Yahoo Japan is hooking up with Google to handle its search and paid-search advertising, carrying off a partnership that eluded U.S.-based Yahoo, and delivering a blow to Microsoft's efforts to increase the reach of its Bing search engine.
Google unveiled a major redesign of its Google Images search page Tuesday, aiming to provide users with an easier way to find the right images. For Google, the move marks its largest redesign since its images site launched in 2001, and a shot across the bow at Microsoft's Bing.
Internet giant Google once again finds itself on the radar of the European Union's antitrust agency, which now is looking at allegations that the search engine demotes rivals' sites in search results.
Google apparently envies the program that Microsoft's Bing has set up to market music downloads. The Internet search leader now plans to offer its own service by year-end. And that raises some interesting questions.
Yahoo's board gave the go-ahead for massive stock repurchases over the next three years. It's yet another attempt by CEO Carol Bartz to appease investors and get the stock, which has largely remained stagnant in the low- to mid-teens, going again.
Pakistan plans to monitor Google and its YouTube site, as well as Yahoo, Amazon, and Microsoft's MSN, Hotmail and Bing for anti-Islamic content, saying it will block links to certain content on those sites if it deems it necessary.
Google thought it could lure searchers from rival Bing by adding art to its homepage. Bad idea. Google users like the site as is, while Bingers may be a different breed. And if the search giant follows Bing's lead, it may alienate Googlers.
Advice on how to remove the Google background was quickly posted Thursday morning by a Google employee, after users complained loudly about the colorful appearance. Apparently, for Google users, white noise reigns supreme.
Google is offering artistic works from Dale Chihuly, Yann Arthus-Bertrand and others to its users to personalize their Google homepage, the company says in a blog post. Looking for a little Jeff Koons, Tom Otterness, Polly Apfelbaum, Kengo Kuma, Kwon Ki-Soo, or Tord Boontje?
Google unveiled Caffeine Tuesday evening, aiming to give its Web indexing and link delivery system a jolt of speed in finding new pages as well as delivering the most current version of existing pages.
BP has purchased search terms on Yahoo, Google, Bing and YouTube, grabbing the top spot on the page for the phrase "oil spill" and related terms. Like it or not, this represents a new phase of corporate crisis communications.
Buoyed by the most recent release of its Windows operating system, Microsoft turned in first-quarter earnings that exceeded estimates by 3 cents per share. That wasn't enough for investors, though, and the shares tumbled aftermarket.
Google has acquired Aardvark, a search startup founded by former Googlers, for a reported $50 million. Aardvark is a social-search engine that allows users to ask questions of their friends and friends' networks, and receive quick responses.
