Microsoft will let users select a default search program, as they can now with Web browsers, media players, and security programs. Queries from within Vista’s Control Panel and certain windows will default to Microsoft’s search tool but will include a link to competing products. Microsoft also will make available to developers information that lets them […]
A year ago, the two companies were reportedly in talks about a
merger, but those conversations were dismissed as rumors and
speculation. Well, here’s Microsoft and Yahoo 2.0.
A pairing in the spirit of a superhero teamup could happen if the
latest chatter about Yahoo and Microsoft proves true. Once again,
a potential merger is being considered, as neither company […]
Today at MIX 07 Ray Ozzie, chief software architect unveiled the beta version of Silverlight. Also he unveiled new details about the upcoming platform and its importance in Microsoft’s strategy.
Microsoft Silverlight offers to developers and designers a new way to deliver media experiences and interactive applications. The new technology works with existing infrastructure and applications, […]
What is Vudu? Well, right now I’m not 100% sure. It looks slick, it has major backing from former Apple and Tivo employees, and is going to launch with THOUSANDS of movies available for it this summer.
Now, will they be rentals? Will it be a subscription model with “all you can eat” access? Will it […]
Today, Google lags far behind Baidu in China, in terms of both its popularity with users and revenue derived from search-related advertising. Despite Google’s best efforts and the millions of dollars it spent to open an office in China, the company shows no signs of closing the gap with Baidu.
Baidu executives clearly believe that the […]
HAKIA.COM is a SemanticRank™ algorithm Search engine.
Some of the benefits they offers:
“You should never search after searching.”
Hakia is focused on delivering core benefits including search efficiency, richness of information, and time savings. Here are the five important “distinguishing” factors of hakia at this stage.
Meaningful Categorization of Search Results (Galleries):
For short queries such as cancer or […]
Ask.com is going to launch a contextual advertising product just like Adsense. The company hopes to win over publishers by attacking one of AdSence’s biggest weaknesses - transparency. Ask’s contextual product will be available on May 21st for publishers to sign up. Ask.com claims that they reach 34 million unique users per month via their […]
This certainly is not the first time virus writers have used ads to spawn their wares. Last summer, Security Fix discovered that more than a million Windows users had been infected with spyware thanks to a malicious banner advertisement shown for several days on high-traffic sites like MySpace.com and Webshots.com.
Virus writers have been gaming Google’s […]
Google is researching new options for delivering advertiser’s ads to the Radio. Some Adwords advertisers are beeing asked to complete a small survey dealing entirely with Radio advertising.
We’d like to invite you to try a new extension of AdWords — Google Audio Ads, which makes radio advertising easier by providing an online interface for creating […]
Robots.txt has traditionally been used in a more prohibitive fashion - by telling search engine spiders where not to go on your site. This latest sitemaps implementation of robots.txt however is telling the spiders where TO go.
As of April 11th there was no longer a need to manually submit your sitemap to search engines. Major […]