Articles Sorted By Search Engine(3094) Articles in this category are broken down by search engine. These articles primarily cover business oriented issues.
Legal Issues(129) From lawsuits, to dealing with governments, the articles in this category cover the domestic and international legal issues facing search engines.
At Infospace Net Searches Are Clicking
Date: 2003-09-05 Source: BusinessWeek
Suitors are eyeballing Infospace because of its strong balance sheet, low valuation relative to cash flow, tech assets, and $300 million in cash, says Jonathan Cohen of JLC Capital Management. The company's search unit alone should bring in $80 million in 2003, on growth of 25%. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Another Selection of Recent Search Related Patents
Date: 2003-09-03 Source: ResourceShelf
I've prepared another list of selected search and IR patents that have been recently awarded by the USPTO. On Tuesday, the folks at Google were awarded a patent titled, "Detecting query-specific duplicate documents." The complete list is posted on ResourceShelfPLUS. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google rival in the picture
Date: 2003-08-27 Source: theage.com.au
Take a look at Grokker. It is a search engine based not on text and lists, as is Google, but on graphics. It is a fascinating and powerful concept and could be the next great leap in bringing more order and sense to the web. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Consumers Rate Online Search, Portals, and News
Date: 2003-08-21 Source: MediaPost
The report, which includes measurements of search engines, portals, and online news and information websites as part of the e-business category, identifies a few outstanding performers and shows that Google, Yahoo!, and others are pulling off the extraordinary feat of morphing their business models without losing customer satisfaction and loyalty, while other companies lag behind. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Let's go Nutch...
Date: 2003-08-21 Source: Guardian Unlimited
So much for winning by offering what people want: a clean, fast search engine that delivers high-quality results. And no mention of the fact that the market is open and users can switch search engines in seconds. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Singingfish Swims With Rich Media
Date: 2003-08-21 Source: InternetNews.com
The audio/video content search player is adding Flash results to its repertoire while it says the rest of the school is still learning how to master sifting thorough text. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Chinese Homegrown Search Engine Eyes Overseas IPO
Date: 2003-08-20 Source: Reuters
Online search firm Beijing 3721 Technology Co Ltd, whose Chinese language service reaches some 60 million Web surfers, is seeking an overseas listing as part of its expansion plans, its chief executive said on Wednesday. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Gunning for Search Engines
Date: 2003-08-20 Source: E-Commerce Times
The stakes are lofty. Search has emerged as a promising Web business. Google, Yahoo and Microsoft each wants to make search more intelligent and useful. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Search Engine Throne Up for Grabs
Date: 2003-08-20 Source: InternetNews.com
The world of search engines is on the crux of some big changes with no clear winners in the next 12 months, according to Search Engine Watch founder Danny Sullivan. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Search Engines as Personal Shoppers?
Date: 2003-08-20 Source: About Web Search
As e-commerce continues to grow and more people turn to the web as a source of convenient shopping, the major search engines are recognizing the need to offer more powerful search features aimed at online shoppers. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Who wins as national search goes local?
Date: 2003-08-19 Source: CBS.MarketWatch.com
Local advertising accounts for two-thirds of the overall advertising business, says Jim Lanzone, vice president of product management at Ask Jeeves. One of the first big markets that online search companies are eyeing is the yellow-pages business, which is worth roughly $14 billion in revenue a year. But it's also a business that incumbent phone companies aren't likely to part with without a huge fight. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
24/7 Real Media Re-brands Search Unit
Date: 2003-08-13 Source: InternetNews.com
24/7 Real Media announced on Wednesday that it had renamed its search optimization arm, Website Results. The unit will now be known as 24/7 Search, offering a full suite of optimization tools for marketers operating paid search programs. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Watch Out, Google
Date: 2003-08-12 Source: Business 2.0
Meet Nutch, the open-source search engine. With Nutch, the indexing and page-ranking technologies are all open and visible; you can check them yourself if you have a problem with your page's ranking. Just as Linux has taken on Windows, revolutionizing the rules of search-engine development and distribution, Nutch could pose an enormous threat to Google and other search giants. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
China's Net Survivors Get Rich
Date: 2003-08-11 Source: Wired
Once dismissed as washed-up relics of the Internet boom, Sina and its U.S.-listed Chinese rivals Sohu.com and NetEase.com have risen from the rubble of the tech bust by posting their first-ever profits over the last year. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Searching for the personal touch
Date: 2003-08-11 Source: News.com
A stealth start-up out of Stanford University is hoping to raise the heat on one of the toughest problems in Web search--and possibly out-Google Google in the process. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Finding a Name for the Search Engine Endgame
Date: 2003-08-06 Source: E-Commerce Times
Sure, Yahoo and Google could continue to wage their own battles, with Google fortified by its world-beating technology and Yahoo by its acquisition-fueled growth spurt and its legacy as one of the Web's first search and category sites. But why not just cut out all the preliminaries, call off the courting and put the two together? [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Search: 2006
Date: 2003-08-04 Source: PromotionData.com
When analysts are predicting that search engine marketing will continue to grow as a multi billion dollar a year industry, you know the fight to gain a substantial piece of the pie will probably get bloody. There will be winners and losers. And right now, with Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, you have three pretty serious contenders. Let’s see what happens, shall we? [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Top 5 Directories
Date: 2003-08-04 Source: About Web Search
Often mistaken for search engines, and nearly always overlooked as the valuable searching resource they are, Directories don't receive anywhere near the attention or press that Search Engines do. Brush up on your knowledge of the most useful directories with this Top 5 Directories list. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
