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For more than three and a half years, GOOG-411 has represented a great way for people with feature phones (and even smartphones) to look up and contact businesses; users just ha...

Bartz Labels Facebook Potential Biggest Competitor

When it comes to competitors, Yahoo's Carol Bartz may not have the usual suspect(s) - Google and perhaps Microsoft - at the front of her mind. The CEO recently indicated i...

Google News Introduces Spotlight Video Section

Stop by an average American house any evening, and the odds are good you'll find the TV on. You're much less likely to see someone curled up with a book. Google may...

Yahoo Sets Target Dates For Final Bing Ad Transition

The last step of transitioning Yahoo Search Marketing accounts to the Microsoft Advertising adCenter platform will begin (much) sooner rather than later. Yahoo announced l...

Can Twitter Make Google News Better?

Google is testing a feature that brings Twitter into Google News. It's not just the addition of tweets into the news mix, but rather a way for users to personalize their experie...

Google Ties Into EU’s Statistical Office

There's good news this morning for individuals with an interest in world events. Google's made it possible to search for World Bank Development Indicators in more language...

Yahoo Rolls Out New Search Features

Yahoo has introduced new search features with an emphasis on helping users access entertainment and news content in a more streamlined fashion. Yahoo has ad...

Twitter Search Can Now Index 50 Times More Tweets Per Second

Twitter has changed its entire search architecture, and nobody noticed for weeks until they pointed it out. It must be successful right? It's supposed to be so powerful that it...

Bing To Become Firefox 4 General Search Option

Most modern software offers users dozens of ways in which they can customize and optimize everything. The average person probably does little more than pick a pretty backg...

What’s Going on in Search and eBusiness

At SMX East in New York, Bing announced new Webmaster Tools features including a link report. Google also added percent change data to its own Webmaster Tools query reports. Mor...

New Google-MySpace Deal May Save Google $200M Per Year

Two months after their original three-year, $900 million search deal was supposed to expire, there's word that Google and MySpace have reached a new agreement. The terms a...

Yahoo Acquires Display Ad Specialist Dapper

Dapper, a company that deals in both creating and optimizing display ad campaigns, is now the property of Yahoo, Inc. Yahoo announced the acquisition this afternoon....

Tips for Getting the Most Out of Google Goggles

Now that Google has released Google Goggles for the iPhone,...

Google Seeks Dismissal Of Oracle Suit

It's official: Oracle's accusations of patent infringement did not go over well at the Googleplex. This week, Google responded to Oracle's lawsuit by asking for the suit t...

New York State Educational System Goes Google

New York is America's fifth-largest state by population, and soon enough, most or all of the individuals who attend school there will be put in touch with Google. Google a...

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