Toolbars & Add-Ons
May. 9, 2008 at 11:00am by Barry Schwartz
Yahoo Buys My Favorite Search Browser Plugin, Inquisitor For Apple Safari
Yahoo has acquired my favorite search browser plugin for Apple Safari, Inquisitor. Inquisitor is an extremely useful search refinement and search aid tool for the Apple browser market. Inquisitor offers autocomplete, refinements, suggestions, and also allows you to add any search engine you like, plus create your own personalized and...
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Aug. 10, 2007 at 7:33pm by Danny Sullivan
Mahalo Follow: Toolbar Gives You Human-Powered Alternatives To Searching, Surfing
Mahalo Follow is a new toolbar that allows you to view Mahalo's human-powered search results next to the results from the major search engine of your choice or have them appear in response to pages you view on the web. Mahalo Launches With Human-Crafted Search Results from me in May...
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Aug. 6, 2007 at 8:54am by Barry Schwartz
Yahoo Adds Search Suggestions To Toolbar
The Yahoo Search Blog announced that downloads of the Yahoo Toolbar for Internet Explorer will now have "as you type" search suggestions functionality. Yahoo has been on a search suggestion frenzy lately, last month launching search suggestions on Yahoo.com and beta testing Yahoo Search Assist....
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Jul. 25, 2007 at 1:46pm by Barry Schwartz
CA & Yahoo Team Up To Offer Co-Branded Yahoo Toolbar
CA and Yahoo have teamed up to offer a co-branded version of the Yahoo Toolbar. This Yahoo Toolbar will be bundled in all CA Home/Home Office products. CA Anti-Spyware will continue to power Yahoo's anti-spyware feature in the toolbar. From the press release:...
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Jul. 16, 2007 at 10:32am by Barry Schwartz
See Google Results From Any Country With Firefox Extension
RedFly Marketing developed a Firefox extension that enables you to see Google search results from any country. It is well known that Google will change the search results for a keyword phrase based on the country you are searching in. This new Firefox extension easily allows you to see the...
See Related Stories In: Google: AdWords, Google: Outside US, Google: SEO, SEM Tools, Toolbars & Add-Ons, Toolbars & Add-Ons: Firefox Browser
Jul. 5, 2007 at 8:26am by Barry Schwartz
eBay Partners With Yahoo To Create "eBay Toolbar"
eBay Launches Yahoo Co-Branded Toolbar from AuctionBytes reports that eBay has partnered with Yahoo to co-brand a toolbar. The eBay Toolbar not only allows you to search the complete web, but also enables you to search eBay properties such as eBay, eBay Express and Half.com. You can also easily access...
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Jul. 3, 2007 at 1:45pm by Danny Sullivan
Google Asks For Formal Role In Microsoft Anti-Trust Dispute
New Google filing presses for role in Microsoft case from the Seattle PI covers how Google has now formally applied for a direct role to participate in how a judge evaluates whether Microsoft's desktop search in the Vista operating system violates an anti-trust agreement....
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Jun. 26, 2007 at 9:09am by Barry Schwartz
Google Wants DOJ To Continue Microsoft Antitrust Restrictions
Google seeks to extend Microsoft antitrust decree from Reuters reports that Google has asked a federal judge to lengthen the period when Microsoft's operating system is subject to antitrust reviews in order to ensure desktop search players can remain competitive with Microsoft....
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Jun. 20, 2007 at 9:15am by Barry Schwartz
Microsoft To Change Desktop Search In Vista Over Google Antitrust Claim
Microsoft to change Vista after Google complaint from Reuters reports that Microsoft has agreed to make changes to their Vista desktop search application to make it easier for people to change the default search provider. Microsoft will make the changes in reaction to a Google antitrust complaint lodged with the...
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Jun. 11, 2007 at 9:37am by Barry Schwartz
Google Claims Antitrust Foul Over Microsoft's Desktop Search In Vista
Both the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times have good stories out about how Google is asking the US Justice Department to investigate whether the desktop search tool built into Microsoft's Vista operating system violates a 2002 anti-trust action settlement that the US reached with Microsoft preventing it...
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May. 23, 2007 at 8:30am by Danny Sullivan
Google & Dell's Revenue-Generating URL Error Pages Drawing Fire
Last year, Google signed a landmark deal to become the default search engine on new Dell computers, plus to bundle Google software. Now, people are noting anew that a consequence of the deal seems to be pushing Dell users to search results dominated by Google ads, rather than editorial...
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Jan. 23, 2007 at 9:15am by Barry Schwartz
Google Takes Action To 'Strip' Confidential Information From Google Blacklist
Vnunet reports that Google has admitted to the leak of passwords via the Google Blacklist. But Google has also issued a statement saying that they "procedures have been put in place to strip login information from future submissions." As I noted yesterday, this is not the first time confidential information...
See Related Stories In: Google: Security, Google: Toolbar, Search Features: Safety, Toolbars & Add-Ons, Toolbars & Add-Ons: Firefox Browser
Jan. 22, 2007 at 9:08am by Barry Schwartz
Google's Blacklist Of Phishing Sites Contained Bank Information & More Confidential Details
Google Blacklist Contained Confidential Information at Techcrunch reports that Google's phishing blacklist, which is publicly available for anyone to see, had confidential information enclosed. Such information included "usernames and passwords of individuals, including credentials for accounts at banks and other financial institutions." Google has quietly removed the information that may...
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Jan. 20, 2007 at 3:26pm by Danny Sullivan
Google & Firefox 2 Anti-Phishing Warning In Action
Last month, I covered a number of ways that browsers and search engines are working together to protect surfers from phishing sites. These are sites pretending to be run by someone else, such as bank, in hopes of catching your personal log-in information. This week while doing my banking, I...
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Dec. 13, 2006 at 7:56am by Barry Schwartz
Google Toolbar For Firefox 3.0 Adds Great Features
Google Operating System reports that Google released a new toolbar for Firefox. The toolbar has many of the features of the Internet Explorer version but also has some features of its own. My favorite new feature is the ability to drag a file on your browser and it automatically add...
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Dec. 12, 2006 at 10:09am by Danny Sullivan
AOL Has "Safest" Results & Free Results Safer Than Paid
A new survey from McAfee finds that AOL has the "safest" search results in terms of not listing sites that might be somehow be risky or unsafe for searchers. But most interesting to me was the fact paid results across the board were found far riskier than free, organic results....
