http://www.eweek.com Search Engines - RSS Feeds en-us Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:25:22 -0500 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:25:22 -0500 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:19:10 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Facebook-Brings-More-Clarity-to-Privacy-Policy-Social-Ads-453727/?kc=rss - Facebook made good on its pledge to revise and clarify its privacy policy Oct. 29, offering detailed explanations on how users can alter their account information or erase their profiles from the social network. Facebook calls this the next step on the path to quot;run Facebook i...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Facebook-Brings-More-Clarity-to-Privacy-Policy-Social-Ads-453727/?kc=rss Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:40:41 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Microsoft-Yahoo-Delay-Search-Deal-to-Dot-Is-Cross-Ts-599609/?kc=rss - Microsoft and Yahoo have delayed signing their blockbuster search deal to finalize the details, Yahoo said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Oct. 28. The search engine rivals July 29 inked a 10-year deal in which Microsoft's Bing search engine would power Yaho...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Microsoft-Yahoo-Delay-Search-Deal-to-Dot-Is-Cross-Ts-599609/?kc=rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:49:58 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/How-Twitter-Search-Will-Help-Google-Microsoft-Bing-278139/?kc=rss - One week ago today on Oct. 21, Microsoft and Google both announced deals to index Twitter messages at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Microsoft launched its Bing Twitter site for indexing tweets in real time. Not to be outdone, Google promised that Twitter content will be integrated into G...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/How-Twitter-Search-Will-Help-Google-Microsoft-Bing-278139/?kc=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:09:21 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Fits-Wikipedia-For-Custom-Search-Skin-598646/?kc=rss - Google Oct. 26 celebrated the third birthday of its Custom Search application by rolling out a special Wikipedia skin to makes it easier for users to surf the leading resource Website. Google Custom Search lets Website publishers make their content searchable by Google, prioritizi...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Fits-Wikipedia-For-Custom-Search-Skin-598646/?kc=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:08:39 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/DeepDyve-Rents-Research-The-Netflix-Way-179922/?kc=rss - Looking to capitalize on the successful online rental model of companies such as Netflix, DeepDyve Oct. 27 began renting out its research articles to consumers and knowledge workers for 99 cents per article and via monthly subscriptions. There's nothing else quite like DeepDyve in ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/DeepDyve-Rents-Research-The-Netflix-Way-179922/?kc=rss Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:19:30 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Social-Search-Arrives-to-Surface-Content-From-Twitter-FriendFeed-Yelp-327574/?kc=rss - Google Oct. 26 released Google Social Search, the company's stab at making search more personally relevant by putting content from searchers' contacts directly into search results. Users must opt in to use the experimental service from Google Labs here. Google Social Service requires users to ha...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Social-Search-Arrives-to-Surface-Content-From-Twitter-FriendFeed-Yelp-327574/?kc=rss Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:33:28 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Wowd-Kosmix-Aim-to-Claim-Corners-of-Googles-Search-Sandbox-814287/?kc=rss - The Web 2.0 Summit Oct. 20 to 200 was ripe with search engine news. For those who missed it, Twitter pledged to let Microsoft Bing and Google serve up its content. Google unveiled Social Search. Even as the giants made bold moves, startups focused on discovery to make news of their own. Wowd joi...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Wowd-Kosmix-Aim-to-Claim-Corners-of-Googles-Search-Sandbox-814287/?kc=rss Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:21:06 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Microsoft-Bing-Continues-Growth-in-September-But-So-Does-Google-852404/?kc=rss - Microsoft Bing served 25 million more queries in September than it did in August, growing market share from 8.7 percent to 8.8 percent, according to data released by Compete Oct. 22. The Web analytics firm said Bing's bid to help users find what they are looking for more quickly is...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Microsoft-Bing-Continues-Growth-in-September-But-So-Does-Google-852404/?kc=rss Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:14:25 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Cofounder-Sergey-Brin-Says-He-Did-Not-Try-to-Buy-Twitter-773559/?kc=rss - SAN FRANCISCO -- Google co-founder Sergey Brin said Google did not try to buy Twitter, casting off reports to that affect in a surprise visit onstage here at the Web 2.0 Summit Oct. 22. Web 2.0 Summit Co-Host John Battelle asked Brin if Google tried to acquire Twitter, the microblo...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Cofounder-Sergey-Brin-Says-He-Did-Not-Try-to-Buy-Twitter-773559/?kc=rss Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:04:30 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Search-Appliance-Gets-New-Analysis-Tool-Universal-Login-737709/?kc=rss - Google enhanced its Google Search Appliance enterprise search box with some new features Oct. 20, including an analysis tool that looks at employee behavior to improve results. No need for the creepy meter to go to 10. Created to help support the GSA(n) architecture the company launched with G...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Search-Appliance-Gets-New-Analysis-Tool-Universal-Login-737709/?kc=rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:44:05 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Launching-Social-Search-Soon-Challenging-Aardvark-ChaCha-Mahalo-735141/?kc=rss - A key Google search executive unveiled Google Social Search at the Web 2.0 Summit Oct. 21, attempting to upstage significant announcements from search challenger Microsoft Bing. Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and user experience at Google, got permission to make a...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Launching-Social-Search-Soon-Challenging-Aardvark-ChaCha-Mahalo-735141/?kc=rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:47:01 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Microsoft-Launches-Bing-Twitter-at-Web-20-Summit-Says-Facebook-Data-to-Come-872777/?kc=rss - SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft Oct. 21 launched Bing Twitter to enable users to find real-time Twitter content through the Bing search engine, a move designed to give the software giant an advantage over rival Google, with its 65 percent search market share that has so far been impenetrable. Bing wi...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Microsoft-Launches-Bing-Twitter-at-Web-20-Summit-Says-Facebook-Data-to-Come-872777/?kc=rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:34:46 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Microsoft-Bing-Director-Mum-on-Realtime-Data-Deals-With-Twitter-Facebook-639335/?kc=rss - SAN FRANCISCO The director of Microsoft's Bing search engine has declined knowledge of the data integration deals with Twitter and Facebook his boss is expected to announce at the Web 2.0 Summit today, Oct. 21. BoomTown's Kara Swisher reported earlier the same day that Microsoft had struck deal...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Microsoft-Bing-Director-Mum-on-Realtime-Data-Deals-With-Twitter-Facebook-639335/?kc=rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:00:39 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-May-Launch-Music-Service-to-Challenge-Apple-iTunes-297544/?kc=rss - UPDATE: Google is set to challenge Apple, Spotify and several players in the digital music space by launching Google Audio, TechCrunch reported Oct. 21, citing multiple sources. Google spent the last several weeks striking deals to seed the service with music content from the majo...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-May-Launch-Music-Service-to-Challenge-Apple-iTunes-297544/?kc=rss Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:33:30 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Yahoo-Triples-Profit-Beats-Wall-Street-Expectations-546803/?kc=rss - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) Yahoo Inc's quarterly profit more than tripled as cost cuts and asset sales more than offset a continued decline in sales, sending its shares up 5 percent. Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse told Reuters the Internet company's top advertisers were beginning to spend again. ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Yahoo-Triples-Profit-Beats-Wall-Street-Expectations-546803/?kc=rss