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Another company has lodged antitrust allegations against Google in one of the most feared forums -- at least for U.S. tech companies -- in the world: the European Commission. This time it is French firm 1plusV, a maker of specialized search engines for such topics as law and music, and parent compan...

Bold claim: Search-based applications are the next generation of search technology to enhance productivity and customer value for specific business processes by streamlining delivery of critical information. Skeptical response: Yeah, but don't most enterprises already have enterprise search, BI and ...

JCPenney's search results on Google have been on a strange trajectory over the past few months. For weeks before the holiday shopping season, just about every related search term -- from "bedding" to "dresses" -- would include the retailer among the top listings. Then, within the last few days, ther...

Google has leveled accusations that Microsoft has been using its search results to improve Bing's listings. Google came to this conclusion based on the results of a sting operation its engineers launched after noticing unusual misspellings were cropping up in both Google and Bing search results. Goo...

Not long ago, Groupon said "no" to Google's buy offer. So Google has decided to create its own coupon program and is moving forward with Google Offers. Google almost always gets its way. Google Video was the company's response to YouTube, which Google eventually purchased in 2006. The company's phil...

Nestled in between the news of some excellent quarterly earnings -- namely a 29 percent increase in profit and revenue -- Google dropped a bombshell on unsuspecting shareholders: Eric Schmidt will turn over the CEO reins to Larry Page, who will handle the company's day-to-day operations. Schmidt wil...

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was spotted in Beijing Monday at the headquarters of Baidu, China's largest search engine. A photo of Zuckerberg heading to lunch with Baidu cofounder and CEO Robin Li spread across the Internet, setting off speculation that Facebook is trying to figure out a...

Yahoo is planning to cut its workforce by about 650 employees Tuesday, according to numerous press reports, in response to pressure from investors who want the company to inject some life into its lackluster stock performance. The Web portal has been struggling in the face of stellar growth by compe...

Google is tightening its copyright and piracy protection procedures, instituting new measures that will facilitate Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown requests and will better oversee search advertisers that use copyrighted or trademarked terms. Specifically, Google will roll out four changes:...

Google announced Wednesday it has changed its search algorithm to make sure bad merchants don't soar to the top of search results due to strings of complaints against them. The decision to alter its algorithm was a response to a story The New York Times ran last weekend about an eyeglass merchant, D...

The European Commission has opened an antitrust probe of Google for allegedly discriminating against competing search services by restricting its advertising partners from placing ads on their sites. It also is investigating whether Google has restricted advertisers from moving their data to competi...

If you're responsible for supporting product sales through the retail channel for your client, there is no doubt you're experienced in search engine optimization, search engine marketing, keywords, SERPs, ad banners, click-through rates and more. Most search activities involve either driving a cons...

AOL is considering a play to take over Yahoo, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The deal is being discussed among AOL and a number of private equity firms, including the Blackstone Group, unnamed sources told the paper. Yahoo shares soared this week on the rumored possibilities; they...

Microsoft has launched a program to reward users of its search engine, Bing. The program awards points for searches conducted with the engine. The points can be later traded for products, services or charitable contributions. Microsoft has been experimenting with this kind of offering for several ye...

Google has introduced a change to its search offerings -- a new feature called "Google Instant" -- that has online advertisers wringing their hands over its implications. Google Instant lets users see results as they're typing a query. Each letter and word triggers its own predictive search. The u...