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How search engines rate on privacy
News Google, Yahoo and others fess up on what they do to protect their users' personal information.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Privacy
Report: Google search share down globally, up in US
News In February, company's search share slips globally but rises in the United States, while Yahoo's drops everywhere, according to ComScore figures released only to analysts.
Study: Google extends search lead over rivals
News March figures from ComScore show that Google rose to a new lead in search market share while Yahoo and Microsoft declined.
Tags: Search
Google conquers 2008 US search market
News Unsurprisingly, Google led the search market in the United States last year. But third-place Microsoft has reclaimed some share over the last five months, says new research.
Tags: Growth strategies and tools, Business models, Search, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., MSN Search, Ask.com, Hitwise
Google ekes out more share gains in search
News Google once again reported steady market share gains in online searches performed in the United States during May.
Tags: Search, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Ask.com, Advertisement, U.K., Hitwise, U.S., blog
Google's US search share nears 70 percent
News Company gains share again, while Yahoo and Microsoft lose. Both are dropping closer to fourth-place Ask, which gained some share in the last year.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Ask.com, Advertisement, Search Result, Hitwise, U.S.
Google homepage link mollifies privacy campaigners
News Privacy bodies have welcomed the addition of a link on Google's homepage to the company's Privacy Center Web page.
Tags: Web logs, Policy and management, Privacy, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Privacy Policy, Ask.com, Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Ask CEO asks to leave
News The search company says that Jim Safka decided to leave after the recent death of his brother.
Tags: Web sites, Computer Associates International Inc., Ask.com, CEO, IAC/InterActive Corp., Wall Street Journal, U.S., CitySearch, president, Web sites
Search leaders debate semantics
News Everyone agrees that semantic search technology--the notion of correctly assessing a searcher's intent--holds promise, and maybe money.
Tags: Search, Web services, Search, Ask.com, W3C, Internet search, Search Engine, Web services, leader, Web
Google outpaces search market growth
News In July, U.S. searches rose 3 percent to 8 billion over the last year, according to Nielsen. But Google's searches in the United States increased faster at 16 percent.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Microsoft Corp., Search, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Ask.com, Internet User, News.com
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Ask.com becoming the search engine that could
News The butler is dead, the name has been tweaked, but executives at Ask.com would like to remind the world that they are still very much in business.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Advertising
Ask.com's Top 10 search terms unveiled
News Ask.com released its Top 10 list for Web search terms for 2007 and it was noteworthy as much for what made the list as for what did not.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Search
Ask Jeeves adds Fidelity, Nike to roster
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Ask.com CEO steps down amid shakeup
News Ask.com Chief Executive Officer Jim Lanzone is leaving the company in a management shakeup at parent Interactive Corp.
Tags: Organizational structure, Executive recruiting, Web sites
