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Microsoft Likely to Provide Verizon Search

Software giant outbids Google as competition goes mobile

Nov 12, 08 4:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Insiders say Verizon Wireless is likely to pick Microsoft as the default search provider for its mobile phones, the Wall Street Journal reports today. Verizon had also been in talks with Google to provide the service, but Microsoft’s guarantee of about $600 million in annual ad revenue—about twice... More »

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Google • Microsoft • Verizon • search engine • operating system • search advertising • mobile phones

Genome Research Helps Develop ... Search Engine

DeepDyve may reach 99% of web Google & Co don't

Nov 12, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Technology designed to sequence the human genome is now being turned to an equally daunting task: probing the depths of the web. DeepDyve, a search engine developed by Human Genome Project researchers, can base its search on up to 25,000 characters, Wired reports, which researchers say allows it to... More »

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Google • Internet • search engine • human genome • deep web • DeepDyve

 Google Makes YouTube 
 Audio, Video Searchable 

New tool makes video, audio clips searchable—though just politics for now

Sep 17, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Want to get your presidential candidate’s take on health care without suffering his whole speech? A new Google tool will find the relevant clips on YouTube for you—no sifting through piles of junk required, TechCrunch reports. The tool, called GAudi, indexes words spoken in audio and video files,... More »

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Google • YouTube • search engine

OPINION

Writer Fails in Doomed Bid to Escape Google for 24 Hours

He finds dependence stunningly strong

Sep 7, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - On the tenth anniversary of Google, Colbert Report writer Rob Dubbin attempts to avoid using the Internet behemoth for 24 hours—and finds its tentacles impossible to escape. He discovers "deeper" dependence than expected, "encompassing personal use" and the "nested dependencies of people and institutions surrounding me"... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Internet • Google Maps • search engine

Verizon, Google Near Deal
on Mobile Search

Giants in their respective fields, the duo will offer simplified mobile search

Aug 22, 08 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Verizon and Google are nearing a deal that would make Google the default search tool on Verizon mobile devices, the Wall Street Journal reports, giving a boost to the under-monetized $244-million mobile search business while setting a precedent for mobile ad revenue sharing. The deal, expected to close within weeks,... More »

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Google • Verizon • search engine • mobile advertising • search interface • mobile devices

Ex-Google Employees Launch Search Rival

Founders say Cuil—that's 'cool'—provides better results than industry leader

Jul 28, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google might want to watch its back—a husband-and-wife team that helped build some of its most important code are getting the search game, the New York Times reports. Anna Patterson and Tom Costello think Cuil—pronounced “cool”—will rival the industry leader. “I think it will... More »

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Google • search engine • online search • Cuil • Anna Patterson • Tom Costello

 Internet Hits 1 Trillion Sites

Google tracks major milestone—150 sites for everyone on the planet

Jul 26, 08 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The internet now hosts a staggering 1 trillion unique web sites, according to Google researchers. The million million sites—over 150 for everybody on the planet—are growing by billions of pages a day, PC World reports. Google doesn't index all those pages, but plots them on  a complex graph.... More »

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Google • Internet • search engine • website • Internet domains

After Yahoo, Microsoft Amps Up Search Effort

Ballmer says company can be more flexible now in Google fight

Jul 24, 08 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - CEO Steve Ballmer is spinning Microsoft’s failure to acquire Yahoo expertly, telling analysts today that, unburdened by the search giant, the company can be more frisky and adaptable in its fight with nemesis Google, the Wall Street Journal reports. Actions might speak louder than words, though: Microsoft announced yesterday... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • mergers and acquisitions • search engine • Steve Ballmer • analyst

ANALYSIS

An Independent Yahoo Is Hard
to Imagine

Iffy Q2 results make a deal, with Microsoft or Google, best option

Jul 23, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo’s earnings report yesterday didn’t portend an immediate turnaround, Catherine Holahan writes in BusinessWeek, meaning the company must do something to meet the “grandiose claims” it made in rejecting Microsoft’s bid. Some still see Yahoo ultimately taking that path, and expanding its deal with Google is... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • Carl Icahn • search engine

Adobe Lets Web Spiders Snag Animation

Google, Yahoo get software to better read, index Flash files

Jul 3, 08 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - For years, web developers have faced a tough choice: Make their pages pretty with Flash animations, or optimize for search engines? Now, Flash maker Adobe has tried to make that choice easier, by giving Google and Yahoo the software to read and index Flash files. “For end users, they're... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Internet • search engine • website • Adobe • Flash

Microsoft, Yahoo End Talks, Rule Out Merger

Weekend meeting torpedoes hopes of a merger

Jun 12, 08 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Looks like a Microsoft-Yahoo marriage is off—for good this time, the Wall Street Journal reports. In a meeting last weekend, Microsoft representatives stated “unequivocally” that the software giant was not interested in purchasing all of Yahoo for any price. Yahoo then ruled out an alternative of selling... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • mergers and acquisitions • search engine • ad revenue • search advertising

Analysis

Search Gamble May Just Work for Microsoft

'Desperate,' 'brilliant' cash-back plan will
sap Google's base

May 22, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many are pooh-poohing Microsoft’s cash-back search scheme, but Michael Arrington of TechCrunch thinks it’s going to work—and be a major pain in Google’s side. With search-market share at a mere 9.1% (and falling), Microsoft has little to lose, Arrington argues, because search is a winner-takes-most... More »

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Google • Microsoft • search engine marketing • search engine • Microsoft Live Search • Internet advertising

Microsoft Will Offer Search Customers Cash

Rewards part of effort
to gain ground on market leader Google

May 21, 08 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Having largely abandoned its bid to buy, in the form of Yahoo, a significant presence in the Internet search business, Microsoft now will give customers money back when they buy items through its Live.com search portal, the Wall Street Journal reports. To be made official today, the move makes... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • Bill Gates • online advertising • search engine marketing • search engine

EU Takes Aim at Search Engines Over Personal Data

Companies should delete users' info within six months, advisory group says

Apr 8, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - A European advisory body has sharply criticized Internet search companies’ use of personal data, the BBC reports. Its recommendations, likely to be adopted by the European Commission, say search companies should delete users’ information within six months. The opinion comes alongside reports of a new kind of computer cookie that... More »

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Yahoo • Google • MSN • online privacy • search engine • cookies • data tracking

Couple Seeks $25K Over Google's 'Street View'

Privacy-seeking couple claims 'mental suffering' after home appears online

Apr 4, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google gave in to the Defense Department, but can it fight a couple in Pittsburgh? Aaron and Christine Boring are seeking more than $25,000 for invasion of privacy by Google's “Street View” feature, the Smoking Gun reports. The couple says that a “major component of their purchase... More »

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Google • Internet • Street View • Department of Defense • Google Maps • search engine • Pittsburgh • homeowners • invasion of privacy

Slowing Click Rate Hits
Google Shares

Third monthly decline prompts fears for search king 

Mar 28, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google shares declined 2.7% yesterday as the company reported its third month-on-month drop in advertising clicks, MarketWatch reports. Google's market share is still expanding, but that growth won't show up on the bottom line if the clicks that generate revenue keep slipping. The firm has shed 14% of its... More »

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Google • advertising • online advertising • search engine • ad revenue • share price • ad clicks

(Newser) - Yahoo today restated its opinion that Microsoft’s $44.6 billion buyout bid underestimates the online giant’s “combination of unique assets,” but for the first time stated publicly the strengths it would bring to the Microsoft merger, MarketWatch reports. In an investor presentation for the SEC, the... More »

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China • Yahoo • Internet • Microsoft • Japan • mergers and acquisitions • Jerry Yang • search engine marketing • buyout • search engine • search advertising • display advertising • Internet portal

Yang Justifies Rejected Microsoft Bid

Says Yahoo uniquely positioned in growing online ad market

Feb 14, 08 2:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Jerry Yang believes Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo was too low because it does not take into account the company's “unique position” in the growing online advertising market, the New York Times reports. In a letter sent to shareholders today, Yang inventoried Yahoo’s advantages: its... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • online advertising • Jerry Yang • search engine marketing • acquisition • buyout • search engine • Steve Ballmer

Google to Microsoft:
Not So Fast

Web giant steps in, offers to help Yahoo rebuff rival's advances

Feb 3, 08 9:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Google is offering to help Yahoo thwart Microsoft’s attempts at a hostile takeover, the Wall Street Journal reports. After Microsoft announced its $44.6-billion bid, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt called Yahoo’s Jerry Yang on Friday to bolster talk of an ad search alliance, support Yahoo’s... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • online advertising • antitrust • Jerry Yang • Eric Schmidt • search engine • instant messaging • web email accounts

Microsoft and Yahoo May Not Be Enough to
Fell Google

Is bigger better, or just bigger problems?

Feb 3, 08 5:30 PM CST
(Newser) - A Microsoft/Yahoo combination would pose a greater challenge to Google, but it's not at all clear the search engine behemoth would be greatly affected, NPR reports. Google owns about 60% of the search market—three times that of Microsoft and Yahoo combined. And, perhaps more to the point, it is... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • search engine • Microsoft Live Search • unsolicited takeover

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