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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. TAGS: Overture Services Inc., MSN, Yahoo! Inc., portal, search technology, agreement, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

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. TAGS: GEICO, Overture Services Inc., trademark, search result, motion, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc.

Yahoo sheds Overture brand

April 18, 2005 Internet portal renames the unit Yahoo Search Marketing, adds new advertising tools to the service. TAGS: Overture Services Inc., paid search, advertiser, Yahoo! Inc., Internet search advertising, Yahoo Search, brand

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? TAGS: Overture Services Inc., Feedburner, RSS, text advertisement, RSS feed, publisher, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.

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, Overture Services Inc., Paul Ryan, Internet search advertising, MSN, search technology, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

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, Google Inc., search, platform, search engine, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

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. TAGS: Overture Services Inc., Yahoo Search, API, Yahoo! Inc., Jerry Yang, software developer, Web service, co-founder, developer, Google Inc., database, brand

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. TAGS: click fraud, pay-per-click advertising, text advertisement, advertiser, Overture Services Inc., Internet advertising, fraud, Google Inc., click, lawsuit, search result, California

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. TAGS: revenue growth, SEC filing, Overture Services Inc., search technology, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet search, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: GEICO, Overture Services Inc., trademark, infringement, Google Inc., Judge, motion, mark, law, Internet search

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, Internet search, MSN Search, MSN, Overture Services Inc., Yahoo! Inc., search result, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Google AdSense, Yahoo! Inc., publisher, Overture Services Inc., Google Inc., blog, search engine

Yahoo, Miva settle pay-per-click patent suit

August 16, 2005 Settlement follows licensing by Google, others in the lucrative keyword search ad market. TAGS: Miva, pay-per-click advertising, Ask Jeeves Inc., Overture Services Inc., Yahoo! Inc., patent, Internet search advertising, search result, Google Inc., MSN, Microsoft Corp.

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, Overture Services Inc., search technology, Encarta.com, MSN Search, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., search engine, Microsoft Corp., TV, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Yahoo beats the Street

January 19, 2005 Search giant posts quarterly and yearly earnings that surpass analysts' expectations. TAGS: online advertising, earnings, search business, Yahoo! Inc., Wall Street, Overture Services Inc., profit, expectation, subscriber, sale, MSN
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