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Yahoo Search Engine Market Share Slips in January 2012
Feb 10th
A month after Bing surpassed Yahoo to became the No. 2 search engine in the U.S., Yahoo’s search share continued to decline in the New Year, according to comScore. Meanwhile, Google climbed past a 66 percent share of the search market.
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Search In Pics: Google Sugar Cube, Yahoo Valentines & Chrome M&M’s
Feb 10th
In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Valentines Day At Yahoo: Source: Flickr A Google Bike: Source Google+…
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Iran Blocks HTTPS, Cutting Off Gmail, Yahoo and Other Major Sites
Feb 10th
The Iranian government isn’t exactly known as a champion of free speech and access to information. Thus, it’s never shocking to hear about Internet censorship in the country, the state of which appears to be getting worse all the time.
Today, news surfaced that the country is blocking access to websites that use HTTPS. That means that a number of popular, secure websites like Google, Gmail, Yahoo and even online banking sites are inaccessible. Anything based outside the country that uses a secure connection via HTTPS is blocked, according to news reports and a thread on Hacker News. Secure sites based within Iran are reportedly still accessible.
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The shutdown is said to be timed to coincide with the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, and is believed to be temporary. Exactly how long it will be in place is unclear. The revolution culminated with the fall of the Shah on February 11, 1979, but the country did not officially become an Islamic Republic until April 1. So, the restrictions could be lifted this weekend, or perhaps several weeks from now.
Meanwhile, developers and members of the Hacker News community are brainstorming ways to help Iranians get around the limitations. Some have suggested setting up Tor bridges for Web users in Iran, although that presents its own logistical issues.
These measures come just as the Iranian government begins to roll out longer-term plans to effectively strangle the Internet to death and create a new, state-sponsored Web for citizens of that country to use. The government is even requiring Internet cafe owners to videotape all patrons so that Web surfers can be more easily identified by authorities.
If news reports are accurate, Iranians could be facing a level of Web censorship that approaches that which exists in North Korea, where public access to the Internet we all know and love is barely existent. Whether or not Iranians, who have already had a taste of what the Web can do, will tolerate such restrictions without a struggle, remains to be seen.
That the Iranian government is clamping down on Internet access is hardly a surprise. In 2009, they saw firsthand the kind of unrest that emerge amidst a well-connected and dissatisfied citizenry. Since then, governments in nearby countries have been overthrown or otherwise challenged in the so-called Arab Spring.
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Bing Now A Full Point Ahead Of Yahoo In Search Share — comScore
Feb 9th
Today comScore reported January search share figures for the US market. We restrained ourselves this month, not posting on subject this before the official release, given the error that happened last time with one of the financial analyst firms and the early release of the data. Google gained share…
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Yahoo Launches Mobile-App Search (For PCs) In The UK
Feb 6th
Over the weekend there was coverage of a seemingly new feature on Yahoo search: mobile-app search. However that actually launched in the US in the middle of last year. The recent coverage was triggered by the launch of the app-search capability in the UK, which is new. The UI has been improved…
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Tom Brady vs. Eli Manning: Brady Searches Top Google, Yahoo
Feb 5th
Tom Brady and Eli Manning will renew their rivalry today in Super Bowl 46. While Manning has the edge in their on-the-field matchups, leading 2-1 including a Super Bowl victory four years ago, people searched more for Brady on Google and Yahoo.
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Google, Bing & Yahoo in Partnership to Sell Top Organic Local Listings
Jan 31st
The top U.S. search engines have entered into an agreement with Universal Business Listings and Bruce Clay Inc. to launch a new program called Local Paid Inclusion that promises to “put your business above the competition” in local organic results.
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Yandex Joins Bing, Yahoo In Using Nokia-Navteq Map Data
Jan 30th
Russian search giant Yandex announced that it will be licensing data from Nokia-owned Navteq to offer better and more comprehensive maps coverage around the world: Yandex . . . has purchased a license for digital maps supplied by the leading global location content provider, NAVTEQ. These digital…
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New SEO Tool SEOprofiler Reports Positions on Google, Yahoo and Bing and … – San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Jan 30th
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New SEO Tool SEOprofiler Reports Positions on Google, Yahoo and Bing and …
San Francisco Chronicle (press release) SEOprofiler is a so-called white-hat SEO tool. That means that it only offers SEO tools that are beneficial to businesses, web searchers and search engines. The company aims to help businesses to get more customers while improving the quality of the … |
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Yahoo Search, Display Revenues Dip in Q4 2011
Jan 26th
Yahoo’s 2011 Q4 search revenue was $465 million, down 27 percent compared to the same quarter for the previous year. Yahoo attributed the decline to the search agreement it signed with Microsoft. Overall fourth quarter revenue was $1.3 billion.
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