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Translator 1.0.3
Translate Web pages into various languages.
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AltaVista
Reviewed on May 9, 2005
This search engine warhorse offers above-average audio and video searches, but Yahoo boasts the same features--and more.
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Google Inc.
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Google Toolbar
Reviewed on November 22, 2004
Google's toolbar goes above and beyond its competitors, offering a wide range of specific searches, stellar search results, and a slew of extras, including an automatic form filler.
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Google Inc.
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Amazon A9
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Yahoo! Inc.
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pop-up blocker
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credit card
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link
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button
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Google
Reviewed on May 10, 2005
Google's the way to go for straight Web searching, local results, maps, or image queries, but we found better engines for multimedia searches.
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Froogle
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Ask Jeeves Inc.
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AltaVista Co.
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search result
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search
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search engine
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Yahoo! Inc.
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America Online Inc.
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multimedia
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video
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Ask Jeeves Toolbar
Reviewed on November 22, 2004
The Ask Jeeves Toolbar has plenty of specific search options for news, images, video, and MP3/audio, and the toolbar lets you zoom Web pages in and out. But its too-big search box and annoying frames around search result pages wore on our nerves.
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Ask Jeeves Inc.
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AltaVista Co.
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image search
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Google Inc.
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button
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MSN Toolbar
Reviewed on November 22, 2004
MSN's fair-to-middling toolbar lags well behind its still competition, but its one-of-a-kind highlighter viewer wins an honorable mention.
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Amazon A9
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MSN Messenger
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AltaVista Co.
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MSN Hotmail
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pop-up
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pop-up blocker
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search
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Google Inc.
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Microsoft Corp.
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A9 Toolbar
Reviewed on November 22, 2004
Fans of A9's innovative search capabilities will warm to this search engine's toolbar, but those needing specific search types should keep looking.
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Amazon A9
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search portal
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toolbar
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Amazon.com Inc.
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search result
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AltaVista Co.
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column
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Firefox
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pop-up blocker
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Google Inc.
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portal
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Web browser
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Yahoo Toolbar
Reviewed on November 22, 2004
Complete with scores of options, a wide variety of specific types of searches, one-touch access to Yahoo bookmarks and services, a killer spyware utility, and a pop-up blocker that goes the extra mile, Yahoo Toolbar deserves a place on your Web browser.
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Amazon A9
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spyware
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Google Inc.
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PC
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Google, other engines hit by worm variant
July 26, 2004
Top search sites troubled by latest MyDoom release.
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Keynote Systems Inc.
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Google Inc.
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Lycos Inc.
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AltaVista Co.
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worm
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variant
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Yahoo! Inc.
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IPO
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search engine
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engine
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representative
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e-mail address
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e-mail
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Updated MyDoom targets Google--again
February 17, 2005
Worm searches for e-mail addresses in the infected PC's domain--targeting all users from a specific company or ISP.
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MyDoom virus
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Sophos Plc.
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variant
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worm
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antivirus company
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Lycos Inc.
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AltaVista Co.
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query
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antivirus
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e-mail address
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Google Inc.
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e-mail
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Yahoo! Inc.
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hard drive
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Arrow Search 2.0
Get relevant results combined from search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, AltaVista, and Lycos.
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Lycos Inc.
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search engine
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Google Inc.
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MyDoom variant slams mailboxes, search engines
July 26, 2004
New version of worm clogs e-mail systems around world, slows Google, Yahoo, AltaVista and Lycos to a crawl.
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MyDoom virus
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worm
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AltaVista Co.
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variant
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Lycos Inc.
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Symantec Corp.
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McAfee Inc.
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mailbox
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virus
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e-mail address
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search engine
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message
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Google Inc.
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technique
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e-mail
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Are search engines confusing surfers?
October 14, 2003
The FTC says search companies still have work to do in making sure that ads placed in search results are clearly marked as such, so consumers can tell them apart.
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Inktomi
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AlltheWeb.com
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Overture Services Inc.
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AltaVista Co.
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placement
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search result
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Yahoo! Inc.
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inclusion
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search engine
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Google Inc.
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Search prototype gets the picture
March 31, 2004
Researchers develop a search engine that retrieves results based on a sketch: Draw a wing nut, and the engine retrieves all database images that match the drawing.
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Virage
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sketch
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image search
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nut
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video search
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AltaVista Co.
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search engine
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researcher
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engine
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image
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Yahoo! Inc.
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picture
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text
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database
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Google Inc.
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video
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Yahoo dumps Google search technology
February 18, 2004
Yahoo drops Google as the default search technology provider for its U.S.-based sites, signaling the beginning of the end for the Web's most high-profile marriage of convenience.
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Inktomi
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Yahoo! Inc.
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search engine company
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marriage
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technology provider
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Overture Services Inc.
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search technology
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AltaVista Co.
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Yahoo Search
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Google Inc.
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convenience
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Web portal
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Google Search
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search result
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robot
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portal
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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.
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Overture Services Inc.
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patent
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intellectual property
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Internet search advertising
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AltaVista Co.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Internet search
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Google Inc.
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R&D
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sign
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attorney
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search engine
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acquisition
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Microsoft Corp.
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ActiveCaption/Active Pop-Up Defense 2
Block pop-ups, search the Internet, and organize your favorites.
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AltaVista Co.
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pop-up
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manager
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search engine
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Google Inc.
News
Overture tests local service
September 9, 2003
The Web search company experiments with a service that lets people type in a keyword along with city, state, street address or ZIP code to find businesses in their neighborhoods.
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local advertising
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Overture Services Inc.
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pay-for-performance
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local search
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Switchboard
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advertiser
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AltaVista Co.
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visitor
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Google Inc.
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search result
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California
News
Yahoo to launch product comparison service
September 22, 2003
In the profitable Web search market, comparison shopping engines have become a promising niche, and industry heavyweights want a piece of the action.
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DealTime
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product comparison
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Shopping.com
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PriceGrabber
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Internet search
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Nielsen/NetRatings
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comparison
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AltaVista Co.
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engine
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Yahoo! Inc.
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e-commerce
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search engine
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Real-Time
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Google Inc.
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MyDealShopper Toolbar 1
Access information about deals, coupons, and offers from various Web sites.
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AltaVista Co.
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toolbar
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MSN
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search engine
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Google Inc.
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