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  • Lycos sues Overture over search deal

    Web portal Lycos has filed a lawsuit against Overture Services on the grounds that the search provider violated the provisions of a commercial search contract between them when it agreed to be acquired by Yahoo.

  • Overture proves search sceptics wrong

    When Internet entrepreneur Bill Gross first launched paid search engine Overture Services in 1998, he was greeted with dozens of questions, most of them hinting at whether he had lost his mind.

  • Overture to tackle Sensis in search wars

    Overture has begun dropping strong hints that it plans to partner a local business directory provider to tackle Telstra's one-stop-shop online search and directory service, Sensis.

  • Overture brings paid-search war down under

    Overture has launched its operations in Australia offering paid-placement search services, headed up by an ex-Alta Vista heavyweight.

  • Overture heads toward automation

    Overture Services, the commercial search arm of Yahoo, plans to automate a portion of its ad-bidding system in the next month, an executive said Wednesday.

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  • Google's fraud squad battles phantom clicks

    Google and others are under scrutiny as advertisers fret about phony clicks.

  • Google: Gunning for desktop space

    In moving beyond Web search to the desktop, the company faces a slew of challenges: controversy over privacy, technical hurdles and the rivalry of Microsoft among them.

  • Google vs. Yahoo: Clash of cultures

    As the two giants tussle for domination of online advertising dollars, it's increasingly clear that this tug-of-war is really a test of each company's corporate culture.

  • Microsoft.com revamps search

    The software giant updates its corporate Web search technology with in-house software, its latest effort to catch up with innovations in the navigation tools market.

  • Google files for unusual US$2.7b IPO

    Internet search leader Google filed to go public on Friday, seeking to raise US$2.7 billion in an unusual auction-style offering that will give the founders rare control over the company.

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Reviews (3)

  • MSN gets on search bandwagon

    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.

  • How much do you trust Google?

    Commentary: Google is one of the best things on the Web--but there are signs that it may be tempted into rank commercialism.

  • The Google gods

    Does the power of the world's most popular search engine pose a threat to the Web's independence?

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