Archive for the ‘Search Engines’ Category

Battling Data Monsters at Yahoo!

December 13th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Advertising and Marketing, GOOG, IACI, Internet, Search Engines, TWX, Technology, YHOO

Usama Fayyad is helping the Internet giant figure out how to harness the massive amount of data it collects in ways that profit advertisers and protect Web users

The EU Delays Google’s Ad Buy

November 13th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Advertising, Advertising and Marketing, Company News, Europe, GOOG, Info Tech 100, International, Internet, Legal Issues, MSFT, Mergers & Acquisitions, NWS, Search Engines, TWX, Technology, YHOO

European officials want more time to review the proposed DoubleClick deal, and critics in the U.S. hope the FTC is paying attention

Baidu’s Censored Answer to Wikipedia

November 13th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Asia, BIDU, E-commerce, EBAY, Ethics, GOOG, International, Internet, NDAQ, Politics, SINA, SOHU, Search Engines, Technology, YHOO

The Chinese search engine’s Baike online encyclopedia blocks politically sensitive entries; some say it condones plagiarism and copyright abuse

Jerry Yang on the Hot Seat

November 5th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Asia, CEOs, Company News, Executives, GOOG, International, Internet, Legal Issues, MSFT, Politics, Public Relations, Search Engines, Technology, YHOO

In congressional hearings, the Yahoo! co-founder and CEO will address questions about the company’s role in human rights violations in China

Google Girds for Facebook Fight

October 30th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Advertising, CRM, Company News, Consumer Electronics, GOOG, Internet, MSFT, NWS, ORCL, Personal Technology, Search Engines, Technology, software

The No. 1 search engine is banding together with other sites and software developers to build its own social networking ecosystem

Google: A Druckerian Ideal?

October 25th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Career & Work, GOOG, HD, Management, Search Engines

Sergey Brin and Larry Page may never have read The New Society, but the corporate culture they’ve created is quite close to its author’s vision

StumbleUpon’s ‘Social Search’ Upgrade

October 22nd, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Company News, Consumer Electronics, EBAY, GOOG, Internet, MSFT, Personal Technology, Search Engines, Technology, YHOO, software

The maker of the Web browser toolbar aims to mingle "social discovery" with the computing power of major search engines such as Google

China, Wikipedia, and Censorship’s Perils

October 19th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Asia, BIDU, Blogs, GOOG, International, Internet, Legal Issues, MSFT, NTES, Politics, SINA, SOHU, Search Engines, Technology, YHOO

The mainland Chinese lost a key tool for communication and debate when censors blocked Wikipedia. Search engines aren’t immune, either

Google Earnings Beat Estimates—Again

October 18th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Advertising, Company News, Earnings, GOOG, Internet, Investing, NWS, Search Engines, Technology

The search megalith reported stellar third-quarter earnings, though it warned that margins may thin as it makes needed investments

Yahoo Searches—for Profitability

October 16th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Advertising, Company News, Earnings, GOOG, GS, Info Tech 100, Internet, Search Engines, Technology, YHOO

CEO Jerry Yang’s ambitious turnaround plan for the Internet media company satisfied investors. But "uncertainties still exist"