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Microsoft increases search focus

...in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Japan, France and Germany. Those paid listings, which have proven lucrative for MSN and Overture, appear alongside general... Read more

3 April, 2003 by Lisa M.Bowman and Stefanie Olsen

Search payments cause a wave of concern for surfers

The search industry is moving more and more down the road of paid inclusion in search results - but does this mean that what surfers find may not be all it seems? Read more

14 October, 2003 by Stefanie Olsen

Inktomi updates Web search service

The latest version of Inktomi's search service will allow its paying customers to target specific global regions Read more

20 November, 2002 by Margaret Kane

Search site scraps paid listings

AskJeeves will no longer allow advertisers to pay to be included in its search database Read more

3 March, 2004 by Stefanie Olsen

Overture raises ad fees in UK

...that the search kingpin will shortly raise the minimum bid price for paid listings from 5 cents to 10 cents in the United States, a... Read more

6 February, 2003 by Stefanie Olsen

AOL: belle of the ball?

...the search giant makes roughly 12 percent of its ad revenue from paid listings delivered to AOL Search in the United States and abroad. That... Read more

14 October, 2005 by Marguerite Reardon and Stefanie Olsen

Spyware's tentacles spread to search

...are several different strains. "The bigger issue is that for advertisers, your paid listings can be distributed in all sorts of ways you don't... Read more

29 June, 2004 by Stefanie Olsen

Plucky start-up adds tools to IE

...of charge from its Web site and hoping to drive profits through paid listings. The company is using a similar sales model to the one... Read more

25 May, 2004 by Matt Hines

Overture expands paid-search umbrella

...is also looking to partner with good content providers to display the paid listings on relevant Web pages. Overture will not allow certain search terms... Read more

5 February, 2004 by James Pearce

Australian Mooter takes on Google

...not machines," the chief executive added. Mooter Search plans to include a paid listings service with its engine, Capper said, confirming that the company was... Read more

21 October, 2003 by Staff Writers

Trademarks may stymie online searches

...Web surfers click. But more and more trademark owners are examining how paid listings affect their intellectual property, in part because rivals often bid for... Read more

20 August, 2003 by Stefanie Olsen

Patents crucial in search battle

News analysis: The search market is a tough battleground, and patent ownership could be key to who comes out on top Read more

18 July, 2003 by Stefanie Olsen

Overture wins Freeserve UK Web-search contract

...unit of France-based Wanadoo, has been a customer of Overture's paid listings since 2000. "One thing this demonstrates is the soundness of our... Read more

9 July, 2003 by Stefanie Olsen

Microsoft sends bot to search Web

...its own algorithmic search technology. MSN currently uses Inktomi's algorithmic and paid listings, as well as Overture Services' commercial results as part of its... Read more

19 June, 2003 by Jim Hu

Google tops new audience-measurement chart

ComScore has unveiled a new service for measuring search audience size, which it claims is the most accurate result available Read more

30 April, 2003 by Paul Festa

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