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Google Custom Search goes global

November 20, 2007 Previously available only in the U.S., Google's customizable hosted service is now available to companies in the U.K. and beyond. TAGS: Google Inc., API, search technology, search engine, U.K., U.S.

Yahoo cuts ties to Google in Asia-Pacific

March 11, 2004 The Web portal continues to step back from its partnership with Google, dumping the company's search technology for its Australian and New Zealand portals in favor of an in-house search engine. TAGS: Peter Crowe, Inktomi, New Zealand, portal, search technology, Yahoo! Inc., Forrester Research Inc., Google Inc., Asia-Pacific, search engine

Dipsie wades in search waters

April 28, 2004 The Web search start-up plans to introduce a tool to help Web sites improve their rankings in query results on Google, Yahoo and others. TAGS: Internet search, search technology, search engine, robot, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.

Google tops the search charts

February 23, 2004 Yahoo and others are gunning for it, but Google easily attracted more Internet users than any other search engine during January, researchers say. TAGS: search engine, Nielsen/NetRatings, Ask Jeeves Inc., search tool, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., MSN, search technology, search, Time Warner Inc., researcher, America Online Inc.

Blinkx debuts new search technology

July 23, 2004 Is Google too complicated for you? A new start-up is hoping to make it even easier to find what you want on the Web. TAGS: Blinkx, search technology, link, search engine, Google Inc., monitor, Microsoft Corp., video, e-mail, PC

BellSouth shakes Google's hand

April 5, 2004 The carrier swaps out its less sophisticated homegrown search engine for one powered by Google. TAGS: BellSouth Corp., search technology, Google Inc., home page, Internet Service Provider, Gmail, carrier, Yahoo! Inc., MSN, Internet service, AT&T Corp., search engine, broadband, e-mail

Linux group aims for Google-like search

August 26, 2004 KDE developers are crafting a search engine for the desktop, but don't look for it just yet. TAGS: KDE, WinFS, search technology, Linux, developer, Microsoft Longhorn, search engine, R&D, open source, Google Inc., control panel, Microsoft Corp., interface, Microsoft Windows

Yahoo serving up search ads on mobile phones

October 4, 2006 Company launches beta of sponsored search listings on cell phones in the United States and United Kingdom. TAGS: advertiser, Yahoo! Inc., Internet search advertising, search result, mobile phone, U.K., America Online Inc., search technology, Japan, search engine, Google Inc., U.S.

Blinkx offers automatic search on desktop

March 7, 2006 Free Pico tool searches for news, blogs, video and other content related to what's on a user's screen. TAGS: Blinkx, search technology, Time Warner Inc., blog, search engine, video

Adware maker Claria steps into search

July 13, 2005 Company seeks to move beyond pop-ups, tests search service that analyzes Web surfers' habits to deliver personalized results. TAGS: Claria Corp., adware, search technology, search engine, 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, search technology, Encarta.com, MSN Search, Yahoo! Inc., Overture Services Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., search engine, Microsoft Internet Explorer, TV

Linux seller gunning for search

November 11, 2004 Searching on Google will be as "old-fashioned as going to Blockbuster for videos," Linspire CEO says. TAGS: Linspire, Smart Tags, Linux seller, Blockbuster Inc., search technology, word, search engine, operating system, Google Inc., Linux, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows XP, CEO, e-mail

Ask.com launches blog search

June 1, 2006 Search engine's blog search service is based on its Bloglines subscriber index. Images: Searching blogs on Ask.com TAGS: Ask.com, Bloglines, blog, blog posting, blogosphere, search technology, search engine, search result, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Google exec rebuffs Microsoft's claims

August 20, 2005 Kai-Fu Lee, whose hiring sparked a legal battle between Google and Microsoft, tells a court the software giant got his job history wrong. TAGS: Kai-Fu Lee, Google Inc., China, lawsuit, claim, MSN, search technology, desktop search, Dr., search engine, hiring, Microsoft Corp., exec, California

GuruNet launches new search service

January 3, 2005 Answers.com bypasses search engines to yield succinct information on terms in any document, but it says Google is not a competitor. TAGS: GuruNet Corp., Answers.com, enterprise search, Google Inc., search engine, IPO, search technology, Web page, document

AOL launches new portal, tests desktop search

October 14, 2004 Search feature will allow members to find photos, music and MS Office files stored on PC drives, in a challenge to Google and Microsoft. TAGS: desktop search, America Online Inc., AOL Browser, Google Inc., portal, search result, search engine, Internet search, search technology, Time Warner Inc., Web browser, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., photograph, PC

IBM's 'Marvel' to scour Net for video, audio

September 29, 2004 Search technology could let future generations archive important news footage, or retrieve old scenes from "Flipper." TAGS: IBM Corp., scene, search technology, search engine, audio, video, programming, TV

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: Web crawler, MSN Search, MSN, Ask Jeeves Inc., Internet search, search engine, Yahoo! Inc., desktop search, search technology, search result, development, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., operating system

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

Gates calls for better search technology

July 1, 2005 Someday search will offer more than "just a bunch of links that starts a treasure hunt," Gates says during a talk on coming changes in tech. TAGS: Bill Gates, e-government, TCP, SOA, Web service, Singapore, search technology, standards, open source, search engine, information technology, Microsoft Corp.