Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal On Track For Completion

Nov 19, 2009 at 6:53am ET by Greg Sterling

According to AllThingsD the MicroHoo search deal is nearing completion and "definitive agreement" status. Speculation that the deal was in trouble started happening when the two companies failed to meet their self-imposed October 27 deadline to finalize the complex agreement. However it appears the circumstances were just as reported in the parties' 8-K filing with the US Securities & Exchange Commission: The Letter Agreement specified that the parties would execute Definitive Agreements by October 27, 2009, but given the complex nature of the transaction, there remain some details to be [...]

Filed in: Legal: General, Microsoft: Bing, Yahoo: General, Yahoo: Partnerships, Yahoo: Search, Yahoo: Search Ads

Bing Maps Hops The Pond: Now In The UK

Nov 13, 2009 at 10:18am ET by Greg Sterling

You may not have known this but the Microsoft Maps experience in the UK was totally different than in the US. The former was based on multiMap, a company Microsoft acquired in 2007. Here's what the UK experience looks like with multiMap: Here's what a Bing Maps version of London looks like: The Bing version is quite a bit cleaner and more pleasing in my view. Many of the Bing Maps capabilities, such as "Birds Eye" aerial imagery, had been available through multiMap prior to this however. Now Bing Maps proper will be available in the UK. The Bing Community blog details the chan [...]

Filed in: Microsoft: Bing, Microsoft: Bing Maps & Local, Microsoft: Outside US

Bing Gains Search Share In October: Experian Hitwise

Nov 11, 2009 at 2:42pm ET by Matt McGee

While Bing is happily rolling out new search features, Microsoft can also smile at the latest search engine market share report from Experian Hitwise. Google is still light years ahead of Yahoo, Bing, and Ask ... but Experian Hitwise shows Bing with a 7% increase during October, while both Google and Yahoo saw small drops in search share. Experian Hitwise also updates some stats related to search queries: "Longer search queries, averaging searches of five to more than eight words in length, increased 3 percent between October and September 2009. Searches of eight or more words inc [...]

Filed in: Google: Web Search, Microsoft: Bing, Stats: Hitwise, Stats: Popularity, Yahoo: Search

Bing Launches Wolfram Alpha Collaboration & Several New Search Features

Nov 11, 2009 at 2:29pm ET by Matt McGee

There's a lot of news today coming out of Bing headquarters, perhaps most notably that the long-rumored partnership with Wolfram Alpha is finally coming to fruition. Bing's announcement today explains that the collaboration will cover two specific areas: nutritional information and mathematics. Nutritional Data With help from Wolfram Alpha, Bing says it can now help users make smarter diet choices. When searching for specific food items, searchers will see a new Nutrition tab that offers more information. And at the bottom of the search results page, Bing will show the nutrition facts [...]

Filed in: Microsoft: Bing, Microsoft: Bing Travel, Microsoft: Partnerships, Search Engines: Wolfram Alpha, Top News

Google, Bing & Yahoo Bribe Users With Free WiFi

Nov 10, 2009 at 9:58am ET by Greg Sterling

Who expected the search wars to open a new front involving WiFi? Google, Bing & Yahoo have each just announced free WiFi promotions of various sorts. Google, which previously said it would provide free WiFi on all Virgin America flights through early next year, is now going to provide it at 47 US airports through the end of the year. A partial list includes "Las Vegas, San Jose, Boston, Baltimore, Burbank, Houston, Indianapolis, Seattle, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando, St. Louis and Charlotte. Additionally, as a result of this project, Burbank and Seattle airports will begin offering ai [...]

Filed in: Google: Mobile, Microsoft: Bing, Microsoft: Bing Mobile, Yahoo: Mobile & Go

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