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Finding true innovation by surprise
Insight newsmaker Head of Microsoft Research Asia, Hsiao-Wuen Hon, says finding the right "spark" amongst the lab's 350 researchers is often accidental and not every project can be successful.
Tags: Software, R&D, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Asia, Internet Search Advertising, Innovation, business intelligence, product development, researcher
Yahoo rolling out DIY display ads
News Service targets advertisers that cannot justify a creative department or consulting firm to design their display ads.
Tags: Web sites, Web services, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Small Business, Advertisement, Consulting, revenue, brand
Microsoft, Yahoo now free to focus on new selves
News The two companies have plenty of challenges now, but the ground rules have been set: Yahoo's job is to be an online hub, and Microsoft's job is to out-Google Google.
Tags: Internet advertising, Web 2.0, Web sites, Search, Outsourcing, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, Search Result
Yahoo makes its Google search advertising agreement public
News A copy of the controversial search advertising agreement--albeit heavily redacted--is released in an SEC filing, marking the first public unveiling of the deal's specifics.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, antitrust, financial, Google Search, partnership
The case against Google-Yahoo
News news analysis With the U.S. Department of Justice confirming it plans to look into any Google-Yahoo partnership, foes are lining up their arguments.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Mergers, Acquisitions, Antitrust, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, professor
US mulls antitrust challenge to Google-Yahoo deal
News The U.S. Department of Justice has hired an antitrust litigator to head any legal action over the planned search-ad partnership, according to reports.
Tags: Antitrust, Legal, Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Yahoo Search
Microsoft on search: We'll dig deeper
News The software giant says it can do a better job than Google by paying closer attention to your search patterns.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Search Engine, Advertisement, payment, Search Result, San Jose
Reports: Google, US govt talked about Book Search
News The U.S. Justice Department has held talks with Google about its book-search project, according to published reports. Are antitrust concerns getting more serious?
Tags: Search, Legal, Google Inc., Internet Search Advertising, U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, Class Action, antitrust, Harvard University, New York Times Co.
Google offers JavaScript programming tools
News In a new step to make the Web a more powerful foundation for programs, Google is releasing Closure Tools that it says produce faster, better code.
Tags: Open source, Cloud computing, Google Inc., compiler, software, Cloud computing, Web Browser, Internet Search Advertising, Tool, Open source
Search ad spending improves--and boosts Google shares
News With Google set to report earnings Thursday, two search marketing firms said U.S. text-ad spending improved for the second straight quarter.
Tags: Internet advertising, Business Strategies & Functions, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Live Search, advertisement, U.S., Business Strategies & Functions, Internet Search Advertising, Web company
Yahoo settles pay-per-click fraud suit
News As part of a class-action settlement, Yahoo plans to create a new ad distribution option that will give advertisers more control over where ads purchased through Yahoo appear.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Web browsers, Internet advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Advertiser, Pay-per-click Advertising, advertisement, Web sites
Google adjusts to life with trustbusters
News In less time than it takes for some government investigations, the search company has gone from start-up to accused menacer of Internet competition. Fair or not, this is Google 2.0.
Tags: Browser, Web browsers, Operating systems, Internet Search Advertising, U.S. Department Of Justice, AT&T Corp., antitrust, Wharton School, Internet, Web browsers
Google hoping history repeats itself with display ads
News Company dominates search and search advertising markets, but hopes it can learn a new trick by applying its auction-based format for text ad sales to display ads.
Tags: Internet advertising, Web 2.0, Web sites, Internet Search Advertising, text advertisement, Search Result, DoubleClick Inc., Internet, Internet advertising, Web
Google shows off videos in text ads
News Financial analysts are given a refresher course in what Google has been working on with search and search advertising, including videos in text ads.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web services, E-commerce, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Internet Search Advertising, Video, text advertisement, Google AdWords, Google Apps
Yahoo has escape clause in Microsoft search deal
News Yahoo has reserved the right to terminate its search deal with Microsoft, if it doesn't maintain an unspecified amount of revenue per search and query market share.
Tags: Web browsers, Web 2.0, Web services, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Compensation, Associated Press, arbitration, ComScore Networks Inc.
