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Yahoo turns to Google. Microsoft cries foul.

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:07:30 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Very interesting move by Yahoo! They may be able to significantly increasing their earnings by integrating Google's search ads on their own site. Talk about a potential blow to microsoft. To think that they're left crying foul about this being anti-competitive after all these years is beyond ironic.

Clip Source: www.pcworld.com

Yahoo will test displaying Google search ads in a small number of its search engine queries, a move likely to be interpreted as the latest in a series of Yahoo maneuvers to resist Microsoft's acquisition attempt.

The test, expected to last up to two weeks and be limited to up to 3 percent of Yahoo search queries in the U.S., is specifically for Google's AdSense for Search service. In other words, Yahoo would be acting as one of the Web publishers that carry pay-per-click text ads from Google. The ads will appear only in Yahoo.com.

"This would make the market far less competitive, in sharp contrast to our own proposal to acquire Yahoo. We will assess closely all of our options," said Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, in a statement.

Tags: web, internet, search, business, yahoo, microsft, google

Google still kicking Yahoo and Microsoft's ass!

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:42:52 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: The part I actually find most surprising is that over 40% of the U.S. search market doesn't use Google. But considering how hard Microsoft and Yahoo are trying to catch them, it's amazing that they haven't been able to make any progress.

Clip Source: www.marketwatch.com

Google Inc. increased its lead in the U.S. Internet search market in November at the expense of both Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp., according to data released Thursday by Nielsen Online.

Tags: search, web, internet, google, yahoo, microsoft

Yahoo!: The Web's Future is Not in Search

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:59:25 GMT

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Clip Source: www.readwriteweb.com

At the Next Web conference in Amsterdam over the weekend, Tapan Bhat, the Yahoo! vice president of Front Doors, told attendees that search would not dominate the web in the future. "The future of the web is about personalization. Where search was dominant, now the web is about 'me.' It's about weaving the web together in a way that is smart and personalized for the user," he said.

Both Google and Yahoo! are hoping to take data about user behavior aggregated from across their properties (think: search history, del.icio.us bookmarks, Flickr photos, Upcoming events, Answers questions, etc.) in order to learn more about what each user wants. The ultimate goal is to deliver a more personalized experience to the user.

Google might be more vulnerable than anyone thinks. According to Compete, the stickiest site on the web -- the one that demands most of our attention -- is MySpace, followed by Yahoo! and eBay. Google is actually 5th

Tags: yahoo, search, personalization, attention, social media

Google to include videos, images and books in their search results

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:51:51 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Yet another reason they acquired YouTube. Yet another reason they will continue to dominate the search market.

Clip Source: biz.yahoo.com

In its latest technological leap, online search leader Google Inc. will begin showing videos on its main results page Wednesday along with photos, books and other content previously separated into different categories.

The videos will be shown on Google's results page if it's contained in the company's own database or the vast library of its YouTube subsidiary. A thumbnail will direct traffic to videos hosted on other sites like Metacafe.com.

Other Google results will more frequently show photos or information from the more than 1 million books that the company has copied during the past two years

Now that Google is showing videos in the search results, it may not be much longer before the company begins airing video ads in addition to the short text ads that have accounted for nearly all of its profits so far.

Tags: google, search, internet, web

What the "Surprise Me" button is all about

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:58:30 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: I read this on a blog and literally said out load, "this is exactly what Surprise Me" is for.

Clip Source: gesterling.wordpress.com

We need search as a tool to get us from here to there online or for quick information lookups. But we also need alternative mechanisms to help us discover content and information we otherwise might not have known.

After all, I don’t know what I don’t know.

Tags: search, surprise me

Wikipedia founder takes on Google/Yahoo with Wikiasari

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:51:40 GMT

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Clip Source: tech.blorge.com

Wikipedia’s founder, Jimmy Wales, is ready to release a new search engine for the web; named ‘Wikiasari’, this engine plans to soon be a contender to Google and Yahoo.

Wikiasari, which is a combination of wiki, defined “quick” in Hawaiian, and asari, which is Japanese for “rummaging search” is planned to launch in the first quarter of 2007, and looks to be gaining attention quickly.

While it may be hard to jump in the pack with the big dogs, Mr. Wales is relying on his much popular Wikipedia “web credit” to boost the attention and participation of his new project Wikiasari, and hopes to win over the hearts of Wikipedia’s community.

Tags: internet, wikipedia, search engine, google, yahoo

Google vs. God

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:03:22 GMT

clipped by: adamc
clipper's remarks: I search therefore I am.

Clip Source: static.blogo.it

Tags: google, god, religion, funny, search

New Feature: Related tags and clippers when you do a search

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:30:42 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Check the left side of the page after doing a search or clicking on a tag.

Clip Source: clipmarks.blogs.com

Whenever you do a search in the Public Exchange, the left-side displays related tags and related clippers for whatever you’re searching for. This will allow you to more easily find clipmarks about your favorite topics and meet people who clip things you’re interested in.

Tags: new feature, clipmarks, upload, related tags, related clippers

Very strong words about Google's decision to censor search results in China

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 02:30:06 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: This is crazy. I'm sure that being a publicly traded company worth over $100bn played into this decision...and i can't necessarily say that they made the wrong decision...but i sure think it stinks. The only way to bring about change is have the balls to do it. Sure would have been cool to see Google say FU to China's demand.

Clip Source: rconversation.blogs.com

So it has happened. Google has caved in. It has agreed to actively censor a new Chinese-language search service that will be housed on computer servers inside the PRC.

Obviously this contradicts its stated desire to make information freely available to everybody on the planet, and it contradicts its mission statement: "don't be evil." As Mike Langberg at the San Jose Mercury News puts it: their revised motto should now read "don't be evil more than necessary."

Tags: google, search, china, censorship, internet, technology

Yahoo conceding search to Google? Jeff Clavier says no way!

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:52:07 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Rumor quickly spread around the web that yahoo was basically conceding search to Google. Seems kind of far fetched and unrealistic...Jeff Clavier says there's no shot it's true.

via: tech.memeorandum.com

Clip Source: blog.softtechvc.com

I was alerted by Thomas Hawk about the latest “news” building up in the blogosphere, and as such the top news on Memeorandum: Yahoo! gives up quest for search dominance. My initial reaction was that this must be one of these quotes being taken out of a specific context, and the sensational aspect of the headline is leading everyone to pile in. To cut the commentary short: Bullshit. No way.

I am not defending Yahoo here (they are big enough to do it themselves :-), or downplaying Google (my default search engine), but merely wishing that we bloggers think about the implications and/or the likelihood of what is being reported before adding noise to the signal. Too much trigger happiness and not enough analysis in my opinion. Dave Taylor is apparently in the same boat: No, bloggers, Yahoo isn't "conceding search to Google".

Tags: yahoo, google, search, internet, blogs, technology

new types of ad units on Google results

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 04:59:45 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: I'm really interested to see how people react to this.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Users of Google's search engine will soon see something they are not used to on the notoriously spare site: advertising with logos and graphics. And the advertisers will not be limited to America Online, whose talks with Google prompted the change in policy, according to two executives close to the companies' negotiations.

Tags: google, aol, advertising, search, internet, technology

2 Wow-worthy aspects of the Google-AOL deal

Sat, 17 Dec 2005 16:07:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: These seem to be huge wins for AOL.

Clip Source: battellemedia.com

Google, which prides itself on the purity of its search results, agreed to give favored placement to content from AOL throughout its site, something it has never done before.

Clip Source: battellemedia.com

As part of the deal, AOL would be able to sell advertising among the search results provided by Google on AOL Web properties. AOL's sales staff would also sell display ads across Google's network of Web publishers.

Tags: aol, google, yahoo, microsoft, search, interenet, technology

Alexa to give away its index

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:56:52 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: Just waking up so not exactly sure what i think of this other than it sure is innovative and interesting. Click here to read what Om thinks (he's not as bullish about it as John Battelle): http://gigaom.com/2005/12/12/amazons-alexa-commoditizes-search/

Clip Source: battellemedia.com

Every so often an idea comes along that has the potential to change the game. When it does, you find yourself saying - "Sheesh, of course that was going to happen. Why didn't I predict it?" Well, I didn't predict this happening, but here it is, happening anyway.

In short, Alexa, an Amazon-owned search company started by Bruce Gilliat and Brewster Kahle (and the spider that fuels the Internet Archive), is going to offer its index up to anyone who wants it. Alexa has about 5 billion documents in its index - about 100 terabytes of data. It's best known for its toolbar-based traffic and site stats, which are much debated and, regardless, much used across the web.

In other words, Alexa and Amazon are turning the index inside out, and offering it as a web service that anyone can mashup to their hearts content. Entrepreneurs can use Alexa's crawl, Alexa's processors, Alexa's server farm....the whole nine yards.

I am quite sure this means that Yahoo and Google will have to stare hard at their own (somewhat limited) search services and APIs, and think what they might do to compete, that much is certain. And if this starts to gain traction, all of a sudden, Amazon is a major search player, right next to Yahoo, Google, MSN, and IAC. A9+Alexa+web services= hmmmm....

Tags: amazon, alexa, google, yahoo, search

Will search engines give their users a piece of the profits?

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 21:25:25 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: They should! I agree with Nicholas Carr that they will. Read the full blog post to check his reasoning.

Clip Source: www.roughtype.com

Thanks to a link from John Battelle, I came across a fascinating little article about an appearance by Bill Gates on Indian television earlier this week. Noting that Google's "business model is based on advertisements from which they make a lot of money" and that "Google keeps all of the money with itself," Gates said that Microsoft intends to "share a part of its advertising revenues from its search engine with users" - by giving them credits for buying software or even outright cash payments.

What Gates is saying - and it will not be music to Google's ears - is that there's too much profit right now in online advertising.

Tags: google, microsoft, yahoo, search, advertising, revenue

TechCrunch suggests that Google may be losing focus

Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:00:50 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: In addition the bad vibes Google has been getting lately, this post states that Yahoo and Microsoft may just be out-developing them too. It's amazing how fast the perception of Google is changing.

Clip Source: www.crunchnotes.com

I think Google misunderstands that their platform is advertising, that’s a temporary transitional thing, the real platform is (doh) Search.

Dave is so dead on correct here. Google has to open up their search API or, in the long run, someone else will. The internet is the ultimate destroyer of the tragedy of the commons - and those who continue to remove friction are the only ones that can possibly win.

Tags: google, yahoo, microsoft, web 2.0, search, dave winer, techcrunch, blogger, technology