MicroHoo-Ying Eyeing Global Reach, What About Ask?
Nov 5, 2009 at 8:40am ET by Greg Sterling
There's a report from Reuters this morning that Microsoft and Yahoo are considering expanding the scope of their search deal "outside the United States":
Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday the company could look to extend its search engine partnership with Yahoo outside the United States, if it gets regulatory approval.
Wasn't that already the intention? I thought it was a global deal already. European regulators wouldn't be considering it if it didn't apply to their markets; they wouldn't have jurisdiction. So I guess I'm a bit confused I guess.
Regardless, if [...]
Filed in: Ask: General, Legal: General, Microsoft: Bing, Microsoft: Outside US, Microsoft: Partnerships, Yahoo: Outside US
Halloween ‘09 From Google, Yahoo, Bing & Others
Oct 31, 2009 at 8:11pm ET by Barry Schwartz
Today is Halloween and the search engines have logos up for the special day. Before I post the logos, here are some posts from others in the community on Halloween.
Matt Cutts of Google had a holy costume. Google Blogoscoped noticed Google added trick or treat to their robots.txt file. Bing has a special visual search edition for today. Bruce Clay's team dressed up and PPC Heros added some funk. Finally, the logos you see below is reposted from the Search Engine Roundtable.
Google has four Doodles:
Yahoo (Flash):
AOL (Flash):
YouTube:
Bing:
Ask.com:
[...]
Filed in: AOL: General, Ask: General, Google: Logos, Microsoft: General, SEM Industry: Community, Top News, Yahoo: General
Diller Says He’s Willing To Sell Ask.com
Oct 27, 2009 at 7:43pm ET by Matt McGee
Barry Diller, CEO of IAC -- the parent company of Ask.com -- said today that he's willing to sell the struggling, fourth-place search engine. His comments came during a conference call with investors after IAC reported its 3rd quarter earnings.
"We've been asked a lot whether we're open to consolidating transactions in the area of search. The answer is yes," Diller said. "And, it is unlikely that we would be the consolidator." Diller also called the future of Ask.com "speculative" during today's call, citing the "fierce" competition in search.
IAC's media and advertising business -- whi [...]
Filed in: Ask: Business Issues, Ask: Web Search
Ask Launches New “Deals” Vertical Within Search
Oct 6, 2009 at 2:15am ET by Greg Sterling
Online coupons have been around for many years, at least a decade. Despite this no publisher or site has arisen to yet win the space. There's no Facebook of coupons, no Twitter of coupons and, dare I say it, no Google of coupons. Google itself would seem to have missed or mishandled the opportunity with its peek-a-boo approach to local coupons.
Yet coupons and deals have become progressively hotter during the recession. And now there are a growing number of sites online and in mobile that promise access to offers and savings. Sensing a differentiating opportunity, Ask is today launching a [...]
Filed in: Ask: General, Ask: Maps, Ask: Mobile
A Look Back At The Old Search Engines
Sep 14, 2009 at 9:31am ET by Barry Schwartz
The Six Revisions blog complied an excellent list of the classic search engines, some dating back to the 1990s. His list includes screen shots of both the old and current (if available) versions of HotBot, Excite, WebCrawler, Ask Jeeves, Ask.com, Yahoo, Google, Dogpile, AltaVista, Lycos, MSN Search, Bing, AOL Search, Infoseek, Go.com, Netscape, MetaCrawler, and All The Web.
Scrolling down the list and looking at some of those old screen shots bring back fun memories. Of course, there are many search engines missing, too many to list there or even here. But looking at the old screen capt [...]
Filed in: AOL: Search Marketplace, Ask: Web Search, Google: Web Search, Microsoft: Bing, Microsoft: Live Search, Search Engines: Lycos, Search Engines: Other Search Engines, Yahoo: Search
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