Google Still Reigning as King of Search
According to the latest report by commScore Networks, Google still reigns as king in the search market, claiming 47.3% of the market with Yahoo claiming 28.5%. (01/17/07)

Wikipedia-Based Search Engine launched by Searchme

A consumer-level meta search engine that displays Wikipedia results above normal Web search results was released today by Searchme. (01/17/07)

Look out, Google, here comes MSN!
The wait is almost over for the long-anticipated launching of MSN's new search technology. (11/10/04)

Mozilla Firefox to challenge Microsoft's IE
Say hello to the first true searcher's browser that addresses IE's notorious security flaws and works on all operating systems including Windows, Linux, MacOS X and more. (11/9/04)

Yahoo launches local search
Yahoo has officially launched it's local search as part of a move to give Web surfers more exact and more comprehensive local-search results. (10/05/04)

Small online travel company purchased by Yahoo
In its quest to be the most comprehensive search engine on the Net, Yahoo has purchased New York-based FareChase.(08/6/04)

New Hot Bot Desktop Search Toolbar
HotBot is now offering a new browser plug-in, Desktop Search, that not only searches the web, but also indexes the files and email on your computer, making them searchable as well. (05/14/04)

Yahoo! Blows Away Wall Street
On Wednesday Yahoo reported first-quarter earnings that blew away Wall Street expectations. (04/07/04)

Overture Signs Deals with Big Fish, adding more fuel to the fire
Adding more fuel to the fire with its on-going rivalry with Google, Overture has announced its agreement to license search technology and sponsored search listings to the Cable News Network, ESPN and The Wall Street Journal.
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Yahoo launches SmartView on Yahoo!Maps
On Tuesday, Yahoo! launched SmartView on Yahoo! Maps, providing users with an interactive and visual way to search for local content. (03/09/04)

Ask Jeeves acquiring Interactive Search Holdings for $343 million
Ask Jeeves announced the acquisition of Interactive Search Holdings, whose businesses and online properties include My Way, My Search, My Web Search, iWon, Excite and the MaxOnline advertising network. Once again, the search landscape changes and with this acquiisition AskJeeves will boost its odds of collecting ad revenue from search-related marketing. (03/04/04)

Paid Inclusion being dropped by Ask Jeeves
Ask Jeeves announced that it will drop its Index Connect XML feed program due to concern over how the paid inclusion data affected its search engine's relevance and because the initiative wasn't paying off as expected. (03/04/04)

Google reigned at the top of January search charts
According to a survey conducted by Nielsen/NetRatings, 39% of all active Internet surfers used Google to search in the month of January. Yahoo and MSN came in the #2 spot each with 30%, followed by AOL (15%) and AskJeeves (8%). Will Google still reign at the top in the months to come? (02/24/04)

"YahooSlurp" makes its debut
What a surprise! Yahoo has unveiled its own search engine crawler, YahooSlurp. This move certainly surprised many of us who thought for sure Yahoo would adopt the results from Inktomi's database after announcing last month that it will cease displaying Google results by the end of quarter one. (02/19/04)

Google boasts bigger index
Search engine giant, Google, announced on Tuesday that it now boasts an index of more than 6 billion items. (02/17/04)

The Big Switch! Yahoo dumping Google for Inktomi
Yes, the web war continues to rage on. Yahoo made it official on the 16th - the anticipated "big switch" will happen. (01/04)

Yahoo reports 4th Quarter Earnings.
Yes, the web war continues to rage on. Yahoo made it official on the 16th that the anticipated "big switch" will happen. (01/04)

The mayhem over Google's "Florida" update . November 16th appears to be the magic date when Google unleashed it's latest algorithm and the mayhem began. (12/03)

MSN is testing "MSN Newsbot," an aggregator of over 4,000 headlines, on MSN UK, France, Spain and Italy. This appears to be a glimpse of what's ahead as MSN continues to vie for it's foothold in the search arena. (11/03)

New Year to bring new CEO for Ask Jeeves
Ask Jeeves will start the new year with a new CEO. This move comes in the midst of a wave of changes rippling through the search industry. (11/03)