Search Engines

Search engines Google and Bing agree to fight online piracy; sign a code of conduct with Britain

Web sites that stream or host pirated material may find it harder to feature on the first pages of two leading search engines, Google and Microsoft.

Cyber Crooks Using Specialised Search Engines To Spread Malware

Cyber criminals are beginning to use their own search engines, which lead users directly to pages designed to infect or defraud them.

Google, Yahoo And Microsoft Collaborate To Clean Up Web

The three companies will support a new Web standard that will allow millions of publishers to remove duplicate pages from their websites.

Internet search engines need to update to keep up with IoT products, says experts

Internet search mechanisms will need to change to support the Internet of Things (IoT) whereby billions of devices will become connected, say experts.

Google's RankBrain algorithm has been unleashed on the web

Google is now using RankBrain, its machine-learning system, to process the more than 2 trillion queries sent each year through its search engine, according to Search Engine Land.

Could Apple be planning a search engine to outshine Google?

There perhaps isn't anything that a Google search cannot find, but all of us who have only been 'googling' for information and knowledge may soon be "appleing" for them.

People trust Google News over the media stories it aggregates: Report

A recent survey of over 27,000 people by Edelman has proved that people would rather choose Google as a trusted source over the websites which they aggregate.

Google starts blocking Europe links after 70,000 'right to be forgotten' requests

Google said it had received 70,000 requests since it put a form online on 30 May as a result of the ruling by the European Court of Justice.

Blow to Google: EU court says people have 'right to be forgotten'

Individuals have a right "to be forgotten," under certain circumstances when their personal data becomes outdated or inaccurate, the European Court of Justice said.

Russia's Yandex, Google form advertising partnership

Russia's largest search engine Yandex said it has entered into a partnership with Google Inc that will allow their clients to tap into each others' advertising inventory.