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Patent Absurdity? Google, Microsoft in War of Words Over Android ‘Patent Attacks’
Google condemned "a hostile, organized campaign” being waged through “bogus patents” against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, and Apple. Unfortunately for them, Microsoft…
Google Realtime Search Returning With Google+
Google shut down its Realtime Search feature in July after failing to reach a new deal with Twitter. The company has confirmed,…
Google News Gets More Personal with Editors’ Picks
Google announced another improvement to Google News called Editors' Picks. Essentially, this feature highlights articles on the news publisher's site and places…
Yahoo Content Behaviorally Targets Success
Yahoo’s CORE (Content Optimization and Relevance Engine) personalization technology has reportedly increased clicks to stories in their “Today” home page box by…
Bing Now Powers Yahoo Organic Search Results in 6 More Countries
Bing now powers Yahoo’s organic search results in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and India. The back-end change, part of the…
Chrome 13 With Instant Pages Launches & How Browser Loyalty Impacts Search
Chrome 13 is out now and features Google Instant Pages. Meanwhile, Chrome continues to gain ground on a global scale, and recent…
Bada Bing! It’s Baidu Bing – English Search Marketing In China
The Baidu-Bing relationship provides a win-win situation for two of the world’s most important search engines. As an exciting new level of…
Report: Google EU Antitrust Expands, Up to 9 Complainants
The European Google antitrust investigation, which has been ongoing since November 2010, is continuing to grow. According to two sources familiar with…
7 Google Projects Shut Down in the Page Era (The Google Friends Newsletter is the Latest)
Google just halted the Google Friends newsletter after providing Google updates for 13 years – but that's far from the whole story.…
10 Key Things I Learned From Working at a Search Startup
I’ve learned a lot in my time in the search community, which has always been generous with its knowledge. In my continuing…