Search Engine News
This section provides a daily dose of regularly updated Search Engine News.Yahoo Keeps It In The (Flickr) Family
A little bit of nepotism is to be expected. A lot of it can be annoying, and, in the case of Yahoo’s image search results and Flickr, rather less than helpful. Take a search for “ Fibonacci number .” Yahoo’s entire first page of results is from Flickr; one photo is titled “on being a pinecone,” while another shows the number eight against a brick wall. Google’s results for the same query ...
9/20/2007 1:46:44 PM
Google Touts Online Ads Help Network On-Air Viewership
Google is touting its online advertising as a way for television networks to build on-air viewership for their shows.
9/20/2007 12:50:29 PM
Yahoo! in ninth circle of security hell
Swiss cheese IM client menaced by umpteenth zero day bugTrouble came in pairs for instant messenger users this week with the disclosure of unpatched flaws in chat software from both AOL and Yahoo!…
9/20/2007 10:42:57 AM
Hitwise: August 2007 Search Share Favors Google, Yahoo - Microsoft Drops
Yes, it's that time of the month again -- search popularity stats time. Several ratings services are out with figures for August 2007, and I'm starting off with a look at those from Hitwise. They keep Google on top, Yahoo showing some gains and Microsoft continued drops. Click to continue reading...
9/20/2007 10:10:04 AM
Has Google actually read U.S. v. Microsoft?
Policy analyst James V. DeLong says Google's real game is to blur boundaries between desktop search and Internet search.
9/20/2007 6:20:15 AM
Google Gadget Ads: the next small thing or the next big hype for advertisers?
In the midst of the buzz around Google's Gadget Ads, a new McKinsey & Co. report draws some unexpected conclusions: Advertisers are still reluctant to shift dollars online because of the "absence of meaningful metrics and adequate capabilities."
9/20/2007 6:05:15 AM
Search engines will soon index Facebook pages
Already under fire for allegedly loosening its privacy safeguards in recent months, facebook.com is facing further scrutiny after it announced plans to make some member information visible on web-based search engines such as Google.
9/20/2007 3:38:41 AM
Yahoo to start testing Mash
Yahoo Inc is testing an experimental social network service called Mash that makes it easy for Yahoo users to share tidbits of their lives with friends and family online, the company said on Sunday.
9/19/2007 11:05:18 PM
Zero-day exploits attack Yahoo, AOL IM
Zero-day exploit codes targeting Yahoo and AOL instant-messenger services could put frequent IM users at risk to new attacks.
9/19/2007 10:21:30 PM
Yahoo Messenger Hit with Ninth Zero-Day Exploit
Another version of attack code that targets Yahoo Messenger has been published on the Internet, a security researcher warned.
9/19/2007 8:55:27 PM
Google registers in-house lobbyist
Internet search company Google Inc. has registered in-house lobbyists for the first time since establishing a Washington office in 2005.
9/19/2007 4:39:22 PM
Yahoo Image Search Loves Flickr
Search Yahoo Images for [google], and 70% (14 of 20) of the results are from Yahoo-owned Flickr*. Search for [google reader], and 100% of results are from Flickr. [horse], 25%. [matt cutts], 70%.
9/19/2007 3:13:53 PM
Zero-day flaws surface in AOL, Yahoo IM products
Zero-day vulnerabilities in two popular instant messaging products could put millions of computer users at risk of malicious hacker attacks. Exploit code has been released for the more serious of the two flaws -- a gaping hole in Yahoo Messenger -- that could expose users to code...
9/19/2007 3:02:52 PM
Yahoo Snaps Up Zimbra for $350 Million
Yahoo Inc. is buying e-mail service Zimbra Inc. for $350 million in an all-cash deal that may open a new revenue channel for the slumping Internet icon. The acquisition announced Monday represents Yahoo's second significant expenditure this month as co-founder Jerry Yang spearheads an effort to breathe new life into the Sunnyvale-based company. Two weeks ago, Yahoo disclosed plans to buy an ...
9/19/2007 12:21:02 PM
Google Tests Interactive Ads
Google Inc. is testing a new advertising format that it hopes will make people spend more time looking at ads online, and even embed them in their own Web sites.
9/19/2007 8:00:00 AM
Google distributes ads via widgets
Google Inc. will try to cash in on the Internet's latest craze by distributing ads within "widgets" the interactive capsules designed to bring more pizzaz to Web pages.
9/19/2007 7:16:34 AM
Yahoo And Zimbra, Still An Odd Deal
The $350 million cash price tag Yahoo will pay for email software firm Zimbra makes the mind reel. Especially since Yahoo just got finished with a major update for its Mail product. Barely a month ago, Yahoo Mail left beta . The product once known as Oddpost before its acquisition by Yahoo in 2004 has features to match desktop email clients, if not their speed. Yahoo Mail is very good. ...
9/19/2007 6:36:51 AM
Google tests interactive Gadget ads service
Google is testing a new advertising format that it hopes will make people spend more time looking at ads online, and even embed them in their own Web sites.
9/19/2007 6:16:02 AM
Google adds widgets to its advertising drive
The online giant was scheduled to announce Wednesday a Gadget Ads program that will provide tools for advertisers to run widget ads - small online tools that function like mini-Web sites - in Google's AdSense network.
9/19/2007 3:34:18 AM
Google offers unified approach to interactive ads
Google Inc said on Tuesday it is testing a new interactive service that lets advertisers measure users' responses in advanced ways using video or images on Google's vast base of affiliated Web sites.
9/19/2007 1:41:34 AM
Google to distribute ads in widgets
Google Inc. will try to cash in on the Internet's latest craze by distributing ads within "widgets" — the interactive capsules designed to bring more pizzaz to Web pages.
9/18/2007 11:01:42 PM
Yahoo to buy e-mail software maker Zimbra
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is buying e-mail service Zimbra Inc. for $350 million in an all-cash deal that may open a new revenue channel for the slumping Internet icon.
9/18/2007 9:57:12 AM
Baidu stretches lead over Google in Chinese search market
A new report shows Baidu.com increased its share of the search market in China's top cities, while rival Google lost ground despite continued heavy investments in its Chinese operations.
9/18/2007 9:04:01 AM
Google adds presentations app to Google Docs hosted suite
Google plans to add a presentations application to its Web applications suite on Tuesday, delivering on a promise made in April. The suite, until now known as Docs & Spreadsheets, will also be renamed Google Docs on Monday.
9/18/2007 8:59:09 AM
Yahoo Buys Zimbra, Maker of Software Services
Yahoo Inc. has agreed to buy Zimbra Inc., a privately held company whose Web hosted collaboration and messaging suite is considered a successful example of the software-as-a-service model (SAAS).
9/18/2007 8:00:00 AM
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