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Ask Jeeves debuts new sponsored ad system
August 15, 2005
Search company announces bidding program designed to let advertisers buy, manage ad space on Ask.com, other sites.
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Ask Jeeves mulls Firefox-based browser
February 15, 2005
Ask Jeeves, Mozilla Foundation begin talks on Jeeves browser and on donating Jeeves' search technology to the open-source group.
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InterActiveCorp buys Ask Jeeves for $1.85 billion
March 21, 2005
Barry Diller's Net company expands its horizons at a time of frantic activity in the search sector.
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Dogpile adds MSN search
August 2, 2005
InfoSpace is building the capabilities of its metasearch Web site, which already offers results from Google, Yahoo and Ask Jeeves.
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IAC appoints new Ask.com CEO
April 24, 2006
InterActiveCorp says Steve Berkowitz, heading for Microsoft, will be replaced by company veteran Jim Lanzone.
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Yahoo, Microsoft gaining ground on Google
January 13, 2005
Consumer survey of search engines keeps Google in the No. 1 slot, but two big competitors are closing the gap.
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Microsoft taps InterActiveCorp exec to head MSN
April 21, 2006
Former Ask Jeeves CEO Steve Berkowitz will head Microsoft's MSN and Windows Live efforts.
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Google adds satellite images to maps
April 5, 2005
New feature gives people bird's eye view of locations they search for, as Net giant seeks to outdo rivals. Images: Google takes a satellite view
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Microsoft: Slow going for desktop search in Windows
January 31, 2005
Executive says caution is the watchword as company looks to avoid legal land mines.
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Ask.com becoming the search engine that could
November 3, 2006
Search engine is gaining ground and snagging business from rivals in move to focus on technology, not ads.
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With search site relaunch, Jeeves loses top billing
February 27, 2006
Ask Jeeves becomes Ask.com with simplified interface and new tools including enhanced maps, encyclopedia search.
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Yahoo, Miva settle pay-per-click patent suit
August 16, 2005
Settlement follows licensing by Google, others in the lucrative keyword search ad market.
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Google pushes to stay king of the hill
February 8, 2005
With rivals encroaching on its turf, the search monarch keeps busy with new projects. Also: Blogger bids adieu.
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This week in Google news
January 14, 2005
Google remains the favorite of search consumers, but Yahoo and Microsoft are closing the gap.
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Year in review: Search goes mainstream
December 28, 2005
Behind 2005's headlines about search champ Google, there was another tale--of an industry maturing.
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Search companies vie for the desktop
December 10, 2004
Microsoft plans to introduce test version of its desktop search app as tight year-end deadline looms.
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