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  • Yahoo seeks search developers for ad revenue

    In an attempt to boost its search-ad business, Yahoo has begun a project that lets anyone build a customised search engine atop the Internet company's technology.

  • Microsoft moves on after Yahoo break-up

    In the wake of Microsoft's decision to pull its Yahoo offer, executives are trying to make the case that Redmond's online business can go it alone.

  • McAfee: Yahoo search most "risky"

    Out of the top five search engines, Yahoo returns the riskiest sites for users, according to security vendor McAfee

  • Microsoft looks to foil Web spammers

    Researchers at Microsoft have developed a tool to scrub search engines of major Web sites that pollute search results and ultimately help clean the Web of spam.

  • Microsoft ups ante in desktop search

    Microsoft has released a final version of its desktop-search software as it tries to enhance its presence in the burgeoning market staked out by rivals Yahoo and Google.

  • MSN to challenge Google, Yahoo ads

    Microsoft on Wednesday plans to introduce a pilot program to sell sponsored search listings, according to sources familiar with the matter.

  • Gates: Microsoft will keep Google honest

    While Google has grabbed an early lead in search and Internet advertising, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates pledged on Wednesday that his company would "keep them honest."

  • MSN grows but Google holds firm

    Google is still the most popular search engine for US users, but Yahoo has notched up success with its toolbar and Microsoft has racked up 30 percent growth.

  • Microsoft Web plan takes aim at Google

    Microsoft plans to open access to MSN and its other public Web sites to let developers assemble new applications that build on those sites -- a technique used successfully at Google and other Web companies to promote their properties.

  • ninemsn launches beta of search service

    ninemsn has released the beta version of MSN Search today in conjunction with its global debut.

  • Google's market gap widens

    Google is increasing its lead over Yahoo and Microsoft in the US Web search market while a rebranded Ask.com is inching up, according to the latest statistics from ComScore Networks.

  • What Google censors in China

    Google's new China search engine not only censors many Web sites that question the Chinese government, but it goes further than similar services from Microsoft and Yahoo by targeting teen pregnancy, homosexuality, dating, beer and jokes.

  • Microsoft reveals aggressive Web search plans

    Microsoft plans to introduce a news aggregation service for Web logs and to develop a social networking product, a company executive said at an event in North America Friday.

  • Yahoo launches 'contextual' search

    Yahoo is offering a new search service designed to help people find more-relevant content online.

  • Going MSN's way?

    The Web's once common "page not found" errors are themselves going missing, stripped from recent versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer in favour of a search tool provided by -- you guessed it -- Microsoft.

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