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July 2007

Yahoo! and Microsoft to face Senate hearing | 25 Jul 2007

Yahoo! and Microsoft are expected to testify at a congressional autumn hearing to look at user privacy policies.According to MarketWatch's John Letzing, the two search engine companies could be asked ......

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Yahoo! and Novarra team up for oneSearch | 25 Jul 2007

Yahoo! has selected Novarra as the server platform for use with the mobile search engine oneSearch.The program will adapt websites for use on mobile phones using the 6.5 version ......

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Google acquires ImageAmerica | 24 Jul 2007

Google has announced the acquisition of high-resolution aerial photography company ImageAmerica.It is thought that the company will bring new technological contributions to the company's mapping services and in particular will ......

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Live search records annual growth | 24 Jul 2007

Microsoft has reported year-on-year growth of over 77 per cent for Live Search in the US.The search engine recorded the increase by reaching more than 0.98 billion searches and increasing ......

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Google adapts algorithm for underscores | 24 Jul 2007

Google will soon be adapted to treat underscores as word separators in the same way as it does dashes.Speaking at the Word Camp conference in San Francisco this week, Google's ......

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Google moves into in-game advertising | 23 Jul 2007

Google has announced that it will move its online marketing into the mobile gaming sector.The search engine, which deals increasingly in pay-per-click advertising and search marketing, is looking to incorporate ......

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Search engines to update privacy policies | 23 Jul 2007

Internet search engines are racing to update their data-retention policies amid concerns that they are holding consumer data for too long.Microsoft is expected to announce this week that it will ......

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Theseus project receives £80m backing | 20 Jul 2007

A new European Union (EU) funded project that could upset the domination of Google and Yahoo! as the world's leading search engines is well underway, according to reports this week. ......

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SEO continues to grow in importance | 19 Jul 2007

More and more money is being spent on search engine optimisation (SEO) and marketing as companies begin to recognise its importance, according to experts.Travel industry website e-Travel Blackboard states that ......

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Google faces congress over DoubleClick deal | 19 Jul 2007

Google is to face US congress over its proposed acquisition of online advertising supplier DoubleClick.Reports suggest that the search engine will need to attend a hearing conducted by the US ......

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