Microsoft and News Corp., the news company that runs the Wall Street Journal of the US and also The Sun of the UK, may be in the process of entering into a pact. But this pact has an unusual twist to it. Microsoft wants the news agencies to opt out of Google search and instead [...]
The latest search numbers are out which shows that Google still has a commanding lead over the alliance of Microsoft and Yahoo, known as MicroHoo. Google’s number show that the company commands a whopping 65% of the market with MicroHoo trailing with 28%. The report also indicates that Google commands a user loyalty which continues [...]
I had to scratch my head when I first read this statement from the head boss of Yahoo saying the company was not a search company. Well I believe some of us may differ from this statement for several reasons. When Yahoo first became available to the masses, everyone I know used it to do [...]
OK. I know most of us are already tired of hearing about the Microsoft - Yahoo deal, but the statements made by the CEO of Yahoo are just to good to pass up. In a morning Yahoo blog posting the CEO of Yahoo, Carol Bartz, made several blog entries that beg to ask the question. [...]
Here we go again. The DOJ is looking at Google as a monopoly, just like they did once before when they looked at Microsoft. But is Google really a monopoly if people like their stuff better than the competitions? This is what really needs to be looked at. Not just a dictionary term of what [...]
If these numbers are accurate they say volumes about how we users rely on Google to be our search preference. During the week that Bing launched, Google’s market share shrank from 78.72% to a whopping down turn of 78.48%. Before Microsoft released Bing their market share was a dismal 7.81% to a stunning 8.23%. Much [...]
As millions of users went to the Internet to find out more information about Michael Jackson, Google had a major spike in traffic, which at first appeared to be an attack. The search giant stated that Google News was unavailable to some users during this time.
A warning flashed to some user which stated:
“We’re sorry, but [...]
The one thing I love about the Internet is how it changes almost on a daily basis. The once darling of the Internet, MySpace, appears to be in worse shape than first thought. Though new executives have been brought in to whip things into shape, MySpace could be facing the same problems that have plagued [...]
Like many of you I use the Internet for a good portion of my waking hours to do a multitude of tasks including researching for articles and writing my blog posts. Last evening while roaming around the Internet I stumbled upon an article which covered how TV content would be coming our way on the [...]
Google is releasing new technology that can better understand your associations and concepts associated with your search. Google is also expanding the list of related searches as well. On their blog site, they further explain the new search results as:
Starting today, we’re deploying a new technology that can better understand associations and concepts related to [...]
Microsoft is currently testing a new search engine called Kumo to replace their failing Live Search. The testing is currently being tested internally by Microsoft employees, before going public. Microsoft has struggled to get their search vehicle to be used by the public, and is currently in third place behind Google and Yahoo. There is [...]
Remember Yahoo? They are the original company that started the entire search thing on the Internet. They are also the company that Microsoft threatens to buy weekly. Now with a new CEO at the helm they are now getting serious and have decided to become a leader once again. But is it too late? I [...]
ComScore has released their latest statitics for the month of November, 2008 and Google remains the king of all search engines. This is not a major surprise, but what is surprising is that Microsoft still remains in the number 3 position at a lowly 8.5% of all searches. Even though Microsoft has adpoted a pay [...]
Yahoo had started sniffing around seeking a possible bid from Microsoft. It seems that the search company hasn’t fared very well this past year, and selling out was now an option. Only one small problem. Microsoft has said no to Yahoo and no to CEO Yang.
Microsoft had originally offered to buy Yahoo at $33 a [...]
Yahoo has introduced their Inquisitor search assistant to both Internet Explorer 7 and 8 as well as Firefox 2 and 3. The Inquisitor originally was for Safari only but popular demand made Yahoo add this feature to other browsers as well. Over at the Yahoo Search Blog they state:
We’ve also included a bookmark-based retrieval feature [...]
Here we go again. With the stock market in a roller coaster ride, and with Yahoo trying to hang in there, it appears we could be in another Microsoft-Yahoo head butting contest once again. Depending on which rumors you choose to believe, Yahoo may be cutting their payroll by saying good bye to some 3,000 [...]
During the past month or so, there seems to be threats of some type of an investigation being requested, to investigate the Google-Yahoo deal. Hold it right there. This is a total crock.
We have a government in which no one even saw this housing and mortgage mess coming. A government that employees people to oversee [...]
Last week I wrote an article about Silicon Valley and what some seem to feel is a lack of innovation coming from the area. [See article here.] So over the long three day weekend, as I read about how Google was coming out with their own browser Chrome, I thought to myself is this innovating [...]
I just finished reading an informative article over at the NY Times in which it states that Silicon Valley is suffering from a lack of innovation. According to the source, it is doom and gloom since companies are no longer living on the edge and innovation is being stifled. The opinion of the writer goes [...]
During the next two months of September and October, 2008, there will be the introduction of new products [toys] for all of us to go ga-ga-google over. Some of the best things to hit the techno world will be, but not limited to:
Netbook computers: Those pint sized wonders that will weigh in at 2lbs [...]
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