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  • How to evade Google search

    Dell apparently learned the hard way this week that companies have to be careful to ensure that information they store on the Internet that they want to keep hidden is not automatically added to a search engine index for everyone on the Web to see.

  • Google search gets personal

    Google on Wednesday will begin to offer people custom accounts to search over their personal query history, in a move to outdo rivals and endear Web surfers.

  • Google 'voice search' is awesome

    The new voice-activated Google Mobile app for the iPhone is finally here. Whatever the reason for the delay, it was worth the wait.

  • Insurer slashes search times with Google Search

    Royal & SunAlliance has slashed its intranet search times from between five to seven minutes to less than a second with the deployment of Google's Search Appliance.

  • Aust journo saved by a Google search

    The Australian journalist kidnapped by Iraqi militants, John Martinkus, never thought that the search engine Google would one day save his life.

Blogs (28)

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    From search to aggregation addiction

    Will aggregation replace search when it comes to finding useful content on the Web? I reckon so.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Denial remains a handy strategy for Google

    At yesterday's launch of Google's enterprise search appliance, product manager Kevin Gough argued that Google itself was an essential business tool, since practically no-one could get through the day without conducting at least one search using the popular site.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Google learns technology has its limits

    A big part of the Google mythology is that you can solve virtually any problem through a combination of clever technology and the use of open standards. The Google reality is a bit more complicated.

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    Google ambushed at CeBIT

    The world's most adored tech company faced an unexpected string of criticism at its keynote in CeBIT last week.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Google Australia: Not evil, just uncomfortable

    It appears that despite the massive amount of hype surrounding Google, the company is not immune from the bad marketing video plague that has troubled the best of corporate giants.

Features and Case Studies (159)

  • Microsoft's new search head on how Redmond will fight Google

    When it comes to Web search, Microsoft is the undisputed underdog, a position it doesn't usually find itself in. Satya Nadella, corporate vice president of search and advertising at Microsoft, explains how the company plans to improve its market share and improve search for the long haul.

  • Google gets Bing'd: Video

    It's a peaceful morning at the Sydney Googleplex. The sun is shining and birds are singing. But wait a second: why are all those people wearing Microsoft Bing T-shirts?

  • Yahoo turns to Google after Microsoft deal ends

    On Saturday, Microsoft formally withdrew its offer to acquire the search pioneer, at least for now. So what happens next for Yahoo? A deal with Google looks likely.

  • FAQ: Yahoo-Google ad deal's antitrust scrutiny

    Nobody, least of all Yahoo and Google, doubted that the two companies' search-advertising deal would escape any antitrust scrutiny.

  • Search engines reveal privacy policies

    Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.

Videos (13)

  • What is the best laptop?

    Our editors have picked the best notebooks, laptops, or Netbooks--whatever you call them.

  • Google feeling the pinch?

    ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with senior editor Sam Diaz about Google's financial future according to one analyst. Diaz also discusses what the outlook may mean for the company's employees and its competitors.

  • Rumour mill about Yahoo's future goes into overdrive

    ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks with Editor in Chief Larry Dignan about the many variables at play in the Yahoo saga. Dignan also sifts through some of the theories about the search giant, sorting the probable from the impossible.

  • Google gets Bing'd

    The Ratbags ambush Google employees and offer them a free search with Microsoft's Bing.

  • Searching for Flash files

    Adobe Systems has announced it's partnering with search giants Google and Yahoo to increase the quality of search results of dynamic Web content and rich internet applications (RIAs).

Reviews (119)

  • Google Mini Search Appliance

    Aimed at small to medium-size enterprises (SMEs) that need a search engine without the hassles, the Google Mini is capable and flexible. We just wish the upgrade path was more affordable.

  • Google Desktop (Beta)

    With Google Desktop, you can search for files on your hard drive just as easily as you can search the Internet.

  • Google search gets newsier

    Google has unveiled an expanded test version of its search engine for current events and news, the latest step in the company's move into new markets.

  • First Take: MSN Search

    Microsoft hustles to catch up with search engine giants Google and Yahoo, but the beta version of MSN Search still leaves plenty of room for improvement.

  • The Google gods

    Does the power of the world's most popular search engine pose a threat to the Web's independence?

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