Search Business
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Yahoo's farewell to search
Insight commentary With Yahoo bowing out of search technologies, company needs to assert its identity--or die.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Search, Financial, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., server revenue, CEO, Eric Schmidt, Jerry Yang
Yahoo investors could get final say on a search sale
News Shareholders who feel their hands are tied while sitting on the sidelines of a potential Microsoft-Yahoo search transaction may get the chance to weigh in, legal experts say.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Web 2.0, Yahoo! Inc., Investor, Advertisement, international business, Delaware Chancery Court, professor, Yahoo Search
Microsoft-Yahoo talks break down
News Yahoo says the software giant is no longer interested in buying it outright and that selling its search business would not make sense for shareholders.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Search, Web services, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, search engine company, shareholder
New filters in Google search for speed, news
News Google adds several new filters to its search options panel unveiled in May, letting searchers find results from just the last hour, or results from within Google News and Books.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Web 2.0, Google Inc., advertisement, Web sites, Web Page, search engine company, product manager, Search Result
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, Web 2.0, advertisement
Search: Google rules, Europeans do it more
News ComScore's latest market share numbers for global Internet search reveal that Google still rules the roost, although Microsoft's Bing made pronounced gains compared with last year.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Search, Latin America, Baidu.com Inc., ComScore Networks Inc., China, Internet, search business
Report: Yahoo CEO questions search sale
News Newly named CEO Carol Bartz tells employees her first inclination is to keep the company's search business, according to a Reuters report.
Tags: Search, Acquisitions, Business structures, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Carol Bartz, CEO, News.com, CNET Networks Inc.
US entrepreneur: Internet video progress 'disappointing'
News Little has happened in 10 years, U.S. cable network owner Mark Cuban said, in part because YouTube focused on ubiquity over monetization.
Tags: Web 2.0, Video, Internet advertising, Google Inc., cable network, Internet Video, Cable, Advertisement, YouTube Inc., monetization
MSN revamp to include stronger Bing ties
News In addition to freshening up the portal's look, Microsoft also wants MSN to drive more traffic to the company's Bing search engine.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC Company, Microsoft Windows Live, Google Inc., Search Engine, Dell Computer Corp., banking, MSN
Kayak broadside hits Microsoft's search redesign
News Microsoft slapped with litigation threat this week for looking too similar to Kayak's site both in look and functionality.
Tags: Lawsuits, Development/design, Copyright, Web Browser, Search Engine, Google Chrome, British Broadcasting Corp., search tool, search business, Wired Inc.
Ballmer: We need to be more disruptive in search
News Microsoft's CEO shares some ideas on how his company plans to take on search leader Google.
Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Live Search, Palo Alto, Google Inc., CEO, partnership, search business, Stanford
Yahoo's Bartz: 'No comment' on Microsoft deal
News In a call with analysts, CEO Carol Bartz referred to outsourcing or partnering parts of Yahoo’s business as it rethinks its strategy.
Tags: Business structures, Earning reports/forecasts, Mergers, Microsoft Corp., Outsourcing, Yahoo! Inc., Alibaba.com, financial, restructuring plan, earnings announcement
Microsoft's last offer to Yahoo
News Software maker was willing to buy Yahoo's search business and offered to buy a 16 percent stake at US$35 a share--above the price Microsoft offered when it was trying to get all of Yahoo.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Search, Web services, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Advertisement, News.com, blog
Yahoo 12-month price target cut
News Wall Street analyst trims company's 12-month price target to US$24 a share. Meanwhile, Yahoo's stock dips as low as US$17.25 in early morning trading.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Paid Search, Advertisement, antitrust, valuation, shareholder, U.S.
Ballmer keeps to script on Yahoo
News At the opening of an R&D site in Israel, Microsoft's CEO reiterates the stance that his company isn't offering a new bid for Yahoo, but rather seeking a smaller transaction.
Tags: Search, Investments, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Stock, Redmond, Facebook, partnership, R&D, search business
