Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft's (NasdaqGS:MSFT - News) search to challenge Google (NasdaqGS:GOOG - News) for a bigger share of the multibillion dollar online ad market may be limited to an alliance with Yahoo (NasdaqGS:YHOO - News). -- read full article
Mon, 19 May 2008 22:33:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Portals and Search Engines
Reuters - Microsoft Corp has proposed to buy Yahoo
Inc's search business and take a minority stake in the Web
pioneer, stopping short of a full-out merger, a person familiar
with the discussions said on Monday.
PC World - Although Microsoft provided no details Sunday about what deal it might cut with Yahoo, it seems highly likely that search... -- read full article
Mon, 19 May 2008 06:11:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Portals and Search Engines
AP - Microsoft Corp. is once again trying to team up with Yahoo Inc. to challenge Internet search and advertising leader Google Inc., although at this point the renewed talks haven't escalated to another attempt to take over Yahoo.
AFP - Leading Chinese Internet portal Sina.com has launched an English news site, amid intense global interest in China following last week's earthquake tragedy.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Your IRS tax rebate check can buy more tech fun than you think. A search for goodies from Apple, Asus, LG, Magnavox, Garmin, and others turns up computers, flat screens, a Blu-ray DVD burner, and more. -- read full article
Sat, 17 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Portals and Search Engines
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The deal is the latest between a major Internet portal and a holding company looking to extend its influence in the online ad world. -- read full article
Fri, 16 May 2008 16:58:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Portals and Search Engines
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The market share numbers are important because search engines continue to be the primary way Internet users navigate to key commercial segments. -- read full article
Thu, 15 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Portals and Search Engines
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Search site Ask.com will announce Thursday a deal to buy Lexico, home to popular reference Web sites Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, a move that will expand its audience by 11 percent. -- read full article
Thu, 15 May 2008 14:00:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Portals and Search Engines
Reuters - Yahoo Inc has introduced a
software development tool that lets outside parties create
customized views of Yahoo Web search results, the company said
on Thursday.
PC World - Yahoo will make available to all developers its Search Monkey platform on Thursday, another step in its wide-ranging effort to... -- read full article
Thu, 15 May 2008 17:20:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Portals and Search Engines
PC World - U.S. online ad spending increased 26 percent in 2007 over 2006, as the Google-dominated search format not only remained the... -- read full article
Thu, 15 May 2008 18:00:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Portals and Search Engines
Reuters - Google Inc co-founder Sergey Brin
said on Thursday advertising on social networking sites such as
Facebook and MySpace was getting better, but was still not
perfect.
AP - Ask.com has bought a stable of Internet reference sites that includes Dictionary.com in its latest effort to distinguish itself from online search leader Google Inc. and other much larger rivals. -- read full article
Thu, 15 May 2008 11:37:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Portals and Search Engines
