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Experian Hitwise: Google Falls, Bing Gains

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Bing continues to gain on Google in small increments, a recent survey reports. - Since launching in summer 2009, and despite some early predictions of its imminent demise, Bing has managed to seize between 9 and 12 percent of the search-engine market, depending on the survey. While those numbers are dwarfed by Google's, which holds between 66 and 72 percent of the market, Bing's...

Google Adds Buzz Links to Social Search

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Google June 29 said it is adding links that appear in Google Buzz to its Google Social Search service, a potential precursor to the Google Me social service the company is reported to be planning. - Those who have connected Websites such as Twitter to Buzz see their tweets in Buzz and in their Google profiles, and Google Social Search will follow those public links in the Buzz tab to flesh out users' results. Look out, Facebook. Hot on the heels of reports that Google is building a social ne...

Google Grabs Increased U.S. Search Share

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

The numbers stand out against the May search statistics from comScore, which used two data sets. One showed Google gaining in search, the other showed Google losing share to Yahoo and Bing. - Google grabbed 72.17 percent of U.S. search market in May, up from 71.4 percent in April for almost a 1 percent gain, HitWise said June 21. Yahoo dropped from 14.96 percent in April to 14.43 percent in May; Bing fell from 9.43 percent the prior month to 9.23 percent. Google's gain came at the exp...

BP Snaps Up Search Terms for Positive PR Spin

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

BP admitted to paying for search keywords so its response Website would rank high in search engines when users look for terms related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. - BP, which unleashed the worst oil spill in U.S. history in the Gulf of Mexico, has purchased key search terms from Google, Bing and Yahoo to ensure that searchers see its efforts to help however it can in the catastrophe it created. Do a search on terms such as "BP" "Deepwater Horizon" and "oil spil...

Smarter Search with Solr

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:06:23 -0400

The open source search software behind some of the webs hippest sites.

By David F. Carr

Read Carr's article on Solr, and see our slideshow on a related project, Hadoop. - ...

Smarter Search for South Park

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:14:02 -0400

MTV Networks moves to Solr-powered search technology for the websites behind many of its popular shows. - See our slideshow on Solr, and one on a related project, Hadoop. The open source Solr search engine is emerging as the standard for new and revamped websites launched by MTV Networks and is already powering the search on key properties such as TheDailyShow.com, ColbertNation.com, and SouthPar...

Baidu Vows Overhaul After Search Scandal

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:37:34 -0500

Baidu was accused of letting unlicensed medical services pay for prominent positions on its pay-for-performance (P4P) search platform, netting them more "clicks" for expensive but useless treatments. The claims sparked widespread public criticism of the Chinese search giant and dragged down Baidu's stock. And now Baidu's chief executive officer, Robin Li, has promised action. - BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Internet search leader Baidu said on Friday it will overhaul operations after state media said it allowed unlicensed medical services to buy high search rankings to win more customers. Nasdaq-listed Baidu was accused on a state television show this month of letting t...

Microsoft Yahoo Deal Total Fiction

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:26:06 -0500

Microsoft is not commenting, and Yahoo says it does not comment on rumors, but a key executive is quoted as saying a deal to replace the old leadership of Yahoo and get a deal done with Microsoft is not happening. - LONDON (Reuters) - A report in the Sunday Times that Microsoft Inc is in talks with Yahoo Inc to buy the U.S. internet company's online search business for $20 billion is quot;total fiction, quot; according to a key executive cited by an influential U.S. blog. The Sunday Times, which did not c...

Microsoft Rules Out Buying Yahoo But Likes Search deal

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:36:53 -0500

Yahoo shares fall on word from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that his company would not be interested in an outright purchase of Yahoo, but is still very much interested in a search partnership. Microsoft withdrew its $47.5 billion buyout offer for Yahoo in May after Yang and his board rejected the bid as too low. Microsoft then offered to buy Yahoo's search business, but Yahoo decided instead to sign a search advertising deal with Google which was opposed by regulators and did not happen. - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer ruled out an acquisition of Yahoo Inc on Wednesday but said his company was interested in resuming talks on a Web search partnership. Yahoo shares fell 19 percent on the remarks, after gaining this week on renewed investor hopes ...

New Yahoo CEO Must Be Willing to Do Microsoft Deal

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:59:41 -0500

If Microsoft does eventually buy Yahoo, shareholders should brace themselves for a price far lower than the $47.5 billion the software behemoth offered earlier this year. Online display advertising, a core Yahoo business, has also shrunk as corporate advertisers scale back on Web marketing promotions amid a global economic slump. - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - To impress shareholders, Yahoo Inc's next chief executive needs just one qualification: the willingness to do a deal with Microsoft Corp. That's because this remains Yahoo's best option, short of a dramatic turnaround plan, analysts said. But if Microsoft does eventual...

Search Is on for New Yahoo CEO After Yang Steps Down

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:33:49 -0500

Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang will leave the role as chief executive of the number 2 search engine on the Internet. After deals with Google, Microsoft and AOl have gone virtually nowhere, Yang will step down to focus on Yahoo's technology and strategy. - SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said Jerry Yang will step down as chief executive as soon as the board finds a replacement, sending its shares up 4 percent on hopes his departure will clear the way for a deal with Microsoft. Yang -- who will return to his former role as Chief Yahoo...

Microsoft CEO Pours Cold Water on Yahoo Interest

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:05:07 -0500

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer dismisses the idea that Microsoft is interested in revisiting a purchase for Yahoo in total, but says they may still want to partner on search. - SYDNEY (Reuters) - Software giant Microsoft Corp dismissed speculation it might still be interested in a takeover of Internet firm Yahoo Inc. quot;We made an offer, we made another offer ... We moved on, quot; Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told a business luncheon in Sydney on Friday...

Yahoos Yang Says Microsoft Deal Still Best Option

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:48:59 -0500

Hours after arch rival Google ditched its search advertising partnership with Yahoo, Yahoo CEO Yang said he remains open to selling the Internet company to Microsoft, but at the right price. Will Microsoft still be interested? - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - After nearly a year spent seeking alternatives to Microsoft Corp's buyout offer, Yahoo Inc's Chief Executive Jerry Yang said he believes a deal between the two is still the best option for the beleaguered Internet company. Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit hours after arc...

Google Pulls Out of Search Ad deal with Yahoo

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:26:16 -0500

The U.S. Justice Department said it had told Google that it planned to file a lawsuit to block the Yahoo and Google search advertising deal on antitrust grounds. Google decided, to Yahoo's disappointment, that it would not pursue the deal any further. - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google Inc canceled plans for a search advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc amid opposition from antitrust regulators and advertisers, Google's chief legal officer said in a blog posting on Wednesday. Yahoo expressed dismay at Google's decision, saying it was quot;dis...

Yahoo, Google Revise Deal in Hopes of Approval

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:57:00 -0500

The two Internet companies have submitted a reworked proposal to the U.S. Department of Justice that shortens their partnership to just two years from 10 years, the source said. The revised deal also caps the percentage of search revenue that Yahoo can collect from Google at no more than 25 percent, and lets Google advertisers opt out of being placed on Yahoo, the source said. - WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc and Google Inc have drastically scaled back the scope of their search advertising deal, a person close to the discussions said on Monday, in a last-ditch effort to win U.S. antitrust approval. The move comes after Google appeared to be on the verge...