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Google Cries Wolf as Outage Disrupts China Operations
(NewsFactor)
30 Jul 2010 at 2:01pm
NewsFactor - After assuming the worst with its China operations, Google on Thursday evening backed off accusations of censorship in the communist nation. Google said earlier Thursday that the Chinese government was blocking its search engine, Google Mobile, and Google Ad products. Google also said its news and image services were being "partially blocked."
Microsoft Will Try to Block Google-Yahoo Japan Deal
(PC World)
30 Jul 2010 at 1:40pm
PC World - A legal battle is brewing between Microsoft and Google for control of Japan's lucrative search market.
Google says China services back up
(AFP)
30 Jul 2010 at 12:36am
AFP - Google said Friday its services appeared to be back up and running normally in China, after the US web giant reported that access to its search engine and other products were being blocked.
False alarm: Google search still working in China
(AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 7:28pm
AP - Google Inc. triggered a false alarm Thursday by posting a notice that its search engine and several other services had been cut off from mainland China - a key market where the company has been locked in a high-profile battle over online censorship.
Google Reports Brief Search Outage in China
(PC World)
29 Jul 2010 at 6:00pm
PC World - Google's search engine in China appeared to have been partially blocked overnight Thursday, but a Google spokeswoman said the service was up and running again by Friday morning local time.
Google says China search block may be tech glitch
(Reuters)
29 Jul 2010 at 5:53pm
Reuters - Google Inc said its earlier report that Internet search services in China were being fully blocked could have been the result of a technical glitch that overstated the problem.
Analysts' View: Google says search service blocked in China
(Reuters)
29 Jul 2010 at 3:38pm
Reuters - Google Inc said its Web search and mobile services in China were blocked on Thursday, weeks after Beijing agree to extend the company's Chinese webpage license.
Sleazy Marketers Game Google's Sponsored Ads
(PC World)
28 Jul 2010 at 2:44pm
PC World - Companies that deal in shady free gift card offers have managed to game Google's sponsored search results so they can pass themselves off as representing the official sites of such huge brands as Walmart, Best Buy, McDonald's and Hooters, among others, PCWorld has found.
Watchdog sees no problem with Yahoo! Japan-Google deal
(AFP)
28 Jul 2010 at 9:04am
AFP - Japan's fair trade watchdog said Wednesday it saw no monopoly problem with a search alliance between top Internet portal Yahoo! Japan and Google, Kyodo News reported.
Can Ask.com's New Search Strategy Work?
(PC World)
27 Jul 2010 at 4:13pm
PC World - Ask.com hopes it's found the answer to increasing its market share -- and no, the plan doesn't involve a butler named Jeeves.
Microsoft condemns Yahoo! Japan-Google alliance
(AFP)
27 Jul 2010 at 3:44pm
AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday denounced Yahoo! Japan's Internet search alliance with Google, saying it would give Google near-total control over the third-largest market for search queries in the world.
Yahoo Japan Spurns Bing in Favor of Google Search
(PC World)
27 Jul 2010 at 3:03pm
PC World - Google has secured a deal to provide search results and related advertising to Yahoo Japan, Japan's most popular Web site, the two companies said Tuesday.
Microsoft Cries Foul Over Google Tie-up With Yahoo Japan
(PC World)
27 Jul 2010 at 2:50pm
PC World - Yahoo Japan's decision to replace Microsoft with Google as its main search partner has been met with protest from Microsoft, which called the deal "anticompetitive."
Summary Box: Yahoo Japan to use Google search
(AP)
27 Jul 2010 at 12:43pm
AP - THE REPLACEMENT: Yahoo Japan Corp. will use Google technology rather than Yahoo Inc.'s to run its search engine and search ad delivery system.
Yahoo Japan to use Google search tech, not Yahoo's
(AP)
27 Jul 2010 at 12:16pm
AP - Yahoo Japan Corp. will use Google technology to run its search engine and search ad delivery system, after a similar deal in the U.S. was derailed by regulators concerned about a monopoly.
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