123Bharath.com (www.123bharath.com) announced on October 13 that the search engine giant Google (www.google.com) is working on speech and multimedia content search in a bid to maintain its supremacy as the largest Internet search engine with universal access. Google's co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin told the reporters at the company's new research and development center in India on October 13 that text search will, however, continue to dominate Internet for a long time to come.
OnlyPunjab.com (www.onlypunjab.com) announced on October 14 that one week after its launch, the men’s search engine MaZaZZ! (www.mazazz.com) is quickly drawing a mass of new visitors. Consumers from across the globe are embracing the new search engine targeting men, which takes all the traditional search engine tools and caters these tools to the interests of men.
Feedster, Inc. (www.Feedster.com), a rapidly growing search engine for online content and weblogs published using RSS, a newly popular XML standard, and the first company to utilize RSS and weblog content to enhance traditional news syndication and search, announced on October 14 that it has teamed up with WashingtonPost.com (www.washingtonpost.com) to provide opinion and up-to-date commentary about the presidential debate from political and election bloggers at http://debate.Feedster.com.
PRNewswire (http://prnewswire.com) announced on October 13 that the German car manufacturer BMW AG has ordered the adult search engine AskJolene.com (www.AskJolene.com) to immediately remove a number of results from its index and to blacklist the providers of the documents. BMW AG claims that AskJolene.com infringes on its trademark rights. AskJolene's results for the search query “BMW” contain galleries in which the word “BMW” occurs. They also contain pornographic pictures depicting amongst other things a BMW car.
PacificEast (www.pacificeast.com), a Washington State based leader in the data management industry, announced on October 13 the launch of DesktopSELECT (www.pacificcorp.com/Services/real_time_services/DesktopSELECT.aspx), an Internet-based search engine allowing individuals or organizations to look up phone number information from the same direct source used by Directory Assistance operators nationwide. DesktopSELECT's easy to use interface requires only an Internet browser to allow instant access to the most accurate and reliable directory listing information available. DesktopSELECT allows organizations of any size and budget to obtain the highest quality phone number and address data using the most cost effective methods.
Search engine giant Google (www.google.com) announced on October 13 that Hyderabad, the tech city of Andhra Pradesh, has attracted Google to set up its second center in India, the first being in Bangalore, due to its large technology talent pool, competitive economic environment and infrastructure. Hyderabad will be home to Google's engineering, online sales, operations and human resource functions. The Google AdWords (https://adwords.google.com), which supports the global advertising related activity and generates revenues for the corporation, will also be supported from Hyderabad. The center in Bangalore is expected to continue on the research and development work.
Search engine giant Yahoo Inc. (www.yahoo.com) announced on October 12 that its third-quarter profit nearly quadrupled, reflecting a continued boom in online advertising. The Sunnyvale, California-based company said that it earned $253.3 million, or 17 cents per share, for the three months ended in September 2004, up from net income of $65.3 million, or 5 cents per share, at the same time in 2003. Revenue for the period totalled $906.7 million, a dramatic increase from $356.8 million in 2003.
Reuters (www.reuters.com) announced on October 13 that Beijing-based Baidu.com (www.baidu.com), China's largest search engine, has said that its revenues will more than double in 2004 and could double again in 2005 as more companies pay to feature in search results. Baidu boasts 350 million Web pages in its database of searchable sites and counts Google among its investors. The bulk of Baidu's sales comes from sponsored links, where a client pays to have its name and Web site link appear at the top of a results list when particular terms are searched.
GlobalSpec (www.globalspec.com), the leading specialized search engine and online resource for engineers and technical buyers, announced on October 12 an expanded partnership with PennWell Corporation (www.pennwell.com), a business-to-business media company providing authoritative print and online publications across multiple industries. The relationship will bring GlobalSpec's unique parametric search capabilities to thousands of users on three PennWell websites: Surface Mount Technology (http://smt.pennnet.com/home.cfm), Advanced Packaging (http://ap.pennnet.com/home.cfm) and Connector Specifier (http://cs.pennnet.com/home.cfm), all covering the electronics/semiconductors market.
Reuters (www.reuters.com) announced on October 12 that the search engine giant Google (www.google.com) has launched its Froogle price comparison website in Britain. Froogle UK (http://froogle.google.co.uk) works like the popular Google search engine, but only returns search results from online retailers. Unlike some e-commerce search sites, merchants do not have to pay to be included in Froogle search results. Google makes its money from selling text ads that are linked to search terms and appear alongside search results.
