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Week in review: Microhoogle intrigue

China accused of rerouting search traffic to Baidu

October 22, 2007 Google confirms reports that users attempting to access popular American search engines have been redirected to China-based Baidu. TAGS: Baidu.com Inc., TechCrunch, China, search engine, Beijing, traffic, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Live, Yahoo! Inc., blog, Microsoft Corp.

Hits and misses for search engines

August 22, 2007 With the Search Engine Strategies conference under way, here's a look at what's up at Google, Ask, Accoona and Microsoft. TAGS: Accoona Corp., search engine, Google Earth, Google Inc., YouTube Video, Facebook, YouTube, conference, Microsoft Corp., video

Google gets the boot from Amazon's A9

May 1, 2006 Microsoft's Windows Live Search has replaced Google as the default search engine on Amazon's A9 site. TAGS: Amazon A9, Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc., blog, search engine, Microsoft Corp.

How search engines rate on privacy

August 13, 2007 News.com asks Google, Yahoo and others to fess up on what they do to protect their users' personal information.In their own words: Search engines on privacy TAGS: Ask.com, search engine, privacy, survey, lawyer, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft outlines Vista desktop search changes

September 12, 2007 Company agreed in June to make alterations to satisfy antitrust concerns from rivals, particularly Google. TAGS: technical committee, desktop search, Microsoft Windows Vista, service pack, software company, search result, search engine, antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., button, Microsoft Windows

FAQ: What does the Google subpoena mean?

January 20, 2006 The Justice Department has been asking search engines to cough up logs of search terms. What does this mean, and what happens next? TAGS: search engine, America Online Inc., Google Inc., request, Yahoo! Inc., Time Warner Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft adopt same Web index tool

November 16, 2006 Offers a place to submit Web pages to all three search engines at once, instead of performing the process at each site. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Live Search, search engine, Webmaster, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., owner, Microsoft Windows Live, search result, Web page, process, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Search engines race to update privacy policies

July 23, 2007 Microsoft and Yahoo are the latest to announce limits on how long they will keep Web search data. TAGS: online advertising, cookie, IP address, Internet search, IP, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., search engine, search, Microsoft Corp.

In their own words: Search engines on privacy

August 13, 2007 CNET News.com tries to clear up recent privacy announcements by surveying Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Ask.com and AOL. Here, they respond.How search engines rate on privacy TAGS: Ask.com, user identity, cookie, America Online Inc., search engine, privacy, IP address, Time Warner Inc., IP, survey, Internet search, knowledge, backup, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., e-mail

Google on the move

January 25, 2005 roundup Search giant isn't resting on its laurels. New hiring points to browser interest. Another area of growth: TV search. Images: Video thrilled the search engine star TAGS: Google Inc., hiring, search engine, Firefox, TV, Web browser, video, Microsoft Corp.

Spam experts at MIT lift curtain on search

March 30, 2007 With no real cure for search engine spam in play, educating legitimate marketers is key. TAGS: advertiser, search engine, Google AdSense, search engine optimization, BMW, spam, brand, Google Inc., expert, conference, solution, speakers, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Loss of Google sends users scrambling

July 26, 2004 Call it Google panic: Users--and businesses--struggle when the search favorite becomes briefly unavailable. TAGS: Google Inc., outage, Google Toolbar, search engine, ComScore, Google Search, MSN, business application, search, traffic, Yahoo! Inc., toolbar, Microsoft Corp.

Google fixes China search bugs

January 27, 2006 Following a CNET News.com investigation, Google fixes bugs censoring sites for users of its Chinese-language search. TAGS: SafeSearch, Google Inc., Sergey Brin, China, investigation, domain name, bug, search engine, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: MSN Search, InfoSpace Inc., Ask Jeeves Inc., search engine, MSN, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., video

Belgian copyright group warns Yahoo

January 19, 2007 Copiepresse, which represents French- and German-language Belgian newspapers, adds No. 2 search engine to its list of offenders. TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., search engine, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Is Endeca really the next Google?

June 28, 2007 Some big names in search say the next great search engine won't dabble in consumer Web pages or video, but in enterprise. TAGS: Endeca Technologies Inc., Truveo, video search, Ask.com, search engine, Boston, Time Warner Inc., video, America Online Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Feds: Google's privacy concerns unfounded

February 27, 2006 Justice Department says search giant's arguments for refusing to turn over information lack merit. TAGS: Child Online Protection Act, government, brief, Google Inc., argument, request, search engine, Microsoft Corp.

Search wars are about to get personal

February 17, 2004 Web surfers are anything but loyal when it comes to their favorite search engines, new research shows, as Yahoo and MSN seek to wrest the search crown from Google. TAGS: ComScore, loyalty, crown, MSN, search engine, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., search result, America Online Inc., search, Microsoft Corp.

FAQ: When Google is not your friend

February 3, 2006 Google's vast database of its users' searches is a gold mine for police and curious divorce attorneys. It's just a matter of time. TAGS: attorney, federal law, Google Inc., search engine, FAQ, police, search, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Time Warner Inc., history, toolbar, Microsoft Corp.