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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Microsoft Adds Some Twitter Real-Time Data to Bing (And Stalks BoomTown in the Process)

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Microsoft just announced in a blog post that it was “integrating more real time data into our search results, starting with some of the more prominent and prolific Twitterers from a variety of spheres.”

Microsoft said it is not indexing all of Twitter in its new Bing search service–not yet, that is–nor has it made any kind of exclusive deal with Twitter to add this real-time feed.

The software giant is the first major search service to do this on a regular basis, using public APIs from Twitter–and it is an aggressive move, which seems to be part of its major push by Bing.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Comparing Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Stock: A Bing Zing?

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There is no doubt that Microsoft is pulling out the stops with its launch of its renovated search service, now called Bing, with $100 million in marketing dollars.

But, besides lifting the software giant’s share of the search market in early surveys, has it also given Microsoft’s stock an added boost?

Yes, indeed, but only just over the last 30 days.

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Yahoo Tries Harder Again (Maybe to No Avail, but We Like Its Spunkiness)

Let me just repeat this one more time with feeling: Many, many of the products Yahoo makes are superior to those made by Google.

Yesterday, in fact, it deserved plaudits for grabbing the top spot on the University of Michigan’s American Customer Satisfaction Index report on Web sites. Yahoo’s score rose 4%, to 79, with Google [...]

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About Kara

Kara Swisher started covering digital issues for The Wall Street Journal's San Francisco bureau in 1997 and also wrote the BoomTown column about the sector. With Walt Mossberg, she co-produces and co-hosts D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech and media conference. Read more »

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Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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