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AOL and Google extend European alliance
News America Online and Google have expanded their partnership in Europe, in a deal that once again pushes search rival Overture Services to the margins. Our partnership with Overture has been successful, but now, we have chosen to go with Google," an...
[October 20, 2004, 9:45]
Yahoo celebrates ongoing recovery
News Yahoo on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, helped by its paid-search partnership with Overture Services and signs that online advertising is improving. But that income source has since been replaced by...
[October 9, 2003, 16:20]
Paid search boosts Yahoo revenue
News Nearly one fifth of Yahoo's overall first-quarter revenue grew out of its partnership with Overture Services, a provider of paid search listings, the Web portal disclosed in a securities filing on Thursday.
[May 16, 2003, 9:40]
Google takes on paid-search company
News Throughout the duration of the partnership, subscribers that searched on EarthLink would be directed to Overture's site, featuring commercial listings and natural results from Inktomi as backfill. Paid-search company Overture Services has some new...
[February 7, 2002, 6:31]
Microsoft sends bot to search Web
News Last quarter, Yahoo said 19 percent of its revenue was derived from its Overture partnership. MSN has also touted its partnership with Overture. MSN currently uses Inktomi's algorithmic and paid listings, as well as Overture Services' commercial...
[June 19, 2003, 10:17]
Yahoo! and AOL: Reversal of fortunes
News has also relied on its partnership with Overture Services to feed much of its profitability, which is not bad, but raises concerns about overreliance on this partnership. s online advertising revenue, which excludes Overture, jumped 11 percent from...
[January 21, 2003, 12:29]
Yahoo results earn grudging approval
News The company has reaped financial benefits from its partnership with commercial search provider Overture Services, which pays Yahoo every time someone clicks on its sponsored search result on the Web portal.
[July 10, 2003, 14:06]
NBC signs up Overture
News Television network NBC on Monday is expected to announce a two-year partnership with Overture Services for sponsored search, becoming the latest Web publisher to lace query results with ads. Under its Overture deal, NBC will display the company's...
[November 10, 2003, 11:25]
Yahoo makes Overture worth £1bn
News The company's earlier partnership with Overture accounted for nearly one-fifth of Yahoo's overall first-quarter revenue, the company recently reported. Yahoo announced on Monday that it plans to buy search firm Overture Services in a $1.63bn (£1bn...
[July 14, 2003, 14:29]
AOL signs up Google
News Merrill Lynch analyst Justin Baldauf downgraded Overture to "buy" from "strong buy" and other analysts said they were surprised by the demise of the AOL-Overture partnership. America Online will use search services from Google, ending its...
[May 1, 2002, 15:49]
Google expands Korean search
News With the partnership, Google further challenges its chief rival Overture Services in South Korea, a nascent market for both companies. In January, Overture signed a three-year exclusive deal with Daum to provide sponsored search results on its...
[March 20, 2003, 8:42]
MSN search beta builds momentum
News But in the last year, MSN has begun selling some ads itself at the top of results pages, raising questions in the financial community about when or if MSN will cut off Overture's partnership. The company has licensed sponsored search results from...
[January 17, 2005, 12:15]
Yahoo joins desktop search party
News X1, based in Pasadena, California, was founded by Idealab CEO Bill Gross, who also created Yahoo commercial-search subsidiary Overture Services. The Sunnyvale, California-based Web portal said Thursday that it will introduce free software in...
[December 10, 2004, 8:10]
IBM seeks business in life sciences
News Earlier this year, commercial search company Overture bought Web-search assets from Fast. We expect this partnership to help improve the discovery process for those in the life-sciences sector who require real-time access to scientific information...
[December 23, 2003, 15:20]
Google searches for Euro success
News Sales in Japan will rival Overture's expected launch in that market in the first quarter of 2003 in partnership with NTT-X, which operates the Goo portal and Lycos Japan. Google is quietly expanding advertising sales efforts in several European...
[August 30, 2002, 11:53]
MSN gets on search bandwagon
News In partnership with pay-for-performance ad companies such as Overture Services, LookSmart and Google, major Web portals make money when people click on sponsored listings within search results, a model that has shown to be lucrative for all...
[February 12, 2003, 8:14]
Microsoft increases search focus
News Microsoft is significantly stepping up its investment in search technology, including paid models, in a move that could eventually supplant its relationship with Overture Services, according to a new research report.
[April 3, 2003, 10:53]
Internet advertising changes gears
News The system will debut in the United States next week, when Vibrant is expected to announce a high-profile partnership with search heavyweight Overture Services. Search heavyweight Overture has also quietly partnered with Vibrant to extend pitches...
[March 31, 2004, 12:35]
Microsoft and Apple's interoperability tussle
News Henshaw said Microsoft tried to "engage" Apple in a partnership that would have officially made the iPod interoperable with Xbox, but Apple rejected the overture. If you play "Project Gotham Racing 3" on an Xbox 360 after the console hits stores...
[November 4, 2005, 17:25]
Australian Mooter takes on Google
News Capper remained tight-lipped about which provider that might be, but it is probable that LookSmart Australia and Overture will be near the top of the list of contenders. Winning the deal would be a shot in the arm for LookSmart, which recently lost...
[October 21, 2003, 10:25]
