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NewsBing makes only modest gains on Google since last year
comScore released its U.S. search engine market share numbers for October and to nobody's surprise, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) continues to dominate. I thought it might be interesting, however to compare Read more...
Bing introduces action buttons
Last week Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced a new search enhancement on the Bing community blog. The new feature is called Action Buttons. With the addition of Action Buttons, Bing presents the top Read more...
Google's new algorithm hits content farms hard
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) said it was going to adjust its algorithm to penalize low-quality content and recent data--as reported on the Forbes Mixed Media blog--suggests it has been true to its word. Read more...
Search fight continues, but Google holds serve
When comScore released its latest search market share statistics last week, the easy headline was that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) now owned 30 percent of the market. However, the search market isn't Read more...
Bing Bar puts Facebook and email front and center
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) introduced a new Bing search toolbar last week that hopes to be your computing dashboard. The only problem is that, for now at least, it only works with Internet Explorer 7 Read more...
Bing gets more social, local
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced some big changes for its Bing search engine last week that will make it more social, more local and perhaps more relevant to its users. At a big announcement last Read more...
Morville contemplates the future of search
The world of search and discovery is rapidly changing, and innovation in that area could advance in a variety of directions. It's possible search will become less about serving up answers, and more Read more...
Blekko uses slashes to simplify advanced search
Blekko is the latest search engine to come down the pike. I'm not sure it intends to go after Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) anytime soon, but it does try to change the search dynamic by using slashes to Read more...
Marissa Mayer gets a promotion and a new job
On Tuesday Bloomberg reported that Marissa Mayer, VP of search at Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), would be taking on a new role, being put in charge of location and local services. I've been thinking for Read more...
Nielsen pegs Bing as number 2 search engine
More confusing numbers to analyze in the ongoing search engine battle. This week Nielsen reported that Bing had vaulted past Yahoo! into second place in the search engine market share race. Google ( Read more...
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