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    By The Associated Press

    | 3:00AM 12/01/2010
    Move over, Michael Jackson. The BP oil spill topped the list of most popular Yahoo searches in 2010, ejecting Jackson -- the hottest search in 2009 -- from the top spot. Other top searches included Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, Megan Fox, Justin Bieber and American Idol.

    By Danny King

    | 7:15PM 10/13/2010
    Google's search engine continues to leave competitors in the dust. According to a new report from ComScore, Google accounted for 66.1% of all U.S. searches in September, up from 65.4% in August, while Yahoo lost market share.

    By The Associated Press

    | 2:45AM 10/07/2010
    Yahoo is rolling out new search features starting today, with more options and snapshots appearing in capsules ant the top of the page. The company hopes to reverse its steady decline in ad revenue from searches. But will this be enough to help distinguish it from Bing?

    By Dawn Kawamoto

    | 8:38AM 9/21/2010
    Online advertisers may see up to a 78% price increase in paid-search rates once Yahoo and Microsoft wrap up their search alliance. Cost-per-click will likely rise sharply as advertisers shift to the single Bing search platform.

    By The Associated Press

    | 9:45PM 9/16/2010
    Yahoo is planning faster email and new search features -- including highlighting key information in a capsule above the results -- for the fall. Can these tech upgrades help bring the cool back to the Internet company?

    By Dawn Kawamoto

    | 8:15PM 9/16/2010
    The awkward relationship between Yahoo and Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Group is growing even more uneasy. The latest indication: Alibaba wants to buy back some of its shares from stakeholder Yahoo, but Yahoo refuses to sell.

    By Dawn Kawamoto

    | 7:15PM 9/09/2010
    Yahoo seems to be having trouble keeping its Asian partners happy. After South Korean and Japanese partners announced plans to ditch the Internet giant last month, Alibaba now says it may reconsider its partnership as well.

    By Alex Salkever

    | 8:50PM 12/09/2009
    Internet giant Google grew its U.S. market share by a full percentage point to 71.6 percent in November, according to Web traffic tracker Hitwise. See how Google's gain impacted Bing and Yahoo.