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Google Reader Lagging in RSS Market

LeeAnn Prescott at Hitwise takes a look at the Web-based RSS market and finds that Google Reader is gaining market share but lagging far...

Yahoo Launches Personal Finance Site

Yahoo launched a new personal finance site today. They've got licensed content from the Wall Street Journal, CNNMoney, Consumer Reports and the Motley Fool.For...

These Are Not the Googlephones You’re Looking For

googlephone.jpg Engadget is running two supposed photographs of the still-mythical Googlephone--which has been a rumored Google project for at least a year--but skeptics say it's...

Yahoo Answers Adds Google Stars

Yahoo Answers recently added a feature--similar in appearance to Google's Gmail stars--that allows you to "star" individual answers. Those starred answers are then added...

JPMorgan: Google Checkout Captured 6% Market Share in 2006, but Has Customer Service Issues

JPMorgan released findings from a recent survey of consumer spending behavior, including consumer adoption of Google Checkout and PayPal. Loren Baker at SEJ has...

Google Aiming for Billboard Advertising

Google filed a patent application in December that hints at its plans to place contextual advertising on billboard displays.The application for a "network of...

Timeline of Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Acquisitions

(via Andy Beal) Pete Abilla built an AJAXified timeline of Google, Yahoo and Microsoft acquisitions. It's a pretty neat tool, though sometimes hard to...

Five Ways to Delete Your Google Cookie

Google's been suffering some security issues of late, which may cause some of you to be anxious about how much of your data is...

Google Uses Google Earth to Target Poor People

Google is considering a move to Lenoir, N.C., a small blue-collar town primarily known for its failing furniture industry.State and local governments have offered...

Off-Topic: Paramount Sues Italian Restaurant for Playing Gershwin Music

This has nothing to do with search engines, but it seems to be so incredibly absurd I thought it deserved a honored spot in...