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Entries from June 2008

Microsoft Still Wants a Piece of Yahoo

June 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Like a psycho ex-girlfriend who won’t take the hint, Microsoft is still attempting to worm its way into Yahoo’s affections, despite having been humiliatingly dumped by the struggling search company for a relationship with the more attractive Google.
News has surfaced that Microsoft is continuing negotiations with Yahoo for a total buyout (off the record, naturally). [...]

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Tags: Content Search

What You Search and What You Mean: The Semantic Search of the Future

June 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

In this modern age, any luddite would be forgiven for thinking that tracking down information online is quick, easy, and always accurate, but those of us locked into a daily struggle with search engines know that nothing about the Internet is easy and, when it comes to search engine results, hardly ever accurate.
Most people with [...]

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Tags: Discovery Search

Google and Yahoo, Sitting in a Tree, M-E-R-G-I-N-G?

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s been a tough few weeks for Yahoo!. First Microsoft withdrew their offer to purchase the ailing company for $44.6 billion after drawn out negotiations. Then billionaire bully Carl Icahn sent a very nasty, very public letter to Yahoo!, an incident that was detailed on this site last month. With its stock dropping steeply and [...]

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Tags: Info Search