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Bing Results & Ads Now Live On AOL Search
The Bing-AOL search deal announced last year went into effect over the weekend....
Yahoo Search Testing Google Powered Search Results
Yahoo confirms they are testing supplementing other search ranking providers, including Google, to power Yahoo...
Is Yahoo Testing Non-Bing Powered Search Results?
Yahoo says they are always experimenting with search but would not confirm or deny reports that they are testing dropping Bing powered search...
Report: Google-Apple Safari Search Deal Expiring, Yahoo & Bing Want In
According to The Information Google’s default Safari search deal with Apple is up in 2015. Microsoft and Yahoo are reportedly...
Bing Integrates TripAdvisor Tools, Content Into Search Results
Travel site TripAdvisor made two Microsoft-related announcements today. The company announced a Windows 8.1 app. But more significantly...
Yahoo-Microsoft Search Tensions On Public Display In Court Ruling
Microsoft has essentially had to sue Yahoo to get the company to fully comply with the terms of their 2010 “Search Alliance”...
Bing Ads To Launch In Australia And New Zealand
Bing announced today that it will be launching Bing Ads in Australia and New Zealand. Australia site, BandT.com, is reporting that the launch...
Bing Adds Boatload Of New “Venue Maps” For International Markets
Microsoft announced today, that in conjunction with Nokia, Bing has added “more than 2,700 venue maps” in North America, Europe and...
Bing Gets Its Own Knowledge Graph Via Britannica Partnership
Bing’s search results are getting a bit more informational thanks to a new partnership with Encyclopedia Britannica. They’re calling...
Bing Out Of “Betaphase” In Germany, Claims 10 Million Users
Bing is reportedly now out of betaphase in Deutschland. According to Microsoft, Bing has 10 million users or 20 percent of active internet...
Yahoo Asia & More European Properties Transitioned To Bing Powered Results
The Yahoo Search Blog announced they have transitioned much of their Asian algorithmic search to be powered by Bing with the exception of Korea....
Yahoo UK & Others Switching To Bing Organic Results August 3rd
Yahoo has sent out an update stating they are migrating the organic results for Yahoo’s European properties to Bing’s search index...
Report: Bing To Power Baidu English Results
China’s dominant search engine Baidu is trying to expand its reach beyond Chinese-language speakers. Reuters is reporting that Baidu and...
Researcher: Conduit Toolbar Deal Boosting Bing’s Paid Clicks By 10%
Bing’s traffic acquisition deal with Conduit, the toolbar company that claims to work with 260,000 publishers and 200 million users,...
Bing Now Powering Yahoo Search In 3 More Countries
Readers outside the US may want to know that the Yahoo-Bing search transition is now complete in three more countries. According to this Yahoo...
Yahoo Search Ads Now Fully Powered By Microsoft adCenter
The Yahoo to Microsoft adCenter search ad transition in the U.S. and Canada is now complete. Both Microsoft and Yahoo confirmed the transition...
Firefox 4 To Add Bing As Search Option
Bing announced that in the upcoming version of Firefox, Bing will be added as one of the standard set of search provider options. This will be...
Yahoo Search Advertisers Can Now Begin To Migrate Accounts To Microsoft adCenter
Yahoo announced their Yahoo Search Marketing advertisers can now begin the transition process from Yahoo Search Marketing to Microsoft adCenter....
Why Bing+Yahoo Means 5% Less Organic Traffic
Bing is now powering Yahoo’s organic results, and retailers wonder how this algorithmic shift will impact their organic traffic with holiday...
Official: Yahoo’s Results Now Come From Bing
Yahoo just announced the transition from Yahoo Search powered results to Bing powered organic Yahoo search results is now complete. The search...