Battle of the search-engine giants news
Google still dominates market but faces challenges
June 8
New York As it readies its share offering Google dominates the Internet search market but faces challenges as it tries to broaden its services research firm Standard and Poors said Monday
Googles market value is between 33 billion and 40 billion said the report
SampP Equity Research Services said a survey it commissioned found 48 percent of search engine users use Google most overall compared to 20 percent for Yahoo 14 percent for Microsofts and seven percent for America Online...
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Nearly twothirds of Google users are willing to switch to another search engine according to a new survey
The poll taken by InsightExpress for Standard amp Poors Equity Research Services painted a mixed picture for the search giant It confirmed that Google is outpacing rivals Yahoo and Microsoft but gave its rivals hope that Googles lead could vanish
The poll found that nearly half of searchers identify Google as their mostused search engine followed distantly by Yahoo
at 20 percent and at 14 percent...
Google leads Web search but challenges loom news
Google leads Web search but challenges loom
Reuters
San Francisco June 8 While nearly half of all Web search engine users prefer industry leader Google over its rivals the soontobe public company faces challenges as it expands into new businesses Standard amp Poors Equity Research Services says
Fortyeight percent of search engine users say they use Google most overall compared with 20 percent for Yahoo 14 percent for Microsofts and 7 percent for according to a nationwide survey commissioned by Standard amp Poors and conducted by online market research firm InsightExpress...
Bits and Bytes for June 4, 2004 news
WhenU Exploring Possible Sale Investment
Adware firm WhenU has hired the Perseus Group investment bankers to explore various possibilities to take its business to the next level according to a company spokesperson
While the hiring of investment bankers often signals a companys failure to gain traction a WhenU spokesperson its decision was motivated by tremendous recent interest as a result of Clarias S1 filing and the general market interest in outofbrowser desktop strategies Potential investors and several public companies interested in a strategic dialogue have recently approached the company...
Can't stop the pop-ups news
In January Paul Haigh downloaded Googles toolbar to dispel annoying popup ads By March they were back
Googles popup blocker included as part of the Web search engines popular browser plugin worked fantastically well for about two months blocking everything said Mr Haigh a photographer from the United Kingdom Then the odd popup started to appear mainly on highly addisplaying sites based in the United States
I know they are on the increase because they are annoying me again he said adding that hes received three this week...