Social Media Users Turn to Twitter for News, MySpace for Entertainment - Mar 02, 2010
Online advertising network Chitka recently released the results of research it conducted into the personal interests of users of different social networking sites. Mashable analyzed the results and found that -- not surprisingly -- different sites attracted users with different interests. In many cases, the nature of the social media site seemed to be directly related to the type of person who uses it. Read More
              

Nielsen Reports February U.S. Search Rankings - Mar 01, 2010
Americans conducted more than 9.17 billion searches in February 2010, according to recent data from the Nielsen Company. Google Search accounted for 65.2 percent of the market share with a total of 5.98 billion searches. Trailing far behind, Yahoo! Search came in second with 14.1 percent of the market share with a total 1.29 billion searches. Read More
              

Chinese Advertising Resellers Post Open Letter to Google - Feb 26, 2010
Google’s advertising resellers in China posted an open letter to the company on Tuesday, urging the company to resolve its issues with the Chinese government and avoid leaving the market. According to MarketWatch, a plea from more than two dozen local advertising resellers was posted on the state-run CCTV Web site, calling for Google to reach an agreement with the government over privacy concerns that has caused Google to threaten to leave the Chinese market. Read More
              

Find Bike Routes with Google Maps - Feb 25, 2010
With the help of nonprofit Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Google has biking directions in the U.S. to Google Maps with information on bike trails in more than 150 cities. Read More
              

Google Books to Feature Rare Italian Books - Feb 24, 2010
Google today announced an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage to digitize up to one million out-of-copyright works by Italian authors that were published before 1868. Read More
              

Google Testing TV Search with Dish Network - Feb 23, 2010
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is working with Dish Network to test a new TV search function that would allow users to look for shows along with online videos from popular sites such as YouTube. Read More
              

Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Baseball '10 Deemed Official Online Fantasy Game for MLB.com - Feb 22, 2010
Yahoo! today announced a deal with Major League Baseball that makes Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Baseball ‘10 the official fantasy baseball game of MLB.com. Read More
              

Google Rolls Out “Starred Results” - Feb 19, 2010
Google is adding a new feature to its search results, reports PC World. As a new personalization feature, users now have the ability to give “stars” to certain search results in order to move them to the top of their personal results, along with syncing the results with a person’s Google Bookmarks and Google Toolbar. The feature is currently being rolled out and is expected to be available to all Google users within the next few days. Read More
              

Google Acquires Picnik - Feb 18, 2010
Google announced Monday it has acquired Picnik, a photo editing software that allows people to edit, share and print images using any Internet browser on any computer platform. Although there will be no immediate changes to the software, Google plans to dedicate its time and resources to integrate the software, design new features and “improve the online photo editing experience on the web.” Read More
              

Ballmer Talks Google, Bing at Search Engine Marketing Conference - Feb 17, 2010
During a keynote session at the Search Engine Marketing conference in Santa Clara today, the San Francisco Chronicle reports that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that Google’s search engine dominance came from its role as an early innovator in the space, but that Microsoft’s Bing search engine has the technology and staff behind it to make it a player in the space in the future. Read More
              

Chile Earthquake Person Finder - Feb 16, 2010
In the wake of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that shook central and southern Chile Saturday, Google is reminding concerned loved ones about its Person Finder tool. Initially developed for the people of Haiti, the tool can be used to submit or search for information about individuals who may have been affected by the quake. Read More
              

Google Faces Complaints to European Commission - Feb 15, 2010
One day after three Google executives were convicted by an Italian court on privacy charges after the company blocked a video making fun of a child with Down’s syndrome, Wired News reports that the search engine might have more legal trouble in Europe. According to the report, the European Commission has received at least three recent antitrust complaints against Google. Read More
              

Google Executives Found Guilty in Italian Court - Feb 12, 2010
The New York Times reports that three Google executives were convicted today of violating Italian privacy laws in a ruling that the search giant denounced as an attack on freedom of expression on the Internet. Read More
              

Survey Results: Google Does Not Make You Dumber - Feb 11, 2010
Does Google make you smarter by bringing you access to a wide range of information? Or (as posited by analyst Nicholas Carr in The Atlantic) does having the ability to find anything you want at your fingertips make you lazier and less likely to engage in deep, critical thinking. That was the question posed by the Pew Internet & American Life Project to 895 technology stakeholders and critics through an online poll, and the results were fairly comprehensive - Google is not making us stupider. Read More
              

Xerox Sues Google and Yahoo - Feb 10, 2010
Xerox Corp. has sued Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. over patent-infringement claims related to search queries and data integration, reports Business Week. According to the suit which was filed February 19, Xerox is requesting cash compensation and an order to stop Yahoo, Google and Google’s YouTube from using two patented Xerox technologies without permission. Read More
              

Google Faces Class Action Lawsuit on Buzz Privacy Issues - Feb 09, 2010
The reaction from the public and industry insiders to Google Buzz -- the search giant’s latest attempt at social media networking -- has been decidedly mixed. But while much of the discussion has revolved around the usability and usefulness of Google Buzz, Computerworld reports that this has led to the first piece of legal action, as a Florida woman has filed a class action lawsuit against Google for adding Buzz to the company’s Gmail service. Read More
              

Online Video Viewing Soars - Feb 08, 2010
Nearly 19 percent more Americans viewed more videos for longer periods of time in 2009 compared to last year, according to comScore’s 2009 US Digital Year in Review. Americans watched a total of 33.2 billion videos in 2009, accounting for a 150 percent increase from 14.3 billion in 2008. Read More
              

Microsoft and Yahoo! Partnership Expected to Get EU Approval - Feb 05, 2010
The proposed partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo! to combine search engine technology and advertising prowess appears to be one step closer to fruition as Reuters reports that European Union regulators are close to signing off on the deal. According to a source close to the situation, full and unconditional approval of the deal by the watchdog group the European Commission should come this Friday. Read More
              

January 2010 U.S. Search Engine Rankings, comScore - Feb 04, 2010
Americans conducted a total of 15.2 billion core searches in January 2010, with Google Sites accounting for 65.4 percent search market share, according to comScore’s search analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Yahoo! Sites came in at second place with 17.0 percent of the market share, while Microsoft Sites grabbed 11.3 percent. Read More
              

Google Acquires Social Search Engine Aardvark - Feb 03, 2010
Mashable reported on Thursday that search giant Google is adding to its empire through acquisition by purchasing social search engine Aardvark. Google told the online site that it’s “signed an agreement to acquire Aardvark but don't have any additional details to report at this time,” although Tech Crunch valued the deal at $50 million. Read More
              

Google Announces Experimental Fiber Network - Feb 02, 2010
Google today announced a new experiment to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial areas across the United States. The search giant boasts it will deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have today with 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. Read More
              

Google Part of Consortium Looking at Chinese Bus Ad Market - Feb 01, 2010
Despite Google’s recent threats to exit the Chinese market because of concerns over corporate espionage and privacy, Reuters reports that the search giant is poised to become a major player in the digital advertising landscape in the market. Read More
              

‘Free the Hikers’ Cause Gets Attention on YouTube - Jan 29, 2010
In an effort to put pressure on the Iranian government to free the three American hikers who accidently crossed over the Iranian border six months ago, the “Free the Hikers” group continues to collect petition videos as the 200th day approaches, according to the YouTube Blog Citizen Tube. Read More
              

Siri Assistant Brings “Conversation” Searching to iPhone - Jan 28, 2010
Executives at mobile technology company Siri have taken great pains to explain that their new iPhone app is not a search engine -- going so far as to call it the Siri Assistant and position it as a “virtual personal assistant.” However, as Search Engine Land points out, even if it technically isn’t a search engine, many iPhone users will likely use it like a search engine in order to find relevant, localized information. Read More
              

Nanocrowd Launches Movie Search Engine - Jan 27, 2010
Internet start-up Nanocrowd has launched a new search engine designed to focus on giving users fast and accurate information about movies. Users can search for movies in a variety of ways and read customer reviews and other information before choosing to either add it to their Netflix queue or “Watch It Now” through streaming media sites such as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Crackle, or YouTube. Read More
              

YouTube Announces Journalism Contest - Jan 26, 2010
In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, YouTube today announced Project Report 2010, a journalism contest sponsored by Sony and Intel for non-professional, aspiring journalists to share stories not typically covered by the media. Read More
              

Google Latest Victim of Chinese Knock-Off Brand - Jan 25, 2010
Knock-off versions of brand name items coming from China might seem so common that it’s almost become a cliché. But the trend appears to be moving beyond purses and DVDs and into new territory -- like search engines. BBC News reports that a new Chinese search engine has launched called Goojje that has a look and feel that is eerily similar to Google. Read More
              

Yahoo! Search Goes Live on Maktoob - Jan 22, 2010
Nearly six months after acquiring the leading online Arabic-language community Maktoob.com, Yahoo! has announced that Yahoo! Search at Maktoob is now live. Users will have access to the best of both services with access to Yahoo!’s products and services along with Maktoob’s local content. Read More
              

Baidu Wins Copyright Infringement Case in China - Jan 21, 2010
According to The Hollywood Reporter, leading Chinese search engine Baidu has won a court case against the three major music labels over allegations that it was linking to illegal search engine sites. A court in Bejing ruled in favor of Baidu and the portal site Sohu.com and its Sogou search engine, finding that they were not in violation of the country’s copyright laws by linking to sites that hosted illegally downloaded media files or to the files themselves. Read More
              

Google Chrome Now Offers Extensions and Bookmark Sync - Jan 20, 2010
Google yesterday announced a new stable version of Google Chrome for Windows, which includes two popular features: extensions and bookmark sync. Read More
              

Factery Labs Officially Launches, Needs Work - Jan 19, 2010
According to TechCrunch.com, Factery Labs has officially launched its new search engine service today, designed to give consumers the ability to glean the important factual information out of online news articles and other content. Billing itself as a “fact search engine,” Factery Labs aims to allow people to get the most relevant facts and other verifiable information from their search queries. Read More
              

Google Displays Strong 4th Quarter Profit - Jan 18, 2010
Despite the global recession, Google reported revenues of $6.67 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009, accounting for a 17 percent increase over fourth quarter last year. Google’s traffic acquisition costs totaled $1.72 billion, representing 27 percent of advertising revenues. Read More
              

Apple Mulling Mobile Search Switch to Microsoft Bing - Jan 15, 2010
Business makes strange bedfellows, as evidenced by yesterday’s report by BusinessWeek that Apple is mulling over a partnership with longtime rival Microsoft to make its Bing search engine the default option on iPhones. The possibility of this move highlights the growing tension between Apple and Google -- especially as Google has begun moving into the mobile phone market as a direct competitor of the iPhone. Read More
              

comScore Reveals December Search Numbers - Jan 14, 2010
Americans conducted 14.7 billion core searches in December 2009, with Google Sites accounting for 65.7 percent market share, up 0.1 percent from last month, according to comScore. Yahoo! Sites accounted for 17.3 percent of the market, a slight drop from 17.5 percent last month, while Microsoft Sites received 10.7 percent, up 0.4 percentage points versus November. Read More
              

New comScore Numbers Show Little Change in Search Engine Popularity - Jan 13, 2010
Microsoft continued to make incremental progress in the search engine competition in December 2009, according to the latest numbers released by analyst firm comScore. However, Google continued to assert its role as the alpha dog in search engines, accounting for 65.7 percent of all of the 14.7 billion searches conducted by Americans during the month. This marked an increase of 0.1 percent of market share over the previous month. Read More
              

Microsoft Revamps Bing Health Search - Jan 12, 2010
Microsoft announced Tuesday that its enhanced Bing Health Search experience is now live, with access to more content from new partners and new features such as instant answers with relevant data. Read More
              

Google Threatening to Stop Operations in China - Jan 11, 2010
Google is threatening to leave China after a dispute revolving around a cyber attack the search giant says “resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google.” According to DailyFinance.com, Google is vowing to end its censorship of its Chinese language search site, a move that would be seen as thumbing its nose at the communist Chinese government. Read More
              

Access and Upload Files with Google Docs - Jan 08, 2010
Google today announced a new feature through Google Docs that allows users to upload all file types to the cloud. Over the new few weeks, users will be able to upload and access important files online on any computer, with the opportunity to backup larger files such as graphics files, RAW photos and ZIP archives to the cloud. Read More
              

Is Google Censoring Searches on Islam? - Jan 07, 2010
When you enter the search terms “Christianity is” or “Buddhism is” into a Google search bar, Google will give suggestions for auto-completing the search. In some cases the suggestions might be offensive to followers of these religions, such as “fake” and “a cult.” However, no such potentially offensive suggestions -- or any suggestions at all -- come up when entering a search on “Islam is” in Google. Read More
              

Google Updates Translator Toolkit - Jan 06, 2010
Google has added new features to its Translator Toolkit, making it easier for users to collaborate on translations through chat. Similar to the features in Gmail, users can now send instant messages to colleagues, friends, family and groups and can even save translation chats in Gmail. Read More
              

Top Chinese Search Engine Baidu to Venture into Online Video - Jan 05, 2010
Reuters reports that Baidu, the top search engine in China, is poised to make a foray into the underserved but potentially lucrative online video market. Sources close to the company claim the Baidu is teaming up with Providence Equity Partners, a major investor in Hulu.com, to create a new online video channel in China. Read More
              

New online service offers freedom from social networking sites - Jan 04, 2010
While most people enjoy spending time on social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn on a daily basis, others are committing online-presence suicide thanks to a new Web site launched in December--the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine. Read More
              

Yahoo! and Microsoft Block Explicit Content in India - Dec 30, 2009
Yahoo! and Microsoft appear to be altering their search results in India to comply with the country\ Read More
              

YouTube Promotes Global Discussion about Ongoing Iranian Protests - Dec 29, 2009
In response to last week's flood of videos that were uploaded on YouTube depicting the funeral procession of Iranian reformist Ayatollah Hosein-Ali Montazeri along with the chanting of anti-government slogans, Google announced today that YouTube will continue to provide its platform for users to see and hear the political struggles of the Iranian people. Read More
              

MoneyMailer.com Launches New Online Coupon Search Engine - Dec 28, 2009
Are you a thrifty shopper who loves finding online coupons for the best deals on the items you need? If so, you might get frustrated surfing various sites and sifting through search engine results trying to find the right coupons for your upcoming purchases. Read More
              

Track Santa's Journey with Google Earth - Dec 24, 2009
Google has added new features to its Santa Tracker--a Google Earth tool that displays Santa's voyage around the world on Christmas Eve using NORAD's Santa-tracking radar. Read More
              

Real-Time Search Engine OneRiot Creates Ad Network for Social Media Apps - Dec 23, 2009
Search Engine Watch reports that real-time search engine OneRiot is attempting to unlock the Holy Grail for developers of social media applications – give them a way to make money off of their free apps. One Riot has recently launched RiotWise Trending Ads, a real-time ad network that allows Web and mobile app developers a chance to earn money through ad clicks. Read More
              

Yahoo! Schedules Holiday Shutdown - Dec 22, 2009
In an effort to cut back on expenses during the recession, Yahoo! is shutting down most of its offices from Dec. 25 through Jan. 1, according to the Wall Street Journal. Employees can use vacation time or take unpaid leave. Read More
              

Report: Yelp Walks Away from $550 Million Google Deal - Dec 21, 2009
Tech Crunch is reporting that Yelp has walked away from a proposed deal to be acquired by Google - a deal that many people had assumed was all but signed just days earlier. Yelp is a review site currently operating in almost every major metropolitan area of the country that lets the public vote and gives their feedback on a wide range of stores and services within a local area. For example, a person could go to the local Yelp site for Portland and search to find different listings for Indian restaurants. Read More
              

Google and Bing Increase November Market Share, Yahoo Drops - Dec 18, 2009
Americans submitted 14.4 billion queries to search engines in November, up one percent from October, according to data released by comScore. Once again, Google Sites came in on top accounting for 65.6 percent of the search market share (9.5 billion searches), followed by Yahoo! Sites at 17.5 percent (2.5 billion searches) and Microsoft Sites at 10.3 percent (1.5 billion.) Read More
              

Google Expands Fast Flip with 55 Major Publishers - Dec 17, 2009
Google announced through its blog on Wednesday that it is expanding Google Fast Flip, a news reading service that aims to make the experience of reading newspapers and magazines online similar to reading hard copy versions. Fast Flip launched three months ago with a small handful of publications including the New York Times and Washington Post. Read More
              

Bing Launches iPhone App - Dec 16, 2009
Bing announced yesterday that its new app for iPhone and iPod Touch is now available as a free download from the App Store. As an alternative to Google's Mobile app, iPhone users can now access Bing's Web search complete with features such as the Bing Image of the Day and clickable hotspots to related information. Read More
              

Google to Replace Yandex as Default Search Engine for Mail.ru - Dec 15, 2009
TechCrunch.com confirmed previously reported speculation on Tuesday that Google will be replacing top Russian search engine site Yandex as the default search engine on Mail.ru, the most popular Internet site in Russia with more than 50 million unique monthly visitors. Read More
              

Bing Continues to Deliver on Click-Through Rates for Advertisers - Dec 11, 2009
According to ad network Chitka, the Microsoft Bing search engine is continuing to be significantly more effective than Google when it comes to converting search results to click-throughs for advertisers. Read More
              

Google upgrades Google Web Toolkit - Dec 10, 2009
Google yesterday announced the latest version of its Google Web Toolkit (GWT), an open source development toolkit used by developers for building and optimizing complex browser-based applications. The new version includes new tools as well as improvements in browser speed and capabilities. Read More
              

Yahoo Inc. Looking to Sell Off HotJobs for the Right Price - Dec 09, 2009
ahoo Inc. CEO Carol Bartz told attendees at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in New York on Tuesday that the company would consider selling its HotJobs job search site "for the right price." Reuters reported that sources have claimed that Yahoo Inc. Read More
              

Google Releases New Tool for Reading News - Dec 08, 2009
Google today unveiled a new approach to reading news online, developed in partnership with The New York Times and the Washington Post. Available as an experiment through Google Labs, the new Living Stories prototype unifies coverage on a single, dynamic page with a consistent URL. Read More
              

Yahoo! and Bing Finalize Partnership on Search Technology and Ad Revenue - Dec 07, 2009
The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday that Microsoft and Yahoo! have finalized a deal to combine search engine and online advertising efforts in an attempt to combat industry leader Google. The two companies had announced reaching an agreement in principle in July but had not yet been able to work out the details of the deal until recently. Read More
              

Microsoft revamps Bing with a host of new features - Dec 03, 2009
Microsoft announced yesterday the addition of several new features to its Bing search engine, including a new Bing Maps experience, Bing app for Windows Mobile, and the Bing Bar for Internet Explorer and Firefox. The new features are based on user data compiled by the company and are designed to address the top ten decisions people turn to search engines to make. Read More
              

Google changes the way it indexes news articles - Dec 02, 2009
In a move to placate newspaper publishers who are concerned about the amount of free material that is currently available to Web surfers, PC World reports that Google has agreed to change the way that it indexes content on its Google and Google News pages. Read More
              

Google's announces annual spirit of the times - Dec 01, 2009
Google unveiled today its annual Zeitgeist--the spirit of the times--which includes the fastest-rising Google searches and the most popular searches by volume. The "King of Pop" Michael Jackson led the list of Google's Top 10 Fastest Rising queries across the globe, followed by social networking sites Facebook, Tuenti and Twitter, respectively. Read More
              

Michael Jackson heads Bing's list of top trending topics in 2009 - Nov 30, 2009
With the international interest in his life and death, it is little surprise that Michael Jackson topped the list of top trending topics in 2009 on Microsoft Bing. Read More
              

Google introduces new search ad formats - Nov 25, 2009
In an ongoing effort to produce richer ad formats, Google has been developing and testing a variety of new ad formats over the past few years. The latest of these ad formats are spot ads that include images and prices for specific products. Read More
              

Local shopping search engine Milo.com raises $4 million in funding - Nov 24, 2009
ilo.com, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based search engine designed to help shoppers research and buy products from local businesses, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $4 million from its first round of funding. Read More
              

U.S. searches on H1N1 and Swine Flu increased 100 percent in October - Nov 23, 2009
U.S. searches on a selection of terms related to H1N1 and Swine Flu have increased 100 percent for the four weeks ending Oct. 31, 2009, compared with the previous four weeks, according to data from Experian Hitwise. Read More
              

Google plans UI changes for 2010 - Nov 20, 2009
While Google has been criticized recently for being slow to update their UI, Search Engine Land reports that there are some changes planned for 2010. Google vice president of search product and user experience Marissa Mayer outlined several changes that are being planned to the UI, including adding a permanent left-hand column for search options, allowing the user to switch between All Results, Images, News and more. Read More
              

Factery Labs gives Web surfers "just the facts" - Nov 17, 2009
A new search engine has emerged as a challenger to Google's throne, but this one is taking a radically different approach to Internet searches. ReadWriteWeb reports that a new API service called Factery Labs is launching today, and as its name indicates, what it cares most about is "just the facts." Read More
              

Nielsen numbers released for U.S. searches in October - Nov 16, 2009
According to data from The Nielsen Company, Americans conducted more than 10.2 billion searches on the top search engines in October 2009 with the majority (66.1 percent) of them taking place on Google. Read More
              

Yahoo! Introduces Mobile en Español - Nov 12, 2009
Yahoo! announced today the launch of Yahoo! Mobile en Español, a Spanish-language mobile homepage that is customized for the specific needs of the U.S. Hispanic consumer. Read More
              

Google VP lays out vision of the "perfect search engine" - Nov 11, 2009
Google CEO Eric Schmidt told reporters last month that the company's goal was to develop "the perfect search engine." Not only did this seem like an impossibly lofty goal to some reporters, but it also raised questions about what Google would consider to be "perfect." Read More
              

Locate flu vaccine with new Google tool - Nov 10, 2009
Google has unveiled a new tool for the U.S. that allows people to locate the nearest facilities that provide the seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccine. However, due to the slower than expected H1N1 vaccine production, Google reminds users to call ahead and admits that many of the locations that are shown are currently out of stock of both vaccines. Read More
              

Murdoch says News Corp. may block Google search of stories - Nov 09, 2009
In an interview with Sky News, News Corp. head Rupert Murdoch said that his media conglomerate is considering blocking all search engines from accessing content from his media organizations. Read More
              

Google launches new e-commerce search engine service - Nov 05, 2009
Network World today reported that Google has launched a new search engine service specifically for large e-commerce sites. The new Google Commerce Search includes some of the most popular Google search features such as spell checker, query stemming and synonym recognition that are of particular use to e-commerce sites. Read More
              

Yahoo! announces open source distribution of Traffic Server - Nov 03, 2009
Yahoo! launched today an open source version of Traffic Server, a high performance application server for builders of cloud services. Traffic Server enables the session management, authentication, configuration management, load balancing and routing for an entire cloud computing stack. Read More
              

Google Mobile App launched for Nokia S60 phones, and available in Mandarin Chinese - Nov 02, 2009
Google announced today that its search by voice is now available for Nokia S60 phones. Although it has only been available in English, the company also announced that the new version of Google Mobile App for Nokia S60 devices is now available for Mandarin speakers. Read More
              

Google adds Similar Images search in competition with Bing - Nov 02, 2009
The battle between search engine heavyweight champion Google and contender Bing continues to heat up, as both companies have traded updates and innovations to their programs in recent weeks. Read More
              

Google launches new music feature - Oct 29, 2009
Two of the top 10 queries in the U.S. are music related, according to data from Google's Insights for Search. In response, the search giant has introduced Google Music, a new search feature that allows users to easily search and discover millions of songs. Read More
              

Facebook "memorializes" dead profiles - Oct 28, 2009
CNET reports that Facebook is attempting to address a sensitive subject by "memorializing" the profile of a person who has died. After a family member or close friend confirms their relationship to the person and that the person is deceased, Facebook will remove what it deems to be "sensitive" information from the profile – including contact information and status updates (making sure that Facebook members don't receive a birthday announcement for a dead friend or relative). Read More
              

Google incorporates tweets into search results - Oct 22, 2009
On the same day that Bing announced its deal with Twitter to include their updates in its search results, Google also announced the same deal, along with another surprise. Now when users search in Google for any query that can be aided by a real-time observation, such as snow conditions at a ski resort, they will find tweets from other users who are sharing the latest information. Read More
              

Microsoft integrates Twitter data into Bing search results - Oct 21, 2009
The San Jose Mercury News reported on Wednesday that Microsoft has scored a coup in its attempts to make its Bing search engine competitive with industry leader Google. Bing will now allow people to search and filter Twitter\ Read More
              

New center for accessibility at Google - Oct 20, 2009
Google revealed last Friday a new site that will serve as a hub for all of its new accessibility features and improvements. The new website, www.google.com/accessibility, will allow users to follow the latest accessibility updates from blogs, find resources from the help center, participate in discussion groups, or send feedback and feature requests. Read More
              

Wolfram Alpha: from free search engine to $50 iPhone app - Oct 19, 2009
Are you willing to pay $50 for a search engine on your iPhone? Internet company Rain Man hopes so, as Wired reports that the company is charging users $50 to use its Wolfram Alpha search engine as an app instead of accessing it for free on a browser. Read More
              

Google's Street View hits the trails - Oct 16, 2009
Google announced today the launch of Street View Trike, a project to bring Street View to new places that cannot be reached by car, such as running trails, pedestrian malls, universities and theme parks. By using its new creation, a high-tech bicycle with a mounted Street View camera, the company has already captured some imagery from hard-to-reach places such as the Arastradero Open Preserve and LEGOLAND California. Read More
              

Buy Promoted Videos in AdWords - Oct 14, 2009
Google announced today the ability for consumers to purchase Promoted Videos directly in AdWords. According to the Google Blog, any AdWords advertiser with video content can use Promoted Videos to promote a product with the opportunity for it to reach a larger audience, from a small business looking to promote a service to a movie studio premiering a new trailer. Read More
              

Mystery Google shows you someone else's search results - Oct 13, 2009
In time for Halloween, Google has launched a new Web search site called Mystery Google. Located at www.mysterygoogle.com, the site provides search results – just not yours. Instead, Google says that with Mystery Google "you get what the person before you searched for." Read More
              

Yahoo! provides access to Search ads in Boss - Oct 12, 2009
In partnership with Domain Development Corp (DDC), Yahoo! has made it possible for developers to gain global access to Yahoo! Sponsored Search results and benefit from revenue generated by their Boss-powered products. Read More
              

Google releases new version of Quick View - Oct 09, 2009
Google has launched an updated version of Quick View, a feature that allows users to view PDFs as HTML right in a web browser without having to download and open them in a separate viewer application. Read More
              

Microsoft enhances Reference section of Bing - Oct 08, 2009
With its Bing search engine hoping to continue to gain ground on market leader Google, Microsoft has announced another enhancement designed to compete with its rivals. According to eWeek, the newly-revamped Reference section of Bing will now include easy access to Wikipedia and Freebase articles. Read More
              

Study shows interplay between search marketing and social media - Oct 07, 2009
A new study released by GroupM Search and comScore reveals the dramatic correlation that influenced discovery of brands through social media has with search behavior, including more lower-funnel queries and increased paid search click-through-rates (CTR). Read More
              

Ask.com launches new shopping service - Oct 06, 2009
Wired News is reporting that Ask.com has launched a new shopping service designed to aggregate the best prices and deals from around the Internet on everything from electronics to food. Company spokespeople have said that the new specialty search engine called Ask Deals was created in response to Web surfers trying to find the best deals possible in tough economic times. Read More
              

Google AdSense for mobile updated for high-end phones - Oct 05, 2009
Google announced today a new feature for AdSense mobile publishers that will allow publishers the ability to run larger AdSense ads on high-end phones. Publishers can now serve text and image ads on their sites, allowing them to earn revenue and fund more mobile-specific sites and Web content. Read More
              

Google celebrates 11th anniversary with new Google Doodle - Sep 30, 2009
If anyone was confused by the extra "L" on the Google Search banner on Sunday, it wasn't because a designer made an incredibly dumb typo and was probably currently shopping around his resume. The answer was actually quite simple: Monday was the 11th anniversary of Google, so the company decided to have some fun with its name plate and turn the "L" in its name into an "11." Read More
              

Google incorporates Hot Trends into search results - Sep 29, 2009
In an effort to offer real-time search, Google has launched a new web search feature that allows users to track the latest trends on the web. Available in the U.S. and Japan, the new feature is designed to help users focus on the top, most interesting content on any given day. Read More
              

Google celebrates 11th anniversary with new Google Doodle - Sep 28, 2009
If anyone was confused by the extra “L” on the Google Search banner on Sunday, it wasn’t because a designer made an incredibly dumb typo and was probably currently shopping around his resume. Read More
              

Google Unveils Sidewiki - Sep 24, 2009
Earlier this week, Google announced the launch of Google Sidewiki, a new feature that allows users to contribute helpful information next to any Web page. The new feature appears as a browser sidebar, where users can read and write relevant entries along the side of the page. Read More
              

Microsoft and Yahoo! discussing partnership with European regulators - Sep 18, 2009
Given its past history with European regulators, it's not surprising to read a report by Computerworld that Microsoft is proceeding very cautiously in its search engine partnership that will see Yahoo! use Microsoft's Bing technology to power its search engine while Yahoo! will use its ad sales acumen for both companies. Read More
              

Google Buys reCAPTCHA - Sep 17, 2009
Google announced yesterday that it has acquired reCAPTCHA, a company that provides CAPTCHAs to help protect websites from spam and fraud. CAPTCHAs are those squiggly letters that when identified are designed to allow humans in but keep malicious programs out. Read More
              

Start up search engine AnyClip makes movie clip searching possible - Sep 16, 2009
Have you ever looked online for a favorite scene from a certain movie, only to leave empty-handed after a lengthy search session? A new search engine aims to fix that, as Slash Film says that start-up AnyClip is attempting to create a search engine that will allow movie fans to find "any moment from any film ever made." Read More
              

Google Reveals Fast Flip for Online Newspapers and Magazines - Sep 15, 2009
Google announced today the launch of Fast Flip, a new reading experience that allows users to browse sequentially through online news, headlines and feeds from individual top publishers. Unlike typical online articles that can take up to 10 seconds to load, Fast Flip allows readers to browse content seamlessly much like flipping through a physical magazine or newspaper. Read More
              

New Collective Online Archive Tells Story of 9/11 - Sep 11, 2009
In an effort to preserve the memories of 9/11, Google has announced the launch of Make History, an interactive website created by the National September 11th Memorial and Museum in collaboration with Google and design firm Local Projects. The new website is a participatory archive that allows people to share their experiences by uploading photos, video or written accounts of 9/11 and its aftermath. Read More
              

IBM partners with EU group on new search engine technology - Sep 11, 2009
The Wall Street Journal reports that IBM has partnered with a group from the European Union to tackle a major problem with search engines: how to handle the increasingly large amount of mixed media that is part of the Internet. Read More
              

Study Reveals Online Video Consumption - Sep 09, 2009
Online video has fundamentally shifted the concept of "prime time" to "all the time," according to a new study conducted by OVEC, a variety of media companies including Yahoo! and Warner Bros. Read More
              

Google patents design of home page - Sep 08, 2009
After five years of efforts, Google has finally secured a patent for its home page. While this might seem like a trivial matter, the broad nature of the patent means that it could have some interesting consequences for other search engines competing with Google now and in the future. Read More
              

Google Domestic Trends: tracking economic activity - Sep 04, 2009
Google has announced the launch of Google Domestic Trends on Google Finance, a new tool that tracks Google search traffic across specific sectors of the economy. Users can now use one of 23 indexes to track major economic industries such as advertising and marketing, auto financing and retail trade. Read More
              

Bing leads Google in successful Canadian Web searches - Sep 03, 2009
Although Google is still the dominant force in Web searches in the United States and worldwide, Microsoft Bing is making strides to cut into its market share. Read More
              

Google Translate Receives New Languages - Sep 02, 2009
Google has added nine new languages to it automatic translation software Google Translate, reaching a total of 51 languages and 2550 language pairs. Users can now translate text in Afrikaans, Belarusian, Icelandic, Irish, Macedonian, Malay, Swahili, Welsh and Yiddish. Read More
              

ImHalal.com matches Web content and Islamic Law - Sep 01, 2009
While the Internet's ability to bring a diverse range of information to a wide population is one of its main benefits, for people of certain religious backgrounds this can be a major drawback. Read More
              

Yahoo! Search Includes New SearchMonkey-Enhanced Results - Aug 31, 2009
Yahoo! has announced it will be expanding its SearchMonkey results to include enhanced search results for more categories including Products, Local Businesses, Entertainment, Reference, Social and Tech sites. Read More
              

Real-time search engines grow in popularity - Aug 28, 2009
Investors seem to be backing the popular notion that real-time searching is going to be a growing sector. Industry leader OneRiot announced on their blog on Aug. 27 that they have raised an additional $7 million in Series C funding from existing investors, including Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Appian Ventures and Spark Capital. Read More
              

YouTube Opens Partnership Program to More Users - Aug 27, 2009
Just about anyone can now get paid for creating a video on YouTube, as long as it attracts viewers. Google has announced they are extending the YouTube Partnership Program (YPP) to include individual popular videos on the site. While the YPP was initially created to help YouTube's more popular users make money from their videos, such as prolific users like Fred and ValsArtDiary, the company now plans to invite individual users with amateur-made videos that have accumulated a lot of viewers. Read More
              

Retailers coming around to search engine advertising - Aug 26, 2009
Data released by search marketing firm Performics shows that retailers are gaining confidence in the power of search advertising, a sign that retailers are beginning to ramp up their spending as the holidays approach. Read More
              

Yahoo! Expands to Arab Countries - Aug 25, 2009
Yahoo! today announced its decision to acquire Maktoob.com, a major online community in the Arab world with more than 16.5 million users. The acquisition (expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2009) will enable Yahoo! to expand its products and services with Arabic-language content and services Read More
              

Linux users favor Google search by massive margin - Aug 24, 2009
Users of the Linux operating system are definitely a particular breed, as evidenced by their (some would say stubborn ) support for an OS that is largely ignored by the rest of the world. This has forced them to create many unique Linux-only applications giving free options to established Web apps. Read More
              

Google Enhances Enterprise Labs - Aug 20, 2009
Google has added two new tools for Google Enterprise Search: Side-by-Side search comparison and new connectors for the Google Search Appliance (GSA), both available in Enterprise Laps. Read More
              

Google celebrates five years of IPO - Aug 19, 2009
On August 14, 2004, Google went public on NASDAQ with an initial offering of $85 a share. And as Paul R. La Monica on CNN Money points out, if you were able to get in on this initial IPO offering, you are probably a very happy person today. That's because today the stock trades at about $445 a share, a 420 percent gain during a time period when the NASDAQ has only gone up eight percent. Read More
              

Google Users More Active and Devoted than Microsoft/Yahoo Users - Aug 18, 2009
Google users are more loyal and conduct more searches than Yahoo! and Microsoft searchers combined, according to new data from ComScore. Although the new duo experienced a combined search penetration of 73 percent, Google continues to remain on top with 84 percent of the overall search market. Read More
              

Event ticket search engine FanSnap announces additional $5 million in funding - Aug 17, 2009
FanSnap, a search engine for fans looking to purchase tickets to sporting events, concerts and other live events, announced last week that it has secured a $5 million round of funding from Highland Capital Partners, whose general partner Richard de Silva will receive a seat on the FanSnap board of directors. Read More
              

iGoogle Boasts New Social Gadgets - Aug 13, 2009
Google has introduced new social features for its customizable homepage iGoogle. People currently use iGoogle to check email, track the news, watch videos, and chat with friends. Read More
              

Google raises the curtain on new Caffeine project - Aug 12, 2009
As a potential response to Microsoft Bing, Google announced on Tuesday its new Caffeine project, which is designed to index pages faster – a possible step to real-time searching on par with Twitter – along with better ways to search for social media content and placing such information higher in future search results. Read More
              

Yahoo! Deals Offers Online Bargains and Rewards - Aug 12, 2009
Yahoo! has launched a revamped version of Yahoo! Deals (http://deals.yahoo.com)-- its online source for coupons and bargains. The new website offers daily deals, online coupons, grocery coupons, local coupons, store circulators and exclusive deals. The new site also features social and community articles as well as video shorts on how to save money. Read More
              

Google launches "Prices from the Page" to help with price comparison shipping - Aug 11, 2009
If you are comparison shopping on Google, you might notice a new feature when you receive your results. As the blog "Google Operating System" notes, the site has now integrated prices from different online shopping sites into their results fields. Read More
              

Delicious Announces New Search Features - Aug 07, 2009
This week, Yahoo! launched new improvements to its social bookmarking web service, Delicious. The new features include time filters, a trends graph, tag filters, enhanced search results, and search suggestions. Read More
              

Yebol.com launches with semantic search technology - Aug 06, 2009
On the heels of the partnership between Yahoo! and Microsoft to share search engine and advertising resources in an attempt to battle search engine monster Google, another competitor is entering the fray. Last week Yebol.com launched in beta mode, claiming to be the next step in search engines by using semantic search technology to deliver categorized results to users. Read More
              

New Google Chrome Beta - Aug 05, 2009
Google today announced a new and improved beta for its Chrome browser. The company boasts that the new beta is not only faster than ever, but shows 30% improvement over the current stable channel release, which was last updated in May. Read More
              

Google Unveils New AdWords Interface - Aug 03, 2009
Google announced last week that the new version of its AdWords interface is now available to virtually all advertisers worldwide. The new interface, which was released for public testing in November 2008, is now free of the beta label and includes a simple design, more data and many additional new features. Read More
              

Microsoft and Yahoo! Finally Shake Hands - Jul 30, 2009
After more than a year of a highly publicized on-again off-again relationship, Microsoft and Yahoo! have finally agreed on a 10-year deal in Internet search and advertising to battle the search engine giant Google. Read More