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Various sources have reported on Google’s trademark infringement lawsuit against Froogles.com, and a copy of the complaint (68 pages, PDF), filed April 8, in District Court for the Eastern District of New York, is available courtesy of Search Engine Watch Blog.
The current Yahoo! News site has been transformed with this beta that sports a more sophisticated and user-friendly design, layout, and navigation features, using well placed content tabs, as well as more prominent display and organization of sources and time stamp for respective topical news stories. RSS feeds and custom user queries are supported. See …
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Become.com Goes Live with Web’s Largest Search Engine for U.S. Shopping Information [Link] “…a search engine that helps people find product reviews and relevant buying information, today announced the launch of a new 3.2 billion page shopping index, registration-free access to its search engine, and the introduction of product-focused spell checking.”
Press release, Wikimedia Foundation Announces Corporate Support of Wikipedia from Yahoo! Search: “…Yahoo! Search will dedicate hardware and resources to support Wikipedia, a community based encyclopedia written and edited by people from around the world…In addition, Wikipedia content will become available to hundreds of millions of users worldwide through Yahoo! Search via shortcuts that are …
Google continues to roll out new features, and today’s addition is Q&A, still under development, that allows users to enter a plain language fact query whose answer will appear at the top of the search results page, along with the site reference source. For example, population arkansas.
For those on the go, take a look at Yahoo’s Farechase Beta which lets you search for competitive pricing and reservations for hotel rooms, cars and airline flights. See the FAQ for more details.
From AP, Google Feature Incorporates Satellite Maps. Related references: What’s a “Satellite” view?, FAQs for Google Maps and E-Gov’t Portal Links Users to Wealth of Geographic Data
The UK Inquirer reports on a site called Yagoohoogle that provides side by side search results using two window panes for Google and Yahoo respectively, allowing users an interesting, albeit compressed perspective on the “big two” search engine.
“With Google Ride Finder, you can tell us where you want to find a ride and we’ll show you the actual positions of participating vehicles in that area, along with a phone number you can use to contact the fleet operator (e.g., Chicago).” [via GoogleBlog] The service currently includes 11 metropolitan areas. Also from the …
New search engines narrowing their focus – Vertical sites cater to specific interests like shopping, job hunting, doing research.
From AP, this review evaluates three, free desktop search applications; MSN Desktop Search, Yahoo Desktop Search, and Google Desktop Search.
