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Microsoft extends Overture ad contract
November 18, 2004
Software giant will keep using Yahoo's subsidiary for ad placement on its MSN.com portal until at least mid-2006.
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Overture, Geico settle trademark dispute
December 1, 2004
Agreement ends the two companies' battle over commercial use of trademarked terms in search results. Google suit to proceed.
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Yahoo sheds Overture brand
April 18, 2005
Internet portal renames the unit Yahoo Search Marketing, adds new advertising tools to the service.
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Overture tests RSS ads
November 17, 2004
The Yahoo subsidiary is experimenting with Really Simple Syndication as a way to enhance its ad program. Is Google next?
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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.
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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.
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Yahoo opens up its search toolbox to developers
March 1, 2005
Co-founder Jerry Yang to announce search network's embrace of Web services. Also: Bye-bye to the Overture name.
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Google gets gruff over click fraud
November 22, 2004
Search giant files suit claiming Net operation fraudulently clicked on text ads for profits, one of the first such civil cases.
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Google hints at slowing growth
November 18, 2004
Search giant may not be able to sustain the growth rate from the last several quarters, company acknowledges in SEC filing.
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Google wins in trademark suit with Geico
December 15, 2004
Judge rules that the search giant's use of trademarks in keyword advertising is legal.
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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.
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Yahoo to launch blog ad network
August 2, 2005
Self-serve advertising program, tailored to bloggers and other small Web publishers, to debut Wednesday, source says.
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Yahoo, Miva settle pay-per-click patent suit
August 16, 2005
Settlement follows licensing by Google, others in the lucrative keyword search ad market.
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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
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Yahoo beats the Street
January 19, 2005
Search giant posts quarterly and yearly earnings that surpass analysts' expectations.
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