Portals and Search Engines

It is not much of a surprise to find out that "Transformers" star Megan Fox and pop legend Michael Jackson were among the top 10 desktop searches of 2009. But it turns out that's true for mobile devices as well. Full Story »

Google hosted an event in Mountain View on Monday, demonstrating the future of its search algorithm, which now encompasses real-time and visually-assisted capabilities. Full Story »

Google's decision to expand personalized search to all users should be a wake-up call to those concerned about what the company knows about them and how it is used. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Yahoo! and Microsoft announced that they have finalized the details of their planned Internet search and advertising partnership. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have signed off on their plan to team up against Google Inc. in the lucrative Internet search market. Full Story »

Microsoft and Yahoo have finalized the terms of a broad search and advertising agreement intended to help them compete more effectively with Google. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - An Ecosia search engine launching Monday is counting on the world's fascination with the Internet to help save Brazilian rainforests and battle global warming. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US software giant Microsoft has blamed a problem during testing for a half-hour outage of its new Web search engine Bing. Full Story »

Just hours after introducing a public DNS to make the web faster, Google rolled out a new tool that aims to make searching the web a little easier. Google also launched its own dictionary in its quest to offer information to the world. Full Story »

A day after trumpeting various enhancements to Bing, including the beta version of an improved mapping service, Microsoft had to apologize for a widespread outage that kept the search engine offline for about 30 minutes on Thursday evening. Full Story »

Amid all the hubbub over Google DNS on Thursday, the search giant also released two more helpful tools to help you get a richer search experience and improve your language skills. Google launched its dictionary project, offering a feature-rich resource that goes beyond simple definitions of words; and its new translated Web search makes it easier to find Web pages written in more than 40 languages. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google has began weaving an automated language translation feature into its universal search service. Full Story »

Microsoft has unleashed a new Silverlight version of Bing Maps featuring a new immersive viewing mode and a third-party application gallery. Like Google Maps, Microsoft's search-driven offering now includes street-side and aerial views that enable users to explore what's around them, noted Bing Maps Technical Evangelist Chris Pendleton Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc is banking on significant growth in online video ads as marketers become more sophisticated at targeting consumers interactively, a senior executive at the Web search giant said on Thursday. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - Search warrants have been served at Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. in connection with an Illinois man accused of secretly recording nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews. Full Story »

HYDERABAD, India (AFP) - Newspaper editors and owners meeting in India have urged their industry to seize back the online publishing initiative from search engine "parasites" living off their work. Full Story »

HYDERABAD (AFP) - Search engine giant Google came in peace to a gathering of world newspaper editors and executives in India on Thursday, but was soon embroiled in a battle over internet copyright. Full Story »

Google has introduced a new version of the search engine's home page, which features a sleek fade-in effect that hides all the elements of the page except the logo, search bar, and the buttons. Full Story »