News tagged with search request

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

Russia's Yandex invests $15M in US search underdog

Blekko, a Silicon Valley startup trying to build a spam-free search engine, is getting some love from Russia.

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created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google cranks up search speeds with images, voice (Update)

Google on Tuesday ramped up Internet search speeds by letting people use speech or images to express what they want faster.

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created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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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created May 05, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Google search results to include 'real-time' data

(AP) -- Fresh information from blogs, news sites, Twitter and other popular hangouts will appear in Google's search results more quickly as the company aims to give people a more comprehensive look at what's ...

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Microsoft, Yahoo take next step in search alliance

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have signed off on their plan to team up against Google Inc. in the lucrative Internet search market.

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created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Yahoo open to Microsoft deal under right terms

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive said Wednesday that she is open to joining forces with Microsoft Corp. so both companies can better compete in Internet search, but a deal would need a specific set of terms - including ...

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created May 27, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Yahoo searching for ways to show fewer Web links

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is pruning Web links from its Internet search results as it strives to provide more immediate gratification and lure traffic away from the market leader, Google Inc.

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created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Baidu teams up with Microsoft for English searches

Chinese web giant Baidu said on Monday it had reached an agreement with Microsoft to provide English-language results generated by the US software giant's Bing search engine.

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created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Demand Media 1Q results ease worries about Google

(AP) -- Demand Media Inc. fared better than analysts anticipated in the first quarter, easing investor worries that Google Inc.'s recent changes to how it culls search results may have damaged the online content generator's ...

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created May 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Review: New search partners aren't identical twins

(AP) -- Just because Yahoo Inc.'s U.S. website and Microsoft Corp.'s Bing are using the same technological ingredients for searching the Internet doesn't mean they're slicing and dicing the results the same way, too.

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created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google showcases local businesses in a new 'place'

(AP) -- Google Inc., world's most popular search engine, started rolling out a new way to show information about local businesses on Wednesday.

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created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

BP oil spill swamps Yahoo search engine in 2010

(AP) -- It took a man-made disaster to topple a celebrity from the top spot on Yahoo Inc.'s annual list of most popular search requests.

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created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently.

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0