Search Engine News

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Yahoo unplugs podcast service
Yahoo will jettison a little-used service for finding and rating audio programs known as "podcasts," the latest casualty of the Internet company's rejuvenation effort.
9/28/2007 8:01:01 AM

Critics: Google deal merits privacy, antitrust scrutiny
The chairman of a Senate antitrust panel said Thursday that Google.'s proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of online advertising firm DoubleClick "warrants close examination" by federal regulators.
9/28/2007 7:41:40 AM

Yahoo Breaking Up With The Past
The entertainment ambitions of ex-Yahoo CEO Terry Semel may be swept away for the most part after top Yahoo executives meet to discuss their operations in Santa Monica. For those in the entertainment industry, Silicon Valley may as well be on Mars in terms of how far away it is from Hollywood power brokers. During the Semel regime, which included the employment of Lloyd Braun, Yahoo ...
9/28/2007 6:30:31 AM

Google plan to buy DoubleClick scrutinized in US Senate
Microsoft on Thursday urged a US Senate panel to oppose Google's purchase of online ad targeting colossus DoubleClick, arguing that the 3.1 billion dollar deal threatens competition and privacy.
9/27/2007 11:23:13 PM

Senators Scrutinize Google?s Bid for Ad Firm
Google?s proposed purchase of online advertising firm DoubleClick received no outright opposition at a Senate hearing Thursday.
9/27/2007 10:11:02 PM

US senate hearing scrutinizes Google plan to buy DoubleClick
Microsoft on Thursday urged a US Senate panel to oppose Google's purchase of online ad targeting colossus DoubleClick, arguing that the 3.1 billion dollar deal threatens competition and privacy.
9/27/2007 7:15:07 PM

Hearing: Is Google Trying To Buy FedEx, Or Post Office?
Google. Microsoft. U.S. senators. The future of by far the fastest-growing ad medium.
9/27/2007 6:59:37 PM

Senate panel probes Google's acquisition
Senators expressed no outright opposition to Google's $3.1 billion purchase of online advertising firm DoubleClick at a hearing focused on the deal's potential threats to competition and consumer privacy.
9/27/2007 6:41:46 PM

Microsoft, others protest Google's DoubleClick deal
Google's proposed merger with online advertising server DoubleClick would create a giant that would control a huge portion of online advertising and hurt the Internet, opponents of the deal told U.S. lawmakers Thursday.
9/27/2007 5:53:48 PM

Senator says Google deal merits scrutiny
The chairman of a Senate antitrust panel said Thursday that Google Inc.'s proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc. "warrants close examination" by federal regulators.
9/27/2007 4:43:37 PM

Yahoo to silence podcast service
Yahoo Inc. will jettison a little-used service for finding and rating audio programs known as "podcasts," the latest casualty of the Internet company's rejuvenation effort.
9/27/2007 4:34:29 PM

If Submitting to Search Engines is Useless, Why Do They Have a Submission Form?
SEO's from the early days eventually learned that no matter how often they submitted URL's to search engines, the rewards were questionable, if any existed at all. There are still some search engine marketing company rip-offs selling site submission services to "hundreds of search engines", promising rank (in them all?) and doing it for dirt cheap. When someone asked about such a scam, he ...
9/27/2007 1:26:07 PM

DivX Rises With Yahoo Deal
Shares of video compression software company DivX Inc. rose Thursday after the company said it signed a two-year distribution deal with online search company Yahoo Inc.
9/27/2007 12:31:35 PM

Buy Yahoo! Options, Sell EBay's Before Earnings, Goldman Says
Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Investors should use stock options to bet that shares of Yahoo! Inc. will swing more than shares of EBay Inc. after the two Internet companies report earnings next month, Goldman, Sachs & Co. said.
9/27/2007 11:49:00 AM

Google picks ex-IBMer to lead expansion in Europe
Google has appointed a top IBM researcher to lead the expansion of its engineering group in Europe, the search company announced Thursday.
9/27/2007 8:14:58 AM

Microsoft revamps Windows Live search, eyes Google
Seeking to narrow the gap with Google, Microsoft Corp unveiled a retooled Web search service that aims to deliver more relevant results and combines text, video and other information onto a single page.
9/27/2007 3:26:06 AM

Google plans staff expansion, largely in Europe: report
Google Inc is planning to expand its staff by a third, with most of the new hirings in Europe, the Financial Times reported on its Website.
9/27/2007 3:21:14 AM

Microsoft livens up Live Search to battle Google and Yahoo
Microsoft on Thursday began phasing in a slick new version of its Live Search service in a bid to gain ground on leading Internet search rivals Google and Yahoo.
9/27/2007 2:17:31 AM

New-Look Search Sites Aim to Close Google Gap
Microsoft is launching a new look for some of it?s Live Search results in an attempt to win more of the search business from Google.
9/27/2007 12:25:56 AM

Google and ASU students moving in on Second Life?
Blogs are burning with talk about Google being intent on developing a ''virtual world'' similar to Second Life. And there is much talk about it being beta-tested by ASU students.
9/26/2007 8:09:38 PM

Ethics Group Rips Google on Copyrights
An ethics group is urging Congress to scrutinize Google Inc.'s copyright controls after finding hundreds of apparently pirated movies available on the Internet search leader's Web site.
9/26/2007 7:44:05 PM

Google Tries to Get Along With Media
Google's ultimate ambition may be to take over the media world, but for now it's touting its ability to help media companies increase their audiences by matching Web surfers' interests with relevant advertising.
9/26/2007 7:20:05 PM

Search Update Rolling At Yahoo
The latest 'weather report' from Yahoo Search said an ongoing update should wrap up very soon. Priyank Garg noted at the Yahoo Search blog the present update taking place. Webmasters will want to keep an eye on this, and see if their rankings have changed. Garg also reminded everyone this update would be the first to take place after their launch of Dynamic URL Rewriting in Site ...
9/26/2007 7:15:20 PM

Yahoo! Messenger for Mac 3.0 (Beta 2)
It's not as feature-rich as Yahoo! Messenger for Windows or iChat, but hey, it's a start.
9/26/2007 6:31:05 PM

Yahoo 'Peanut Butters' Their Podcasts Site
The pruning of extraneous services at Yahoo continues, as news emerged that the Yahoo Podcasts Beta will shut down on Halloween. Brad Garlinghouse's Peanut Butter Manifesto may have claimed another victim. The Yahoo Podcasts beta that launched in October 2005 won't go beyond its second birthday. Visit the site today, and this message appears at the top of the page: "Yahoo! ...
9/26/2007 6:30:51 PM

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