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Dassault Systèmes buys personal analytics site Netvibes

3D design software company Dassault Systèmes has acquired Netvibes, a website that allows the creation of personalized dashboards combining social network updates, news alerts and RSS feeds, the companies announced Thursday.

By Peter Sayer | 09 February, 2012 23:29

Tags: software, social media, search engines, Product lifecycle management, Netvibes, mergers and acquisitions, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Dassault Systèmes, business issues, applications, analytics
EPIC sues FTC over Google's planned privacy changes

The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, asking a court to force the agency to take action against Google over planned changes in the company's collection of personal data.

By Grant Gross | 09 February, 2012 09:28

Tags: U.S. Federal Trade Commission, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, social networking, security, search engines, privacy, legal, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Google, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Civil lawsuits
Google to pay users to track their movements online

Amid widespread concern about its new privacy policies, Google is now facing criticism over an offer to give users Amazon gift certificates if they open their Web movements to the company in a program called Screenwise.

By Cameron Scott | 09 February, 2012 08:41

Tags: software, security, search engines, privacy, internet, Google, browsers, applications
Yahoo ousts half its board

As part of an ongoing effort to recover from a downward spiral, Yahoo said on Tuesday that four board members, including its chairman, will step down.

By Cameron Scott | 08 February, 2012 10:04

Tags: Yahoo, search engines, restructuring, mail, Internet-based applications and services, internet, business issues
Groups: Congress should scrap SOPA, PIPA and start over

The U.S. Congress should scrap two controversial copyright enforcement bills and start over with attempts to target foreign websites accused of infringement and counterfeiting, more than 70 groups have said.

By Grant Gross | 08 February, 2012 04:02

Tags: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, search engines, Public Knowledge, Patrick Leahy, Motion Picture Association of America, legislation, legal, Lamar Smith, Internet service providers, internet, intellectual property, Human Rights Watch, government, Fight for the Future, e-commerce, copyright, Consumers Union, American Library Association, advertising

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Tutorials about search engines

Rev up the Search Engines

Your web startup needs to cut through the clutter and reel in customers, and search engine optimization (SEO) can be just the ticket. SEO helps improve your search rankings so your website shows up higher on Google, Yahoo and other popular search engines. "SEO is really [fundamental]. It should be a line item when you're developing your website," says Greg Bozigian, founder and chief media officer of new media marketing company Visionary View.

By Amanda C. Kooser | 14 March, 2009 11:11

Tags: search engines, seo

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Google considers Bing a serious threat

Google very publicly called out Microsoft's Bing search engine -- claiming that it copies its search results from Google. The initial charge has been followed by a back and forth exchange of insults and accusations, but one thing that is sort of lost in the melodrama is that Google apparently considers Bing to be a serious threat.

By Tony Bradley | 05 February, 2011 03:37

Tags: search engines, Microsoft, internet, Google
Google management shuffle: Right move, wrong guy?

Today's announcement that Google co-founder Larry Page would replace Eric Schmidt as the company's CEO was a surprise, but maybe it shouldn't have been. While the company's earnings are still stellar, Schmidt has made a series of embarrassing statements and the company has had some very public failures.

By Edward N. Albro | 21 January, 2011 13:41

Tags: Stanford University, search engines, search, Phones, internet, Google, consumer electronics, Android
Google's Realtime Search update does what Twitter won't

Searching for status updates is not Twitter's forte, so leave it to Google to make its own Realtime Search engine more powerful instead.

By Jared Newman | 27 August, 2010 08:10

Tags: twitter, search engines, search, internet, Google, Facebook
Google's China decision ignores conventional wisdom

Google's decision to stop censoring search engine results in China, announced in a blog posting Monday, flies in the face of common wisdom when it comes to doing business in the country.

By Sumner Lemon | 23 March, 2010 07:37

Tags: search engines, Google
Bing gains again -- should Google worry?

Microsoft's Bing search engine may still be a bit player in the lucrative online search business dominated by Google, but it's slowly and steadily gaining users.

By Jeff Bertolucci | 11 March, 2010 11:06

Tags: search engines, Google, bing

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