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

November 11, 2004 Company updates a version of its site unveiled in July. A full-fledged search engine release is yet to come. TAGS: MSN Search, Encarta.com, Microsoft Update, MSN, Internet search, search result, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., search technology, search engine, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp.

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, blogosphere, blog posting, search technology, search result, search engine, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

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, portal, Google Inc., Internet search, search technology, search engine, search result, Time Warner Inc., Web browser, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., photograph, PC

February 17, 2004 Google adds more than a billion documents to its searchable Web database, and rival Yahoo begins a similar endeavor. TAGS: Diana Lee, Sergey Brin, Inktomi, referral, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., search technology, search result, index, document, spokeswoman, robot, search engine, database

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

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. TAGS: Yahoo! Inc., Inktomi, technology provider, marriage, search engine company, Overture Services Inc., search technology, AltaVista Co., Yahoo Search, Google Inc., convenience, Google Search, Web portal, search result, robot, portal

January 8, 2004 Commercial search was the saving grace of advertising sales in 2003 for many companies, reminding everyone of the early promise and growth of the online ad industry. TAGS: Overture Services Inc., paid search, local search, analytics, online advertising, IPO, Google Inc., advertiser, search engine company, search technology, dollar, search engine, search, search result, Yahoo! Inc., Web browser

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