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Yahoo Japan Confirms Google Switch from Yahoo

As BoomTown reported earlier today, Yahoo Japan confirmed it would switch its search technology and paid search provider to Google from Yahoo.

Senh: Can it still be called Yahoo Japan, when it's using Google? That's a strange move, especially since Yahoo! in the U.S. will eventually use Bing as their search engine.

Yahoo! Searches For Growth, Finds Little

The online media company shows flat revenue and sees little growth ahead. Ouch. Yahoo! reported net income for the quarter ended June 30 of $213 million, or 15 cents per share, a 51% increase over the year ago quarter and beating Street’s consensus. Analysts’ consensus leading up to the quarterly earnings report had the online media company coming in at 14 cents per share on revenue of $1.6 billion. Though beating the predictions, Yahoo! failed to deliver impressive growth on revenue; posting the expected $1.6 billion this quarter, up 2% from the same period last year.

Senh: Sure, Yahoo! might not be growing, but at least it's stable, and it's still one of the top properties on the web. As long as it's turning a profit, and it continues to turn a profit, it's doing ok. Not everyone can be the new hot thing like Facebook. Sure, Facebook is growing in users, but it's revenue is still significantly behind Yahoo's. Will it ever catches up to Yahoo? Not sure, Facebook is already the most visited site in the U.S. How much bigger can it get? It's revenue is still low in proportion to its traffic.

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GOOGLE: Should the government regulate search results?

When Google was a pure search engine, it was easy to appear agnostic about search results, with no reason to play favorites with one Web site or another. But as Google has branched out into online services from maps and videos to comparison shopping, it has acquired pecuniary incentives to favor its own over rivals.

Yahoo and Gannett Form Local Advertising Partnership

Yahoo (YHOO) and Gannett (GCI) announced today that they have formed a local advertising partnership.

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Google And China Work It Out, For Now

High-profile censorship spat reaches detente with license renewal. On Friday Google announced the Chinese government renewed its license to operate its website in China. "I'm as surprised as everyone," says Rick Munarriz, senior analyst at the Motley Fool.

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Google to Acquire Air Travel Data Company

The search giant agreed to acquire ITA, which makes software that organizes flight and pricing information.

Google changes China access after Beijing objects

Google Inc. said Tuesday it will stop automatically routing users in China to its Hong Kong site after Beijing threatened the company with the loss of its Internet license in their latest skirmish over censorship.

Google spruces up home page with background images

If Google's famously sparse home page is too plain for you, the company is giving you some more options. A bold color photo of sand dunes replaced the white background to Google's search box Thursday. You can replace the desert ...

Senh: Everyone copies from everyone. This time, Google copies Bing. Having a background image on a search engine started with Ask - at least when I first saw it being implemented. Although I have to say, design-wise, Bing and Ask looks more coordinated. Google's looks kinda tagged on.

Most Google themselves, survey finds

Web search engines make our lives easier: They connect us with what we're searching for in a matter of seconds, and sometimes they bring us to places we didn't even know we were looking for.

Nokia And Yahoo Team Up on Mobile, But Few Care

Nokia and Yahoo — two market leaders struggling to keep up in the US mobile market — joined forces Monday, announcing that Nokia would use its purchase of mapping giant NavTek to power Yahoo's map and navigation services globally ...

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