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Google moves to tackle those spammy searches

Mar 8, 2024
Users have increasingly complained that the search engine has been overrun by a barrage of low-quality content.
Google’s search algorithm considers factors like relevance, authority and how often a site is linked to.
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Can AI chatbots like ChatGPT compete with Google search?

Jan 5, 2023
AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT could threaten Google's bread and butter.
Google currently has more than 90% of the search engine market.
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What would Google be without Chrome?

Oct 13, 2020
Politico reports that Google may be forced to sell its web browser as part of an antitrust investigation.
Google's Chrome, created in 2008, dominates the search engine market.
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Big tech warms up to Senate bill that would roll back some internet protections

Nov 10, 2017
SESTA would crack down on the use of internet sites to promote sex trafficking by holding them liable.
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Should Verizon get a data-breach discount for Yahoo?

Oct 14, 2016
Verizon lawyer says massive 2014 hack of user accounts could have a "material" impact on merger.
Verizon raised the "material adverse impact" issue in its merger with Yahoo.
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What's next for Google … uh … Alphabet?

Aug 11, 2015
The conglomerate wants to change the world, one analyst says.

Apple and Google's marriage of convenience

Jan 22, 2015
The search business is huge, and it's kept mobile rivals together ... for now.

For public good, not for profit.

Firefox says goodbye Google, hello Yahoo

Nov 20, 2014
Mozilla switches the default search engine for Firefox from Google to Yahoo, aligning with a partner that agrees to follow its "do not track" ethos.

What Amazon's earnings tell us about its competition

Oct 23, 2014
Amazon is Google's chief rival in the search business.

FTC tells search engines to clearly label advertisements

Jun 26, 2013
In a letter today to Google, Bing and other search engines, the Federal Trade Commission warned of a need to "clearly and prominently" distinguish ads from natural search results.