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- Google IDs 1993 hit-and-run victim
October 10, 2004
Google, the Internet search engine, has done something that law enforcement officials and their computer tools could not: Identify a man who died in an apparent hit-and-run accident 11 years ago in this small town outside Yakima.
- Google 'Quiet' Period Over, Positive Predictions Follow
September 29, 2004
As of Tuesday, the analyst "quiet period" following Google's initial public offering (IPO) is now over. Investment banks are now free to release reports on the company, and several did: all of them were positive.
- Google bows to Chinese censorship
September 29, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Google Inc.'s recently launched news service in China doesn't display results from Web sites blocked by that country's authorities, raising prickly questions for an online search engine that has famously promised to "do no evil."
- Google: mirror or lamp?
September 27, 2004
Google, the world's most popular search engine, hasn't even been around for a decade -- it was founded in 1998 -- yet it is already hard to remember life without it. It has its rivals, notably Yahoo, Microsoft, Ask Jeeves, which launched a test version in Japan last month, and now Amazon, whose fancy entry into the high-stakes field got off the ground Sept. 15.
- Ask Jeeves bets on smart search
September 27, 2004
Search engine site Ask Jeeves has overhauled its service and mascot. It has introduced a MyJeeves feature that lets users save search results, make notes about them and manage them like more familiar browser bookmarks.
- Searching for Continued Growth
September 26, 2004
Search came into its own in 2004, but will 2005 be as rosy without the Olympics and the election?
- Lifting the Google lid
September 15, 2004
Google Inc.'s auction-style IPO, despite investor complaints and delays by regulators, met the goals the company's founders had for their initial public offering, according to the investment bankers at WR Hambrecht & Co. who helped pioneer U.S. stock auctions.
- Amazon to Take Searches on Web to a New Depth
September 15, 2004
Amazon.com, the e-commerce giant, plans to take aim at the Internet search king Google with an advanced technology that the company says will take searches beyond mere retrieval of Web pages to let users more fully manage the information they find.
- FindWhat Launches Online/Offline Performance-Based Ads
September 15, 2004
Findwhat.com today added a pay-per-call lead generation service, allowing companies without an online presence to take advantage of its performance-based search offering.
- Yahoo Finance Launches 'Weekend Edition'
September 15, 2004
Yahoo INC -- "Weekend Edition" to Provide Weekend Users with Lifestyle-Related Personal Finance Content and Expand Advertising Platform for Yahoo Finance.
- Yahoo Tests Travel Search Engine
September 8, 2004
Yahoo Inc. is launching its first public beta of a travel search engine based on its recent acquisition of online travel company FareChase Inc.
- Marketers Fear Search Engines Obtain Sensitive Business Information
September 8, 2004
As search engines offer analysis into the performance of marketers' keyword ad campaigns, some search marketers worry Google and Yahoo obtain too much information about advertisers' businesses.
- Content Listings Loom Larger for Google
September 8, 2004
Google has pushed to expand the reach of its paid listings on content pages and entice more of its search advertisers to try them, as its content listings become more important for the company's growth.
- Geico gets green light to sue Google, Overture
September 6, 2004
Insurance giant Geico can sue Google and Overture Services for allegedly selling advertisements linked to its trademarks, a federal judge has ruled, CNET News.com has learned.
- Yahoo! BB Launches First Revenue - Generating Software Streaming Service
September 2, 2004
SOFTBANK BB today launches its new "BB Soft" software streaming service business. The service initially targets the 4.28 million users of Yahoo! BB, Japan's largest broadband service, which is owned and operated jointly by SOFTBANK BB and Yahoo! Japan Corporation.
- Google Faces Stiffer Competition From Portals Than Search Engines
August 25, 2004
Analysis by ACSI E-Business Sponsor ForeSee Results Says Google Faces Stiffer Competition From Portals Than Search Engines, News & Information Sites Fail to Establish Personality or Loyalty.
- Google AdSense Ads To Be Available For Bloggers
2004-08-24
Biz Stone, Google employee for Blogger.com, has announced that Blogger members will now be able to display AdSense ads within their personal blog space. Biz and Google are presenting the new feature as a "Get Paid For Blogging" opportunity. News of this was first revealed on by Biz on his personal Blog.
- Infoconomy Index: Stable high
August 21, 2004
The IT industry passed another milestone in its return to financial health last month, recording a full year of uninterrupted growth. According to the Infoconomy Index, which tracks the aggregated growth rate of the world's 200 largest IT companies, the industry's pace rose again in June to 12.5%.
- Google Cleared for Takeoff
August 21, 2004
The SEC gave the long-awaited initial public offering from Google the green light after the close on Wednesday. Google is expected to begin trading under the Nasdaq symbol "GOOG" shortly before noon Eastern Time on Thursday.
- Another Expanded Whois Service
August 18, 2004
Doing in-depth investigation of a web site? Whois.sc offers a wealth of detail about the people and technology behind just about any web site on the planet.
- EU Holds Off on Microsoft's Content Guard Buy
August 17, 2004
The European Union (EU) has delayed by two weeks its review decision about the proposed Microsoft and Time Warner joint venture to control DRM play Content Guard. The decision had originally been expected to be made today.
- Emarketer report finds online advertising is booming
August 15, 2004
A report done by eMarketer concerning online advertising as found that spending on this medium is expected to continue and increase over the year. The exact numbers from eMarketer's report states that spending for advertising online will hit the $9.1 billion mark, $1 billion more than what was spent in 2000.
- Google float hits fresh hitch as UK firm starts G-Mail action
August 10, 2004
The number of shares available to investors in the Google float is to be increased but the online search engine was hit by more bad news yesterday when a British company said it was taking legal action against the American company.
- Google and Yahoo Settle Dispute Over Search Patent
August 10, 2004
Google said yesterday that it had settled a long-running patent dispute with its archrival Yahoo, a move that reduces some of the uncertainty surrounding Google's business as it prepares for the public auction of its stock.
- Yahoo to take on Microsoft in desktop search
August 7, 2004
Yahoo Inc. is hoping to leapfrog Microsoft Corp. by releasing a tool that allows users to quickly and easily search for information on their PCs as well as in their personal files stored at Yahoo's online services, a source familiar with the plan said Wednesday.
- Search Engine Milestones for August 2004
August 7, 2004
Notable news and announcements from the web search world during the past month. Announcements without links to online versions were received via email.
- Google to delay its IPO by a week
August 7, 2004
NEW YORK - Google Inc. is delaying its IPO by a week because of logistical problems related to institutional investors registering to bid on the shares, according to a person familiar with the matter.
- Latest Developments From Google & Overture
Updated August 5, 2004
David Fischer, Director for Google's AdWords started out with Google's new Image ads program. Pretty much the same story as AdWords for all intents and purposes, difference being (as you may have guessed) you have the ability to have an image served instead of a text ad.
- A Closer Look At Business To Business Marketing
Updated August 5, 2004
Are you properly managing your pipeline? Are you jumping the gun and losing valuable clients? What does search mean to B2B marketing?
- Search Engine Shortcuts
Updated August 4, 2004
As search engine use continues exponentially, there are apparent trends that searchers are employing when they perform queries. The most noticeable being that search engine users are mainly interested in results that appear on the first page of the SERPs (search engine results pages), or the "10 blue links", as they are called by Daniel Reed of Ask Jeeves.
- Is Personalized Search The Future?
Updated August 3, 2004
Personalized search is viewed as one of the directions search may head in the future, as Search Engine Watch's Danny Sullivan pointed out at the Search Engine Strategies San Jose conference.
- Forbes.com Puts Advertiser Links in News Stories
Aug. 02, 2004
Forbes.com has begun to embed advertiser links in its news articles, making it the first major Web news publisher to experiment with mixing ad units within editorial content.
- MSN Makes More Search Promises
August 2, 2004
MSN's top executive again promised innovations in search technology that will help the portal bridge the gap with Google.
- Microsoft looks beyond Windows
July 31, 2004
Microsoft is looking beyond Windows for technologies to fuel the future growth of the company.Talking to financial analysts Bill Gates said search software, games, consumer goodies and lab research would all help Microsoft grow.
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