In Danny’s blog post about the new Google Suggest beta he mentions a similar type of query refinement tool available from AOL’s new Pinpoint Shopping.
It’s also worth mentioning that Surfwax has offered a dynamic query refinement tool called “LookAhead” for almost a year. It’s available with their news search database and offers search-terms based on a controlled vocabulary.
Verizon has agreed to acquire Yahoo's operating business in a $4.8 billion cash deal, sealing the fate of one of the internet's pioneering giants.
Google trounces Yahoo and Bing when it comes to ad impressions and CTR, but the numbers are much closer than they were three years ago. Less competition - and lower CPC - is definitely a factor.
To compete with Google and Facebook, Microsoft and AOL are training one another on their respective strengths: content and programmatic.
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