Google introduces feature to answer users' questions directly
Google Inc the worlds mostused search engine has introduced a feature that gives answers to search queries without sending users to a separate website matching similar shortcuts offered by Microsoft Corps and Ask Jeeves Inc
Users can ask questions such as What is the population of India and the answer 107 billion would be displayed at the top of the search results Mountain View Califbased Google said yesterday in an emailed statement
Google is adding enhancements to its search engine such as features to display online maps and accompanying satellite images as competition for users from Yahoo Inc...
Happy blogging: MSN
Microsoft Corp the worlds largest software maker launched its service allowing Web users to publish and track each others blogs or online journals
Redmond Washingtonbased Microsoft said that the free blogging service called Spaces had attracted 45 million users during its preliminary test phase which began last December
Microsofts Internet division also launched the latest version of its Messenger for swapping instant messages and sharing photos...
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created an enormous amount of value by combining the two companies said Laura Martin an analyst with Media Metrics owned by Soleil Securities Group Los Angeles
In one of several planned comarketing efforts will promote the Ask Jeeves search box on every site exposing what it says are 44 million unique users to the Ask Jeeves brand monthly
It reignites the growth of users by linking InterActives users to the Ask Jeeves search engine Martin said
Both companies will benefit by sharing information and ad space industry analysts noted...
blinkx 3.0 Links Users to World's First Fully Integrated Search Tool
April 4 47ewswire47 blinkx the smartest thing on your computer and on the Web today announced the release of blinkx 30 the worlds first fully integrated search tool With blinkx 30 users can for the first time view results from the desktop the Internet television and the news in a single combined list blinkx which is free to download at httpwwwblinkxcom47 and already has more than one million users has been changing the way people think about search since its launch in Summer...