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Week in review: Microhoogle intrigue

July 4, 2008 Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google are facing probes, proxies, and accusations of backroom politicking as their various attempts to link up come under scrutiny. Also: searching for content within Flash i... TAGS: Shockwave Flash, Yahoo! Inc., Shockwave, Yahoo Search, Internet search advertising, News Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., Week in review, Google Inc., search engine, Internet search, Time Warner Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office

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, Internet search, IP address, 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, privacy, search engine, America Online Inc., IP address, Time Warner Inc., IP, survey, Internet search, knowledge, Yahoo! Inc., backup, Google Inc., e-mail

Microsoft updates search site

November 11, 2004 Company updates a version of its site unveiled in July. A full-fledged search engine release is yet to come. TAGS: MSN Search, Encarta.com, MSN, Microsoft Update, Internet search, search result, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., search technology, search engine, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp.

MSN launches revamped search engine

July 1, 2004 Despite a year in development and a $100 million investment, the minor face-lift signals that the company still has a long way to go. TAGS: MSN Search, Web crawler, MSN, Ask Jeeves Inc., desktop search, Yahoo! Inc., search engine, Internet search, search result, search technology, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., development, operating system

Internet search gets Web 2.0 style

August 24, 2006 So-called social-search sites are heating up again. But experts doubt they'll unseat the good old-fashioned algorithm. TAGS: social search, Web 2.0, Yahoo! Inc., Google Search, search engine, general manager, co-founder, Netscape Communications Corp., Internet search, expert, blog, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Search upstarts storm Google's gates

March 11, 2004 As speculation of a Google public offering hits a fever pitch, would-be rivals are looking for signs of weakness that could cut short its reign. TAGS: reign, pay-per-click advertising, Internet search, Google Inc., weakness, king, rival, sign, Yahoo! Inc., R&D, search engine, technique, Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo, Google primed for search war

January 15, 2004 Yahoo says it will drop search partner Google during the first quarter of 2004 in favor of its own technology, opening a new phase in the battle for Web search dominance. TAGS: Inktomi, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Internet search, Terry Semel, Overture Services Inc., MSN, search engine, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo hints at social networking service

April 7, 2004 The portal giant predicts a future in which people can share their Web searches with friends. TAGS: social networking, Yahoo! Inc., Ask Jeeves Inc., local search, Google Inc., search engine company, search engine, Internet search, portal, networking, vice president, IM, Microsoft Corp.

The fight to dominate Web search

January 27, 2005 Duking it out with heavyweights, Amazon packs photos into A9.com Yellow Pages. Also: a how-to on blogging at Google. TAGS: Amazon A9, Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc., blogging, Firefox, Internet search, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., search engine, photograph, video, Microsoft Corp.

Patents raise stakes in search wars

February 26, 2004 The dispute between Yahoo and Google over keyword auction method offers an early sign of the intellectual property struggles to come in one of the Web's hottest markets. TAGS: Overture Services Inc., patent, intellectual property, Internet search advertising, AltaVista Co., Yahoo! Inc., Internet search, Google Inc., sign, R&D, attorney, search engine, acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Interactive Corp., Ask Jeeves Inc., tagging, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., search engine, Internet search, search technology, e-commerce, Microsoft Corp.

Year in review: Searching for a winner

December 17, 2004 Google went public; Yahoo perfected its own search; and Microsoft said, "Don't count me out!" Then there were all those me-toos. TAGS: personalized search, desktop search, online advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., winner, search engine, Wall Street, Internet search, digital video, America Online Inc., acquisition, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

MSN's quest for dominance

April 1, 2004 Microsoft's MSN chief, Yusuf Mehdi, has big ambitions for the portal including a new search engine. TAGS: MSN, search engine, online advertising, Internet search, Google Inc., portal, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., operating system

Will Google stay as hot as its lava lamps?

December 27, 2004 To remain at top of HR game, company faces hurdles including less-attractive stock options and prospect of reputation declining. Photos: A Google of ways to work TAGS: Google Inc., Internet search, search engine, Yahoo! Inc., open source, Microsoft Corp.

Google to publishers: Some butter for your bread

June 18, 2004 Indie Webmasters can now get a chunk of the change that's generated by ads related to Google search boxes on their sites. TAGS: Google AdSense, text advertisement, Google Inc., publisher, Internet search, Webmaster, search, Google Search, Yahoo! Inc., search engine, Microsoft Corp.
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