In its first earnings report as a public company, Google posted a third-quarter profit of US$52 million, which more than doubled year over year, thanks to booming online-advertising revenue.
Amazon.com has quietly launched a test version of its long-awaited search engine, aiming to challenge industry stalwarts Google and Yahoo with new tools to navigate the Web.
Google can set its share price and begin selling shares to the public in the next 15 days, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday in the US.
Google said late Monday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has begun an informal inquiry into its issuance of stock options to insiders, yet another caution before the company's closely watched public offering begins.
As speculation of a Google public offering hits a fever pitch, would-be rivals are combing over the company's business and technology for signs of weakness that could cut short its reign as the king of Web search.
Yahoo and Google are offering new search tricks for Web surfers, with the ongoing goal of becoming indispensable.
Yahoo on Wednesday dropped hints of growing interest in social networking services for search, coming after announcements of efforts from rivals Google and Microsoft.
Amazon.com has formed a group to develop e-commerce search technology, an attempt to gain a foothold in a lucrative market Google and Yahoo now dominate.
Yahoo's US$1.63 billion buyout of Overture Services signals a dramatic shake-up of the Web search market that could wake a sleeping giant: Microsoft.
Microsoft has started testing an international news search service in competition with Google's, upping the ante in the hotly contested Web search market.
Ken Abbott knows the ins and outs of search engine marketing: Dollars for clicks are in, directory listings are out.
Web portal MSN is testing a new search service that touts faster, tidier results, in what is the latest development in a fast-moving contest to help people find what they're looking for online.
Google has moved to quash a lawsuit that alleges the company manipulated search query results, according to a court filing.
Google and Mozilla may or may not be working on a Web browser together, but the two are cosier than ever with Firefox's latest release.
Yahoo on Friday in the US confirmed that its recently released toolbar has mistakenly linked an alleged spyware program with a product that has nothing to do with the application in question.
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