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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 Search, MSN, Internet search, pay-per-click advertising, Overture Services Inc., Yahoo! Inc., search result, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

LookSmart buys Furl.net

September 23, 2004 LookSmart has purchased Furl.net, an Internet archiving service, in a bid to keep up with the latest innovations in Web search. TAGS: LookSmart Ltd., Internet search, archiving

Start-up Local Matters debuts search service

September 20, 2005 Technology lets Internet users easily narrow their local Internet searches, do comparison shopping. TAGS: search technology, Internet search

Police Blotter: Murderer nabbed via tracking, Web search

March 18, 2008 Husband's death is discovered through a vehicle-tracking device and a search for "decomposition of a body in water." TAGS: Police Blotter, Internet search, police, agent, GPS, evidence, Texas

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, acquisition, Internet search, founder, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Google profit nearly doubles

October 19, 2006 Strong search advertising pushes Google third-quarter profit up, beating estimates. TAGS: Eric Schmidt, advertising sales, traffic acquisition cost, Google Inc., Internet search, DMCA, Internet search advertising, YouTube, Yahoo! Inc., law, CEO, U.S., MP3

Windows Live Search goes live

September 12, 2006 Online search portal features a user interface designed to fetch more accurate Web search results. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Live Search, Internet search, query, Microsoft Windows Live, local search, portal, search, search engine, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., U.S., Microsoft Windows

Week in review: Yahoo merges with...Icahn

July 25, 2008 Activist investor agrees to join the Internet company's board, though Microsoft appears ready to move on. Also: An Apple a day. TAGS: settlement, Yahoo! Inc., Jerry Yang, Week in review, Internet search, Steve Ballmer, Internet company, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, CEO, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Google wins some, loses some

March 17, 2006 Web search giant escapes a copyright infringement lawsuit, but can't shake the feds in their effort to obtain search queries. TAGS: Judge, Google Inc., Gmail, Internet search

Yahoo's game of photo tag

March 22, 2005 Flickr purchase points to radical--and largely untested--theory that could up-end Web search. TAGS: Flickr, tagging, Yahoo! Inc., Internet search, community, photograph, Google Inc.

AOL dials up Web search for mobile phones

July 27, 2005 New service will allow users to search for Web content, find local merchant information and do shopping comparisons. TAGS: America Online Inc., Internet search, mobile phone, Time Warner Inc., WAP, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.

AOL revises privacy policy

October 8, 2005 Portal won't sell addresses, but it will track user activity to offer personalized content and targeted ads. TAGS: privacy policy, America Online Inc., Internet search, Time Warner Inc., portal, monitoring, U.S., e-mail

Gates: 'Information overload' is overblown

May 19, 2005 Gates opens Microsoft's CEO Summit with takes on information overload, data management and search software. TAGS: Bill Gates, Internet search, worker, CEO, Microsoft Corp., link, e-mail

Commentary: Google's new search terms

October 14, 2004 The new Desktop Search tool sets the bar high and moves Google squarely into Microsoft territory. TAGS: desktop search, personalized search, paid search, Internet search, Ask Jeeves Inc., Google Inc., commentary, activity, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., hard drive

Yahoo wants users to get personal with search

October 5, 2004 Advanced navigation tools are designed to let people store, search and share their favorite Web pages. TAGS: Yahoo Search, Yahoo! Inc., Internet search, search, dashboard, RSS, PC

Spying an intelligent search engine

August 18, 2006 Innovation in Web search using artificial intelligence may lead to the day when you could expect the Web to do the tedious tasks for you. TAGS: Artificial Intelligence, search engine, children, word, language, Internet search, Google Inc.

Exposing click fraud

July 19, 2004 Google and others are under scrutiny as advertisers grow concerned about phony clicks. TAGS: click fraud, Internet search marketing, advertiser, fraud, dot-com, fee, Internet search, search result, Google Inc., click, California, Yahoo! Inc., U.S.

The many faces of Web search

December 8, 2005 Heavyweights such as Google and Microsoft look well beyond basic text search, while start-ups look for their own angle. Also: An offbeat site gets artsy with search terms. TAGS: Internet search, angle, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Live, start-up, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Yahoo buys travel company

August 6, 2004 The Web portal acquires FareChase, a small online travel company, to broaden its search tools. TAGS: travel company, online travel company, Yahoo! Inc., Web portal, hotel, Internet search, portal, agent, acquisition

Yahoo expands its mobile search functions

July 7, 2005 New service lets people get search results via short message service and use browsers on small-screen mobile phones. TAGS: mobile search, Yahoo! Inc., Internet search, SMS, mobile phone, Sprint Nextel, Cingular Wireless, Web browser, Google Inc.
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