Posts Tagged With: Microsoft
Microsoft, Google, Yahoo sued for sex selection ads in India
Microsoft, Google and Yahoo were issued notices by India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, following a complaint that they were promoting techniques and products for the selection of an unborn child’s sex through advertising and links on their search engines. There is a deliberate attempt by these companies to target Indian users with advertisements that claim … Continue reading
Microsoft tries to one-up Google PageRank
Though a distant third place to Google, Microsoft thinks it can teach its rival a thing or two about searching the Internet. A big part of Google’s rise to search engine leadership was an algorithm called PageRank that assesses a specific page’s importance by how many other Web pages link to it and by the … Continue reading
Microsoft, Google fight over Yahoo!
Google and Microsoft will spar today at a congressional hearing called to examine whether Google’s revenue-sharing deal with No 2 search rival Yahoo will harm competition. Google, with more than 60 per cent of the Web search market, and Yahoo, with 16.6 per cent, announced a deal on June 12 that would allow Yahoo to … Continue reading
