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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, Internet search, Week in review, Internet company, Forrester Research Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

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: pay-per-click advertising, MSN Search, MSN, Internet search, Overture Services Inc., Yahoo! Inc., search result, Google Inc., 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, privacy, cookie, America Online Inc., search engine, Time Warner Inc., survey, IP address, Internet search, IP, knowledge, Yahoo! Inc., backup, Google Inc., e-mail

Microsoft ups ante in desktop search

May 16, 2005 New MSN Search Toolbar debuts as software giant labors to catch up in desktop search with Yahoo and Google. TAGS: desktop search, MSN Search, Yahoo! Inc., Internet search, MSN, Google Inc., toolbar, Microsoft Corp.

Week in review: Microsoft seeks for search gains

May 23, 2008 Company gets creative in quest for larger search market slice, while Facebook tries to make nice with Google. Also: Soft cell market. TAGS: Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Week in review, Yahoo Search, Google Inc., acquisition, Internet search, asset, Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo enters desktop search

January 11, 2005 Portal becomes latest major Internet company to launch consumer software for searching e-mail and other files. Images: Yahoo's desktop search TAGS: desktop search, X1 Technologies, Blinkx, Yahoo! Inc., Internet search, Internet company, beta, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Outlook, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., e-mail, PC

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: Yahoo! Inc., Shockwave Flash, Week in review, Internet search advertising, News Corp., Yahoo Search, Shockwave, Internet application, Adobe Systems Inc., Internet search, Time Warner Inc., Google Inc., search engine, Microsoft Corp.

Memo to Microsoft: Yahoo's A-list

February 13, 2008 The merger-minded software giant will likely want to keep Yahoo execs in a host of areas, including online ads, social media, and Web search. More layoffs for Yahoo? TAGS: layoff, Yahoo! Inc., social media, online advertising, merger, Flickr, talent, Internet search, community, vice president, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

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, market share, MSN, traffic, Yahoo! Inc., search, portal, Internet search, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

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, Internet search, cookie, search engine, IP address, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., IP, Microsoft Corp.

Internet search meets the gadget

January 4, 2006 Google, Yahoo execs to speak at CES, underscoring tie of consumer electronics, Net markets. TAGS: MSN TV, Terry Semel, Internet search, Larry Page, gadget, Consumer Electronics Show, co-founder, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., exec, search technology, Internet service, TV, CEO, Microsoft Corp., PC

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., blogging, Google Inc., Internet search, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Firefox, search engine, photograph, video, Microsoft Corp.

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, personalized search, Web 2.0, search engine, Yahoo! Inc., algorithm, co-founder, general manager, search result, expert, Internet search, Google Search, Netscape Communications Corp., blog, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

This week in search

January 28, 2005 For Internet search giants, pictures are worth a thousand words--and hits, they hope. TAGS: Internet search company, search engine company, Yahoo! Inc., Internet search, Hollywood, Google Inc., Firefox, programming, Mozilla Corp., blog, U.S., Web browser, photograph, Microsoft Corp., video

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, open source, search engine, Yahoo! Inc., 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, Yahoo! Inc., search engine, Google Inc., search technology, e-commerce, Internet search, Microsoft Corp.

Google's antisocial downside

July 13, 2006 When it comes to the online social-networking party, the search giant is playing the wallflower. Is that a wise move? TAGS: Orkut.com, MSN Spaces, social networking, Esther Dyson, MySpace, Google Inc., MSN, visitor, networking, blogging, blog, portal, Internet search, Yahoo! Inc., video, Microsoft Corp.
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