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What ever happened to AltaVista?
It was one of the handful of search engines on the web in 1995, at the time it seemed unstoppable, but today Altavista hardly exists any more, so what happened to it?
Is Google slowing down?
Google may be the largest search engine, but speculation continues to grow as to whether it can no longer manage its huge index.
MSN search sues Google
Microsoft has sued Google for hiring one of its vice presidents to set up a research centre in China.
Google IPO hits more trouble
Google, the troubled search engine, has slashed its IPO price by almost $30, following revelations that it was largely overpriced. The engine has been struggling to gain interested in its IPO, which has flagged in the wake of a number of mistakes and possible SEC violations.
Google admits Share error
Google Inc. may have illegally issued more than 23 million shares of its stock to hundreds of employees and consultants, injecting an unexpected legal risk into the online search engine leader's highly anticipated IPO.
Search Hippo Review
Search Hippo is a mid sized search engine which displays both free and paid listings. Search Hippo will allow you to add your site to the Search Hippo collection, with your chosen keywords, but beware this will not bring very many clickthroughs.
Sensis to take on Google
Telstra's Sensis division has set aside a multi-million-dollar marketing budget to create a new youth-focused search engine brand that will compete against Google, Yahoo and Microsoft/Ninemsn for a share of the burgeoning Australian search market.
Yahoo! takes over from Google
Yahoo on Thursday said the online leg of the Cable News Network has tapped it to replace rival Google to power its search results, a deal that underscores the heated competition between the two companies for search dollars.
Microsoft shows off new MSN Search
At the Goldman Sachs Internet conference Wednesday, May 26, 2004, in Las Vegas, Yusuf Mehdi, head of Microsoft's MSN portal disclosed details of Microsoft's upcoming search technologies. Mehdi revealed that Microsoft is concentrating on "end-to-end" search capabilities, not just internet search.
Google faces Gmail revolt
Search giant Google has quickly come to realize that its not as untouchable as it thought. As its Gmail service faces renewed criticism we look at what the search engine is doing to guarantee the privacy of its users.
Google Brandy Update
The 'Brandy' update seems to have incorporated some pre-'Florida' results (another major update that occurred at the end of 2003), mixed with numerous new factors. Google stores its index on a number of data centers around the world. Since 'Florida', some of the old data centers were taken offline, and pundits believe that Google has kept the old SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) in a preserved state for the last few months.
Is Google about to loose its crown?
Stand-up comedians have a saying that "you're only as good as your last gig." The same goes for computer technology. What you have to assume is that someone somewhere has a business plan which involves, er, attracting all your customers.
Hostway to acquire PRO registry
Hostway Corporation, a global leader in Web hosting and managed services, today announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Registry Services Corporation, will become the registry operator for the .pro top-level Internet domain for professionals
The Trouble with Google
As Google begins down the road to an IPO, some serious questions need to be asked about the company's ability to perform as well as predicted, as well as it's unauthordox practices that may well be it's undoing.
Lycos cuts 20% Staff
 Once a bright star of the dot com days, Lycos has announced that it will be streamlining its business in order to focus on subscription services, such as its personals site Matchmaker. The company, based in Waltham, Mass., will outsource U.S. advertising sales to 24/7 Real Media.
Fast Search 2003 Results
The Oslo based search engine, Fast, release their 2003 results, showing 18%
growth.
The Google Bubble
 General speculation that the delayed IPO for search engine kingpin Google will value the company at more than $US 15 billion have all the hallmarks of the internet bubble, according to a Forrester analyst.
Booble, a parody too far?
Net users searching for porn may have discovered an innovative new site called Booble. Launched on the 20th January the site has already caused more than it's fair share of controversy.
Playboy to sue AOL over Search Engine
The ruling by a panel of appeals court judges reopens a case first filed in Los Angeles in 1999. The case is related to the use of the words "playboy" and "playmate" as signposts in the Netscape online search engine.
Froogle grows a little
Froogle, the little brother of search heavyweight Google, has been quietly undergoing a series of upgrades. Improvements now include the ability to search and sort by pricing and merchants.
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