News tagged with search market

Microsoft rolls out more social Bing search

Microsoft on Friday rolled out a revamped Bing that includes insights from Facebook and Twitter in the biggest overhaul of the search service since its launch three years ago.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

EU gives Google 'weeks' to satisfy competition concerns (Update)

European Union anti-trust chiefs asked Google Monday to quickly offer "remedies" to satisfy Brussels' concerns the Internet search king has abused its dominant market position -- or else face heavy penalties.

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bing to duel Google with Facebook-friendly format

Microsoft's Bing search engine is heading in a new direction as it drills deeper into Facebook's social network and Twitter's messaging service to showcase information unlikely to be found on Google.

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created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google's operating system escalates Microsoft duel (Update)

(AP) -- Google Inc. is hoping to gain greater control over how personal computers work with its plans to develop a free operating system that will attack Microsoft Corp.'s golden goose - its long-dominant ...

Technology / Software

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 22

Microsoft eclipses Yahoo in US search for 1st time

Microsoft Corp. has finally reached a long-sought and expensive goal - its Bing search engine now ranks second behind Google in the Internet's most lucrative market.

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created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Google's 4Q lobbying bill triples to $3.76 million

Google's U.S. lobbying bill more than tripled to $3.76 million in the fourth quarter as the Internet search leader fought proposed changes to online piracy laws and sought to influence a wide range of other issues that could ...

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created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Siri a challenge to Google search: Eric Schmidt

The voice-activated Siri assistant on Apple's iPhone 4S is a direct challenge to Google's search engine, chairman Eric Schmidt said.

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created Nov 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Google preparing to steer more telephone traffic

(AP) -- Internet search leader Google Inc. is preparing to steer more telephone traffic through an online command center that it acquired nearly two years ago.

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created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As Google matures, startups keep it young

Google co-founder Larry Page is taking charge of the maturing Internet giant in a move seen as recapturing youthful roots in the face of competition from hip upstart startups like Facebook.

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Google facing wide-ranging US antitrust probe

The US Federal Trade Commission is poised to open a formal antitrust probe into whether Internet search giant Google has abused its dominance on the Web, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

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created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 12

Microsoft skewers Google in EU antitrust complaint

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. escalated its attack on Google Inc. by complaining to European regulators Thursday that its fiercest rival is an Internet bully that abuses its dominance of online search and advertising.

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created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Microsoft, Yahoo! jostle for US search share

Google is the undisputed king of search in the United States, but the question remains, who's number two?

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created Sep 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Google rolls out feature to track down easy answers

Google Inc. says it's always looking for ways to make Internet searches smarter. The latest iteration after nearly a decade of search market dominance: a new feature that fields more robust answers to common questions.

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created May 13, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Google tunes up search results, touches up logo

(AP) -- Google is fine-tuning the way it presents its Internet search results to make it easier for people to find information and images they want.

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Yahoo! increases US search share, Bing up again

Yahoo! increased its share of the US search market by nearly a percentage point in April and Microsoft's new search engine Bing also recorded a slight gain, online tracking firm comScore said Tuesday.

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created May 11, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Search engine marketing

Search engine marketing, or SEM, is a form of Internet marketing that seeks to promote websites by increasing their visibility in search engine result pages (SERPs) through the use of paid placement, contextual advertising, and paid inclusion.. The industry peak body Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO), includes search engine optimization (SEO) within its reporting, and SEO is also included in the industry definitions of SEM by Forrester Research, eMarketer, Search Engine Watch, and industry expert Danny Sullivan.. The New York Times defines SEM as 'the practice of buying paid search listings'.

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