Song recognition tools analyze sound patterns. The clearer your humming, the better the match. Background noise can affect ...

Google has quietly retooled the closely guarded formula running its Internet search engine to give better answers to the increasingly complex questions posed by Web surfers.The overhaul came as part ...

Ever have a song in your head but you can't for the life of you remember any of the words? You're in luck — now you can find a song by humming it right to Google. This is such a common struggle that ...

We've all randomly thought of a song we'd like to hear again if we could remember its title, the artist, or even some lyrics to search for. Google is here to help with this effort by introducing hum ...

The name “Hummingbird” refers to the fast, precise search method and results this new algorithm is designed to use and return. Although it went into effect several weeks ago, the change has only just ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s a very good Shazam replacement, but you’ll have to up your humming game. It’s a very good Shazam replacement ...

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While Google has changed how it updates its search algorithm over the years, one thing has remained constant: a whole lot of ensuing backlash from search engine optimization (SEO) experts Hummingbird, ...

If the idea that SEO is dead crosses your mind or turns up in print, dismiss it. The fact is that nothing is really going to change in the way that we pursue the almighty ranking, with the possible ...

Google Inc has overhauled its search algorithm, the foundation of the Internet's dominant search engine, to better cope with the longer, more complex queries it has been getting from Web users.

Mobile penetration and the rise of wearable computers are driving a fundamental change in how people search, and Google has reacted in kind. Jessica Davies looks at what Hummingbird, an entirely new ...

Recently a couple of search engines have come to my attention that are designed to allow you to hum a few bars of a tune into them, and then they’ll tell you what the song is. These are Midomi and ...