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Microsoft updates Live Search. In a move similar to Google’s Universal Search and Ask’s 3D search, Live Search will include results from multiple sources.
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Google’s purchase of Double Click is likely to be delayed as the European Commission decides whether to launch a full investigation.
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Google responds to accusations of PPC click fraud. What are Google doing about click fraud?
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Google has been accused of misleading web users by failing to distinguish between organic search results and sponsored links generated by the search engine.
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The Nielsen//NetRatings study revealed we are most likely to search for travel deals, social networks and information references like Wiki.
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This Nielsen//NetRatings study shows web users may actually use two or three search engines. But Google is still top with 79% retention rate.
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Google News tests allowing comments on news items. Another step forward in user generated content (UGC) but one that may be restricted by the vetting process.
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Google deletes its own blog after mistaking it for spam.
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More evidence to show how quickly Google updates its search results these days. Even Matt Cutts is surprised.
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A new search engine is launched which will help perform searches on people. Spock aims to fill a need for the 30% of searches that are related to individuals.
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Wikipedia founder acquires Grub, a distributed crawling service, and readies for launch of an open source, human assisted, search engine.
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Google and Yahoo disappoint investors with latest set of results.
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