Microsoft casts shadow on Web searches news
When it comes to the latest technology craze Microsoft Corp isnt known for being first or best Its known for being biggest
The software behemoth has used its strength money and reach to go from underdog to top dog on everything from Web browsers to digital content players
Now its attention turns to the growing field of search with a broadbased push that extends from its dominant Windows operating system to its online division
Google Inc currently dominates Internet search something analysts say could pose problems for Microsoft and not only because Google takes away advertising dollars...
Spam Slayer: Have You Paid the Spam Tax? news
Spam is a drain on corporate budgets to the tune of 10 billion dollars this year according to Ferris Research The figure includes lost productivity plus the cost of spamfighting hardware and software and the staff needed for combat
Personally spam will cost me at least 100 this year First I pay 4 monthly for a subscription to a spamfilter program It helps but I still end up deleting spam from my inbox and rescuing desirable messages from my junk email folder Then I shell out the 50 annual fee for an antivirus service to kill viruses that wiggle into my inbox...
More About Yahoo-Overture's SiteMatch Program news
Yahoo has combined Yahoo Inktomi Alta Vista Fast and AlltheWeb into a single database They did this to have one large database of Web sites even if there were still some differences between the search engine results The one key point is that you have Yahoo and Alta Vista all pulling search engine results from this single database and together these three sites represent around 50 percent of all the search engine queries that are made across the Internet
What happened after April 15th Pretty much what Yahoo said would happen Many of the sites that were in the Inktomi database were included in the new Yahoo index for free...
Homestore's Mike Long Talks To Realty Times news
In this exclusive interview with Blanche Evans Realty Times Long reveals his innermost thoughts about the future for Realtors and a possible change of business model for the biggest richestoting camel in its caravan Realtorcom
Homestores Mike Long like other vendors who thought they could monetize the listings of the independent Realtor has found out the hard way that you can lead agents to the Internet but you cant make them buy anything
The way Long sees it Homestore47Realtor...
PRESS RELEASE: "ServiceMagic Has "Gotcha Covered"
Online Service Referral Company Adds Window Treatment news
National window treatment franchisor partners with leading prequalified service referral company Partnership allows company to tap internet giants lead sourcing
Texas May 23 One of the largest online service referral companies has entered into a partnership with Gotcha Covered and added the company to their approved provider list for window fashion sales and service
ServiceMaster spends over 10 million a year positioning the company as the premier provider of prescreened service professionals in the marketplace...