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Unfamiliarity stems demand for 'soft' search
News Search providers focusing more closely on churning contextualized results, but adoption remains niche for now due to lack of user understanding, say analysts.
Tags: Web 2.0, Search, Internet advertising, Semantic Web, Site, Search Result, Search Technology, Internet, analyst, Search
Google adds new depth to complicated searches
News By checking other Web pages for related content as a search is performed, Google says it can handle complicated queries better. Also allows for longer text snippets.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Refinement, Web Page, Google Inc., Wolfram Research, Search Engine, Search Result, Search Technology, blog
Microsoft targets Bing search at Asia
News update Company launches Bing, invests in Asian languages and banks on user disloyalty to wrestle market share from current search leaders, Google and Baidu.
Tags: Search, Forrester Research Inc., Asia, India, Google Inc., Search Engine, Internet User, Analysys, Baidu.com Inc., senior vice president
Reports: Microsoft-Yahoo deal to come in next 24 hours
News An official announcement of a search and advertising deal between Microsoft and Yahoo is expected within the next 24 hours.
Tags: Mergers, Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, payment, search bar, Search Technology, revenue, agreement, Mergers
Why US Justice Dept wants more on Yahoo search deal
News Microsoft and Yahoo's move to condense the number of serious players in the search market could prompt the U.S. Department of Justice to impose conditions on the deal.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web browsers, Web services, Web Page, U.S. Department Of Justice, search engine company, Washington, Yahoo Search, Search Technology, merger
Google: We've got cool search, too
News Google adds a link to its home page describing how to search for interesting results on Google. It's long offered such capabilities, but Bing's bump could have prompted a reminder.
Tags: Search, Web services, Stock, Microsoft Corp., search bar, Google Search, Internet search, search technology, Search Engine, Search
Report: Microsoft to unveil Kumo search engine next week
News Company expected to demo its next-generation search technology at the D:All Things Digital technology conference, according to reports citing unnamed sources.
Tags: Search, Microsoft Corp., Conference, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Spokesperson, Ina Fried, News Corp., Search Technology
Microsoft's Kumo sneaks out in public
News Some of the design changes that are part of the upcoming search engine revamp are now in limited public testing, the software giant confirms.
Tags: Search, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Kumo, release candidate, software, Search Technology
Sue Decker bullish in goodbye memo to Yahoo staff
News The outgoing president says in farewell e-mail: Yahoo is "positioned to weather a challenging economic cycle and come out the other side stronger than before."
Tags: Recruiting, Search, Growth strategies and tools, Business models, Innovation, Yahoo! Inc., API, News.com, leader, Search Technology
Google Squared gets more data, better filters
News Google Labs project in presenting structured data has been given a few refinements, but it still can't figure out where Yankee Stadium is located.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Web services, Google Inc., U.S., Milwaukee, Web sites, Web 2.0, Google Squared, Tool
Bing balloons into public view
News Microsoft's big bet on search begins to be publicly available, with opinions rolling in fast and furious.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Search, Acquisitions, Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Windows Live, Google Inc., Video, Advertisement, Search Result, Search Technology
Yahoo's Bartz willing to sell search
News But, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz says, the right company would have to have a technology she believes in and "boatloads of money".
Tags: Search, Business development/management, Twitter, Positioning, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., co-founder, CEO, Search Technology, brand
Microsoft to start testing 'Kumo' search service
News Beginning this week, some of Redmond's employees will get access to the new look for Microsoft's Live Search, CNET News has learned.
Tags: Search, Twitter, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Tool, Kumo, Environment, co-founder, Search Technology, search tool
Quickly delete every nth row in Excel
Techguide Susan Harkins explains how to use AutoFilter to delete specific rows in a worksheet.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Row, Column, MsgBox, Microsoft Corp., OrderID, Microsoft Word Override Word, Goto, Clear, Microsoft Excel
UK court clears Google search in defamation case
News Google merely facilitates access to content but isn't actually a publisher liable for it, a United Kingdom High Court judge rules.
Tags: Digital media, Google Inc., Search Engine, Digital media, Search Result, Google Search, Search Technology, Web Site, Web
