Search Engines

iPhone Gets Voice Search From Google

admin_huliq — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:41:46 -0600

Google is pushing the limits of speech recognition technology with the latest update to its mobile search application for the Apple iPhone device.

Sun distributing Microsoft toolbar, Google drops Star Office from its Pack

admin_huliq — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:40:57 -0600

Microsoft has done a deal with Sun where its search toolbar is distributed with the Java runtime. The deal only applies to US Internet Explorer users who download the JRE. Previously Sun distributed the Google toolbar with Java.

Ask.com Launches Next Generation Of Its Site

admin_huliq — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:56:29 -0500

Ask.com, one of the leading search engines builds on the history of online search innovation with powerful new technologies and user experience enhancements. Ask.com, an operating business of IAC (Nasdaq:IACI), today unveiled a new version of its site that includes significant relevance, user interface, and speed enhancements.

Opinion: Cuil, Google, and Microsoft

admin_huliq — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:34:56 -0500

Before I go out and feed the geese on my pond in Harrods Creek, I wanted to offer several unsolicited comments about Microsoft, Cuil, and search.

Cuil New Search Engine Launched By Former Google Employees

admin_huliq — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:21:54 -0500

The new search engine Cuil (Cuil.com) will surely make many headlines. Cuil aims to be the most challenging competition to Google and provides new look to search engines. The news about Cuil is big today, but it will become bigger as in the upcoming days bloggers will start writing making comparisons between Cuild and Google, Yahoo and MSN. It will be interesting to see how Cuil will monetize and how advertisers will react to Cuil.

Microsoft Searches for Some Yahoos

admin_huliq — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:40:33 -0500

Can't buy the company? Can't buy the search technology? Well, how about buying the talent? Wednesday Microsoft placed a full-page ad for "search jobs" in (gasp!) an honest-to-goodness hard copy paper, The San Jose Mercury-News. Despite the ubiquity of the San Francisco Chronicle, for Silicon Valley, the Merc is the paper.

Yahoo! and Google Team Up as Microsoft Deal is Off for Good

admin_huliq — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:57:17 -0500

Carl Icahn may not take the hint. But yesterday Yahoo! said any potential deal with Microsoft was off, and Yahoo! announced a non-exclusive ad deal with Google, which should increase Yahoo!'s revenue.

New version of MSN Toolbar released

admin_huliq — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:03:46 -0500

As I had posted couple of days back to watch out for a MSN toolbar update soon, and here it is, a new version of MSN Toolbar is available.

Microsoft to announce some major Search Initiatives

admin_huliq — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:14:20 -0500

With Microsoft recently issuing a statement, on Yahoo deal "...that it is continuing to explore and pursue its alternatives to improve and expand its online services and advertising business. Microsoft is considering and has raised with Yahoo! an alternative that would involve a transaction with Yahoo! but not an acquisition of all of Yahoo! ...".

Microsoft Launches Live Search Cashback

admin_huliq — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:55:16 -0500

Microsoft has launched a service called "Live Search Cashback." The program is linked to Microsoft's acquisition of Jellyfish.com last year, a cash back site similar to eBates, where rebates of varying percentages are given for purchases clicked-through from the site. This probably explains why the cash back portion of Jellyfish has been down of late and is down again today.

Google Surpasses Yahoo As The Most-Visited U.S. Website

admin_huliq — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:55:17 -0500

comScore's Ranking of the Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for April indicates that for the first time, Google has overtaken Yahoo as the most-visited website in the U.S.

Powerset Semantic Search of Interest to Microsoft

admin_huliq — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:21:46 -0500

There is an article on CNET that speculates that Microsoft may be interested in acquiring Powerset search engine, which is close to publicly rolling out its semantic search engine. The early reviews of the Powerset semantic search have been favorable.