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Bing Gets Yahoo Support

Yahoo informed its advertisers via email that it would commence implementing the organic results from searches made with Microsoft’s Bing Engine. This notice implies an upcoming merge between the two following a deal, signed last July 2009. The email also mentions Yahoo’s intention to transfer the paid search ads to Microsoft’s adCenter, which should take place before the holidays. However,... Read More »
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US Fostering Internet Freedom

In January, Secretary of State Hillary Rodman Clinton spoke strongly about her support for Internet freedom and said, “”We stand for a single Internet where all of humanity has equal access to knowledge and ideas. And we recognize that the world’s information infrastructure will become what we and others make of it.” After that, the State Department decided to bring the issue of... Read More »

China’s Best Music Download Site, Top100.Cn Now Looks At Future Beyond Google

Google has been in the forefront of various developments on the internet over the years. The search engine revolution saw Google overcome the other major companies to be one of the strongest players as far as the various searches are concerned. Even in many of the other kinds of businesses, Google has been in the forefront. The search engine and the advertisements complement each other very well and... Read More »
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Microsoft and Yahoo Gets United Against Google

In the current scenario, Google is a name getting common in masses and is at its high. This has created a tension among its competitors like Microsoft and Yahoo. There had been a rumor about it since very long time but now it’s sure news that Microsoft and Google would come together, and as a single entity, they would try to take on their biggest competitor, Google and they announced their Internet... Read More »
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Bing App Comes Out with a Bang

What If I call the Multimedia enabled web and the mobile platform are nothing but a racetrack today? Yes, Hoards of innovations in the Information Technology hit the stores in the form of Smartphones, Media players and much more. These smart phones and Media players come to life with a software or application that runs inside them. There is an ongoing stiff competition to bring in the cutting edge... Read More »

Microsoft Bing Goes Hollywood

Hollywood’s Ryan Seacrest hosted the show where Microsoft unveiled its new search service called “Bing Entertainment” at a private West Hollywood Club. The search engine is fighting a tough battle to gain search engine market share from the Google. Bing entertainment includes TV, movies, games, and music, and is designed to allow users to watch video, play an online game, buy movie or concert... Read More »

Google VS Bing: The Search is On

Although Google is the most widely used search engine online, its competitors are quickly gaining ground and proving that consumerism is still a valued concept in this world. One of these major competitors is Bing. Although not many type Bing.com first when searching, many are aware of it and are quickly learning to appreciate the features it offers that Google does not. A quick comparison shows you... Read More »

A TV and Video Search battle from Bing and Google

Google and Bing are two of the most renowned search engines in the world that have been a choice to many users recently. Both the search engine provide excellent services to all the Internet users in order to get to the information that they want. This consisted of websites, images, videos, and a lot more then that only. The start The competition was certainly started when with the news coming from... Read More »

Is it always going to be Yahoo vs. Google?

Every individual has his/her opinion based on the need and the preference to choose Google or Yahoo. To me, Google is more of a Search engine; however Yahoo is a complete package of fun stuff! In my opinion, the purpose of both these websites is different. Google – Simplicity at its best When you hear the word Google, the first thing that strikes your mind is “SEARCH”. Google has become... Read More »

Experience the Search Magic with Google tweaks and its Modified Search Page

A web search without Google is unthinkable to all of us. It is a platform to know about the unknowns and to be answered for all your queries. To enhance the search event Google has made some effective modification while displaying the search results on a page. Keeping the Home Page quite same as it was before, the company slightly tides up the logo so that the users do not face any difficulty while... Read More »

F8: Facebook Challenges Google’s Crown

At the recent F8 conference in Silicon Valley, Mark Zuckerberg, has unveiled some bold new products, which will enable IT companies to have a personalized touch of the Internet, through Facebook. Facebook aims to create tools that are user-friendly and enable users to interact on the Internet using their Facebook accounts. According to Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook,” We are building toward... Read More »

Google Adds Plink to its Search “Inventory”

Google has decided to improve its Google Goggles project by integrating with an Android application. Google Goggles inputs user uploaded images of various things like landmarks, books, wine bottles etc. and identifies them along with quantity of information like product name, price and other search results associated with that product. Google is going to associate itself with the Plink. With just... Read More »

The Deep Web

Search engines like Google turn up searches so vast and varied in a matter of seconds, they have led us to believe that we have all the information available in the world at our fingertips. Everyday search engines try to churn more powerful and faster algorithms to make their search the best. Yet there is a vast amount of the internet that goes unnoticed by these search engines. Welcome to Deep Web.... Read More »
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Microsoft to Seek Larger Internet Share

With the introduction of its search engine- Bing, Microsoft had set itself to redefining the Internet search experience.  According to Qi Lu, who is Microsoft’s head of online business,in his recent visit to India said,” Modern computing is moving towards cloud-based computing and it is a strategic initiative for us.” Microsoft seeks to understand the user intent and requirement when they... Read More »
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Optimize Your Website to Achieve Top Rankings on Search Engines

Web optimization can be achieved by using search engine optimization. High ranking can not be achieved without search engine optimization. So, your basic goal is to optimize your website. You will be ranked higher in search engine by implementing the search engine technique. While optimizing your website you have to look your competitors. You can increase your sale and traffic by using organic search.... Read More »

Microsoft To Update Bing

Microsoft has announced to update Bing so that people can get what they are looking for on the Internet. The Bing user interface has been updated and now the search results will be based on the intent of the query by the user. Tabs and query-specific options have been introduced to refine the search. Also there is a new Foursquare map app for Bing Maps with which user will be able to see the Foursquare... Read More »

Google To Add Security Feature In Gmail

Google will be adding a new, crispy security feature to Gmail with which users will be able to get warnings when there are suspicious account logins. Firefox and Internet Explorer will be getting this feature first. After the addition of this security feature, user will be able to track any recent account activity and will be able to sign out remotely from Gmail. User will be able to get details like... Read More »
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