘Google’

  You’ve heard that saying before, right? Okay, it’s slightly different than the original one, which refers to IBM (one of our partners, too). But it’s true: to our knowledge, no client has ever regretted their implementation of the Google Search Appliance (GSA) solution. In fact, it’s quite the contrary. We consistently hear positive feedback […]

  In marketing, the amount of traffic to a website, blog, or other digital asset is important. Generally speaking, the more the merrier. It often defines success. What if I were to tell you that the same goes for your Intranet portals? You know, the places you go to search your company’s research papers, clinical […]

  One of the most common questions we hear from clients is “What file formats can Google Search Appliance (GSA) index?” Since so many people are curious, we decided to share the answer with you in our blog. It goes a little something like this: The number of file formats GSA can index is incredible. […]

Well, I am probably going to kick myself for trying to do this, but I have finally decided to write an overview of Google Search Appliance security.  I realize this is a bit like trying to write an article on how the Internet works – the topic is broad, it has been covered by many people […]

In last week’s article, What is Machine Learning?, I gave an overview of Machine Learning and provided a link to a very informative visual guide that describes how the technology works.  I also hinted at some useful applications within Enterprise Search.  I would like to cover a few of those that I have seen in recent months. […]

  Now that August is here, I thought it would be neat to look back at what our readers found most interesting last month. Below are the top five blog posts Perficient’s life sciences practice wrote in July – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. 

Healthcare sites today all have “provider finders” and we rely on those those tools to help find specialists, surgeons, or doctors within our networks to maximize investment in our healthcare programs. Most of the provider search tools online are quite challenging to use and bring back so many options or irrelevant results…which is very frustrating. […]

Google Adwords uses quality score to measure the quality of your PPC ad in relation to search queries. It impacts how often your ad will show for the keywords you bid on and what each click will cost. It’s important to keep good quality scores to ensure your ads show more often and your average cost per click […]

Editorial Credit: Gil C / Shutterstock.com Analyzing Google searches to uncover previously unknown adverse events isn’t news, per se, but it looks like it could be gaining traction with the FDA. According to a recent Bloomberg article, the FDA’s public calendar shows that several employees from Google met with the FDA to discuss the possibility […]

CMO.com has an article outlining the price paid by companies who haven’t updated their sites to support mobile.   They are making reference to the fact that Google updates their algorithms to give preference to sites that support mobile vs those that don’t. Indeed, companies that weren’t ready for the so-called “Mobilegeddon” have lost up […]

CMO.com has an article outlining the price paid by companies who haven’t updated their sites to support mobile.   They are making reference to the fact that Google updates their algorithms to give preference to sites that support mobile vs those that don’t. Indeed, companies that weren’t ready for the so-called “Mobilegeddon” have lost up […]

Last week, Google announced some astounding statistics about the success rate of their spam filtering technology in Google Mail.  Google says that less than 0.1% of email in the average user’s Gmail inbox is spam, and the rate for legitimate email ending up in the spam folder is even lower at less than %0.05. Despite these superb […]