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Microsoft's new search guru talks strategy

September 27, 2007 Microsoft aims to get current MSN users to stop going to Google. TAGS: Satya Nadella, Microsoft Windows Live, MSN, market share, traffic, search, Yahoo! Inc., Internet search, portal, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Desktop search race heats up

December 13, 2004 With beta service, Microsoft's MSN aims to move up from the back of the crowd. Also: Will IBM be the Google of the business world? TAGS: desktop search, Google Inc., IBM Corp., MSN, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

MSN blogs sift through popular culture

August 8, 2005 Microsoft quietly launches MSN Filter, which features blogs that cover five categories of entertainment. TAGS: MSN, blogging, blog, category, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

MSN loses top executive

February 21, 2006 David Cole plans to take a year off, as Microsoft continues its effort to wrest market share away from Google. TAGS: David Cole, top executive, MSN, memo, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Google to bid on AOL?

September 19, 2005 An analyst report speculates that the search giant may want to pre-empt a Microsoft takeover of the Time Warner unit. TAGS: America Online Inc., Google Inc., Time Warner Inc., Internet search advertising, representative, MSN, Microsoft Corp.

MSN's Web search picks up steam

January 15, 2005 Net portal is increasingly testing its own legs in Web search race, sending visitors home-baked results over Yahoo's. TAGS: MSN, MSN Search, Internet search, pay-per-click advertising, Overture Services Inc., Yahoo! Inc., search result, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Commentary: MSN Search--just good enough

November 11, 2004 Microsoft has unveiled a new version of its search technology. It won't beat Google, but that's OK--it doesn't have to. TAGS: MSN Search, MSN, personalized search, commentary, algorithm, search engine, Forrester Research Inc., search result, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft buys Lookout to boost search

July 16, 2004 The acquisition comes two weeks after the launch of a revamped MSN search. TAGS: Lookout Software, MSN Search, MSN, Internet search, acquisition, founder, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

MSN vs. Google and Yahoo, Round 3

March 16, 2005 Microsoft's surge into search started with algorithmic and desktop efforts. Now comes the paid-search platform. TAGS: Overture Services Inc., MSN, Yahoo! Inc., ComScore, search, Google Inc., search engine, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

MSN takes on Google AdWords

September 26, 2005 The Microsoft unit launches AdCenter in France, and plans to test out the paid-search ad system in the U.S. next month. TAGS: MSN, Google AdWords, advertiser, budgeting, Google Inc., France, Yahoo! Inc., search engine, IP, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

Google launches blog search

September 14, 2005 New tool searches the text of posts sent out via RSS and Atom, including those in languages such as French, Korean and others. TAGS: blog, Google Inc., RSS, search technology, Yahoo! Inc., language, MSN, Microsoft Corp.

Google ups ante in mapping rivalry

July 25, 2005 Company unveils hybrid mapping site on heels of MSN's Virtual Earth, in heated battle for localized search. MSN, Google label Earth TAGS: local search, Google Inc., MSN, satellite, location, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S., photograph

Microsoft kicks off search effort

February 1, 2005 Firm replaces Yahoo's search technology with its own and launches widespread ad campaign, in hopes of dethroning Google. Images: Microsoft revs its search engine TAGS: MSN, search technology, Encarta.com, MSN Search, Yahoo! Inc., Overture Services Inc., Google Inc., search engine, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, TV

MSN joins desktop search fray

December 13, 2004 Beta software launch sees Microsoft take on Google, Yahoo and others in hotly contested race to dominate desktop search. TAGS: MSN, desktop search, Internet search, MSN Search, search technology, Web portal, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Outlook, portal, Microsoft Corp., vice president, toolbar, PC, hard drive, Microsoft Windows

Google gets the glory in search referrals

March 30, 2004 In a snapshot of search engine use on the Internet, market researcher WebSideStory says Google this month recorded an all-time high in search referrals in the United States. TAGS: referral, WebSideStory Inc., Google Inc., MSN, Yahoo! Inc., market research company, search engine, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

MSN makes play for more searchers overseas

February 18, 2004 The software giant's Internet portal unveils news search in several additional foreign languages, advancing its search strategy internationally to compete with Google. TAGS: MSN, MSN Search, Internet portal, search technology, Spain, Italy, Google Inc., online advertising, France, India, U.K., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., U.S.

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, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., search engine, search result, America Online Inc., search, Microsoft Corp.

Gates: Microsoft will keep Google honest

May 4, 2006 He concedes mistakes, but Bill Gates promises that Redmond's investments will enable it to catch its rival. Photo: Gates, Jay-Z share a smile TAGS: Bill Gates, MSN, Microsoft Windows Live, buddy, Google Inc., Redmond, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Fighting phishing and defending IM

April 4, 2005 Google adapts its e-mail service to foil online fraudsters. Microsoft is also out to nail phishers, and faces a worm targeting MSN Messenger. TAGS: phishing, MSN Messenger, IM, MSN, worm, Google Inc., e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

MSN to challenge Google, Yahoo ads

March 15, 2005 Software giant on Wednesday will debut pilot program to sell sponsored search listings, sources familiar with plan say. TAGS: search listing, Paul Ryan, Overture Services Inc., Internet search advertising, MSN, Yahoo! Inc., search technology, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
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