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Google Tops February comScore Search Figures
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:38 pm on Mar. 20, 2008 (utc 0)
The number of Internet Web searches conducted in the United States decreased by 6 percent from over 10 billion during January 2008 to 9.9 billion during the shorter month of February, with Google extending its leading share from 58.5 percent to 59.2 percent, more than the four other top search engine sites combined.
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China's Alibaba Looks To Buy Back Yahoo Stake Should Microsoft Bid Prevail
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:14 pm on Mar. 19, 2008 (utc 0)
China's largest online commerce company Alibaba has been in late-stage talks with investors looking to finance buying back a multibillion-dollar 39 percent stake in the firm presently held by Web pioneer Yahoo, in an effort to increase independent management control should Microsoft succeed in its bid to acquire Yahoo.
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15 Major Web Firm's Personal Data Usage Studied
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:29 pm on Mar. 10, 2008 (utc 0)
A new study conducted for The New York Times by Web traffic research firm comScore has analyzed the increasing reach wielded by 15 of the top Internet media companies looking to use consumer's Web browsing history to sell more personalized online advertisements.
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China's Top Search Engine Baidu Adds Messaging, Security Services
Lane_R_Ellis, 7:09 pm on Feb. 29, 2008 (utc 0)
The top Chinese language search engine company Baidu.com, Inc., among the most used search Web sites in the world, will offer a new internally-developed Web instant messaging service to be called "Baidu Hi," the Beijing-based company announced Friday in a statement.
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January Web Searches Rise, Led by Google
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:51 pm on Feb. 22, 2008 (utc 0)
The number of Internet Web searches conducted in the United States increased significantly to over 10 billion during January 2008, with search giant Google extending its leading share of the search market to 58.5 percent, more than the four other top search engine sites combined, according to new figures from Web traffic analysis company comScore announced Thursday.
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Time Warner To Split AOL
Lane_R_Ellis, 11:21 pm on Feb. 6, 2008 (utc 0)
Time Warner Inc. chief executive Jeff Bewkes revealed Wednesday that the media company will split up the poorly performing Internet access segment of its AOL group, eliminate 100 jobs and look at ridding itself of portions of its cable television unit over the next several months
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Holiday Accident Claims CFO of China's Top Search Firm Baidu
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:52 pm on Dec. 31, 2007 (utc 0)
Baidu.com, Inc., among the most used search Web sites in the world, lost it's chief financial officer Shawn Wang, who died in an accident on December 27 while on vacation during the Christmas holidays.
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Pew Study Shows Adults Increasingly Search For Themselves Online
Lane_R_Ellis, 11:20 pm on Dec. 17, 2007 (utc 0)
The Washington, DC-based non-profit Pew Internet and American Life Project released a study Sunday showing that twice as many adult United States Internet users have searched for information about themselves using a Web search engine in 2006 than did so in 2002, with 47 percent using search engines to locate information about friends, family and co-workers.
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Publishers Unveil Universal Permissions Protocol
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:14 pm on Nov. 30, 2007 (utc 0)
A consortium of publishers seeking greater control over how Internet search engines present Web sites has launched a universal permissions protocol which will, if adopted, increase protection of copyrighted online content such as newspaper articles and books.
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AOL Introduces PC-like Mobile Web Portal Experience
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:46 pm on Nov. 21, 2007 (utc 0)
AOL U.K., Time Warner Inc.'s Internet division, today unveiled a new mobile Web portal which promises to make email, browsing and search functionality a more pleasant experience for users of all types of mobile devices in the U.K.
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AOL Buys Second Web Firm of Week, Yedda
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:10 pm on Nov. 12, 2007 (utc 0)
Patent Pending Semantic Social Knowledge Search Service joins Quigo at AOL. Time Warner's AOL unit announced today its purchase of Israeli Web search service Yedda Inc., and plans to incorporate the company's patent-pending semantic technology into AOL.com services.
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Plans for Internet "Do Not Track" List Questioned
Lane_R_Ellis, 8:23 pm on Nov. 3, 2007 (utc 0)
Current "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Online Tracking Polities Not Enough, Says FTC. If a coalition of privacy, technology and consumer groups have their way, an Internet equivalent to the U.S. "Do Not Call" phone list will soon allow Web users to stop online advertisers from tracking their browsing habits and delivering targeted advertising to them.
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New Mobile Search Part of AOL Reinvention
Lane_R_Ellis, 9:29 pm on Oct. 23, 2007 (utc 0)
AOL, Time Warner Inc.'s Internet division, today unveiled new mobile phone services including an updated mobile portal using the company's mobile search technology. These are part of AOL's reinvention from its years as an Internet Service Provider to becoming a global Internet advertising and content company.
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David Warmuz: Founder of Trellian on Domaining, SEO and Keywords
Lane_R_Ellis, 7:49 pm on Oct. 14, 2007 (utc 0)
"...Warmuz spoke with Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld ... they discussed Trellian's latest news and the current state of the SEO industry"
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Visual Search Engine Quintura Gains Accolades
Lane_R_Ellis, 11:07 am on June 15, 2007 (utc 0)
Today Internet search engine company Yahoo named start-up visual search engine Quintura one of its “25 Web Sites to Watch,” a listing of web sites Yahoo considers innovative and worth visiting.
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New Search Engine Site Sproose Wants Your Vote
Lane_R_Ellis, 10:53 am on June 14, 2007 (utc 0)
Danville, California-based Internet search engine site Sproose today announced that it has indexed over two billion web pages, according to a press release by company CEO and founder Bob Pack, who is a former executive from Internet Service Provider Netzero. Pack helped to raise Netzero’s initial funding in 1998.
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New Mahalo Search Engine
Lane_R_Ellis, 11:36 am on June 6, 2007 (utc 0)
A preliminary test release version of a new search engine web site called Mahalo was launched on May 31, 2007 at the Wall Street Journal’s “D: All Things Digital” conference in Carlsbad, California, and hopes to put a more human touch on web searching.
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