Search engine takes leap in Web tech Search engine takes leap in Web tech

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LONDON: Global internet services company Yahoo has announced that it will adopt some of the key standards of the "semantic web" to improve its search engine.

The technology, considered to be the next step for the World Wide Web, involves a much richer understanding of the masses of data placed online. Amit Kumar, director of product management for the company's search site, has revealed in Yahoo's blog that they will include some semantic web identifiers while indexing the web for Yahoo search.

Keep Your Radar On for Emerging Trends

The Internet is changing at a stunning pace. Every day you have new products being launched, new memes spreading, new technologies appearing and so on. For some people this scenario is scary. For others, it is a blessing, because every new and upcoming trend represents a business opportunity.

The strategy of spotting emerging trends early on and launching websites to leverage them is very effective because if your website is among the first to talk about a certain topic, Google will start  seeing it as an authority, and you will be able to attract a lot of search engine traffic.

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