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US DOJ to OK Microsoft/Yahoo search deal -NY Post

Steven — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:30:11 +0000

Reuters – “Within the next 20 days to 30 days the Justice officials are expected to give unconditional approval to the search pact with an announcement to coincide with approval by the European Commission, the daily said.”

Yahoo executives address “misconception” about search

Steven — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:08:22 +0000

Reuters – “Speaking at Yahoo’s Sunnyvale, Calif., headquarters on Wednesday, a string of Yahoo executives took the stage to provide a peek at innovations that Yahoo said will distinguish its product after it completes a deal to let Microsoft Corp handle the back-end technology that powers its Internet search service.”

Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle

Steven — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:03:23 +0000

AP – “A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company’s link over a rival’s. The practice has occasionally prompted a rival to file legal challenges alleging trademark infringement. Now a Wisconsin law firm is trying a new angle – accusing its competitor of violating privacy laws.

comScore Releases October 2009 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

Steven — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:22:25 +0000

Press Release – “comScore, Inc. a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In October 2009, Americans conducted 14.3 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.4 percent search market share, up from 64.9 percent in September. Microsoft Sites grabbed 9.9 percent market share, up 0.5 percentage points versus September.”

Google, Microsoft Urged to Limit Search Data Storage

Steven — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:53:23 +0000

Bloomberg – “Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo! Inc. must limit the amount of time they keep Internet- search records after failing to justify keeping the information beyond six months, European Union officials probing possible breaches of EU privacy laws said.”

For Web Search, the Time Is Now

Steven — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:06:04 +0000

Beta News – “Real-time functionality has been the holy grail for Internet search engines in a world that seems gripped by an information speed addiction. Soon the major players will be able to deliver up-to-the-second results gleaned from tweets, Facebook updates and a plethora of other sources for users obsessed with what’s happening right now.”

Stop Your Search Engines

Steven — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:29:54 +0000

NYT – “I’m not wishing the Internet away. It has become so integral to my work — to my life — that I honestly can’t recall what I did without it. But it has allowed us to reflexively indulge every passing interest, to expect answers to every fleeting question, to believe that if we search long enough, surf a little further, we can hit the dry land of knowing “everything that happens” and that such knowledge is both possible and desirable. In the end, though, there is just more sea, and as alluring as we can find the perpetual pursuit of little thoughts, the net result may only be to prevent us from forming the big ones.”

A New Search Engine Specializing in Fun

Steven — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:13:06 +0000

All Things Digital – “This week, I tested a tool called Goby (pronounced go-be)…which works as an activity search engine to help you find things to do. It tries to be simple enough so that you can get some ideas and start doing the things you want to do rather than wasting hours in front of the computer.”

Direct to Goby

New comScore Search Engine Rankings

Steven — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:24:54 +0000

Google is still way ahead, with a whopping 64.9% share. The others should just give up, no?

Then again, there are those niche engines…

Google Continues to Lead Microsoft, Yahoo in Search Engine Satisfaction

Steven — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:05:48 +0000

eWeek – “The American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Business report from ForeSee Results and the University of Michigan said Google leads rival search engines from Yahoo and Microsoft in customer satisfaction, with a score of 86. Microsoft’s new Bing search engine was not a factor in this report, though it will be in 2010.”