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When Carl Talked to Barry: Sources Say Time Warner Investor Carl Icahn Has Had Conversations with IAC/InterActive (Ask Jeeves) CEO Barry Diller

According to this Fortune.com story: Time Warner: Is Icahn looking to deal with Diller?, that legenday investor Carl Icahn (controls about 3.1%…

By Gary Price · 24 Jan 2006

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New Firstgov.gov Search Database Goes Live

The new Firstgov.gov search that offers access to content from U.S. federal, state, local tribal and territorial sources is now live. You…

By Gary Price · 24 Jan 2006

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Yahoo: Not A Goal To Overtake Google In Search Market Share

Steve Rubel points to a Bloomberg news article, Yahoo! gives up quest for search dominance, examining Yahoo CFO Susan Decker saying “It’s…

By Danny Sullivan · 24 Jan 2006

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BBC Money Programme Documentary On Google

The BBC’s Money Programme did a big look at Google over here in the UK last Friday night. John Battelle was interviewed…

By Danny Sullivan · 24 Jan 2006

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Marketing in the Search Tail: Is the Pain Worth the Gain?

Popular search terms tend to dominate the headlines, but there are literally millions of unique searches conducted every day, and savvy search…

By Patricia Hursh · 24 Jan 2006

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Some Advanced Search Syntax from Yahoo Hacks and the Launch of Rough Cuts from Safari Tech Books

The Yahoo Search team has allowed Paul Bausch, author of Yahoo Hacks, to share a couple of the many “hacks” from his…

By Gary Price · 23 Jan 2006

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Schmidt, Brin, Page Will Once Again Earn Base Salaries of $1.00 in 2006, Other Senior Execs Get $75K Raise

Google has just filed a report with the SEC that lists the annual base salaries (stock options and other items excluded of…

By Gary Price · 23 Jan 2006

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Bye Bye Beta: Google News is a Beta No More

And you thought that Google News would always be in beta. (-: Well, that’s no longer the case. As of today, approximently…

By Gary Price · 23 Jan 2006

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Yahoo Open New Research Labs in Chile and Spain with Respected Information Scientist In Charge

News from Yahoo that they have just opened new research labs in Chile and Spain. Yahoo has hired famed information scientist, Ricardo…

By Gary Price · 23 Jan 2006

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BusinessWeek on Yahoo and Social Search

BusinessWeek’s Ben Elgin takes a look at social search, focusing on Yahoo, in his article: Yahoo’s Social Circle. Ben’s article offers a…

By Gary Price · 23 Jan 2006