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• Battling Data Monsters at Yahoo!

  Usama Fayyad is helping the Internet giant figure out how to harness the massive amount of data it collects in ways that profit advertisers and protect Read More... Posted Thursday, December 13, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Advertising and Marketing, YHOO, TWX, Search Engines, IACI

• The EU Delays Google's Ad Buy

  European officials want more time to review the proposed DoubleClick deal, and critics in the U.S. hope the FTC is paying attention Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:20 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Legal Issues, Technology, Company News, MSFT, International, Europe, Advertising and Marketing, Advertising, YHOO, TWX, Mergers & Acquisitions, Search Engines, Info Tech 100

• Baidu's Censored Answer to Wikipedia

  The Chinese search engine's Baike online encyclopedia blocks politically sensitive entries; some say it condones plagiarism and copyright abuse Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:07 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, International, Asia, YHOO, Politics, EBAY, SINA, BIDU, Search Engines, SOHU, NDAQ, E-commerce, Ethics

• Jerry Yang on the Hot Seat

  In congressional hearings, the Yahoo! co-founder and CEO will address questions about the company's role in human rights violations in China Read More... Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Legal Issues, Technology, Company News, Executives, MSFT, International, Asia, YHOO, Politics, Public Relations, Search Engines, CEOs

• Google Girds for Facebook Fight

  The No. 1 search engine is banding together with other sites and software developers to build its own social networking ecosystem Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 30, 2007 5:51 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, Software, MSFT, Consumer Electronics, Advertising, Personal Technology, ORCL, Search Engines, CRM

• StumbleUpon's 'Social Search' Upgrade

  The maker of the Web browser toolbar aims to mingle "social discovery" with the computing power of major search engines such as Google Read More... Posted Monday, October 22, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, Software, MSFT, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, YHOO, EBAY, Search Engines

• China, Wikipedia, and Censorship's Perils

  The mainland Chinese lost a key tool for communication and debate when censors blocked Wikipedia. Search engines aren't immune, either Read More... Posted Friday, October 19, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Legal Issues, Technology, MSFT, International, Asia, YHOO, Politics, NTES, SINA, BIDU, Search Engines, SOHU, Blogs

• Google Earnings Beat Estimates—Again

  The search megalith reported stellar third-quarter earnings, though it warned that margins may thin as it makes needed investments Read More... Posted Thursday, October 18, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: NWS, GOOG, Internet, Technology, Investing, Company News, Earnings, Advertising, Search Engines

• Yahoo Searches—for Profitability

  CEO Jerry Yang's ambitious turnaround plan for the Internet media company satisfied investors. But "uncertainties still exist" Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 16, 2007 11:09 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, Earnings, GS, Advertising, YHOO, Search Engines, Info Tech 100

• Gunning for Google

  Recent redesigns at Yahoo!, Microsoft Live Search, and Ask.com are providing graphically rich alternatives to the minimalist search giant Read More... Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 4:46 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, MSFT, Design, Innovation, YHOO, TWX, Search Engines, NYT, IACI

• Nokia to Pay $8.1 Billion for Navteq

  In an effort to capitalize on the hotly anticipated—but unproved—market for mobile search, the Finnish handset maker inks a deal for the digital Read More... Posted Monday, October 01, 2007 9:45 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, Computers, Software, Consumer Electronics, International, Europe, Telecommunications, Wireless, NOK, VOD, Mergers & Acquisitions, GRMN, Search Engines, Paid Search, NVT, TOM2.AS, TA.AS

• Google Defends the DoubleClick Deal

  In Senate hearings on the proposed acquisition, critics say the deal would give Google too much control of the online advertising market Read More... Posted Thursday, September 27, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Company News, MSFT, Advertising, YHOO, Politics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Search Engines

• Powerset: Move Over, Google

  The search giant is unfazed by competition from "natural language" upstarts, but users—and advertisers—may benefit once they get Read More... Posted Monday, September 17, 2007 5:01 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GOOG, Internet, Technology, Advertising, Search Engines, XRX, IACI