Google this week said it would anonymise user data received through search requests entered in its search engine and Chrome browser.
Latest US figures have indicated that Google's search market share has grown even further, as the search giant continues to chip away at Yahoo and Microsoft.
Microsoft hopes to back up its refrain that it has a plan to catch Google by showing off some improvements to its Live Search product at a company-sponsored advertising conference later this month.
Google is using users as crash test dummies to measure exactly what changes it should make to its main search website both to its famously Spartan search box and to the results it produces.
Yahoo has begun testing Glue Pages, a new way to present search results that take advantage of its background as an Internet portal.
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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.
While Wall Street clamours for a piece of the search king, start-ups are trying to fill in the technology niches.
Google and others are under scrutiny as advertisers fret about phony clicks.
As the two giants tussle for domination of online advertising dollars, it's increasingly clear that this tug-of-war is really a test of each company's corporate culture.
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