News Corp and Microsoft Plot Anti-Google Pact, Says Report - Nov 23, 2009

News Corp. and Microsoft are reportedly in "early stage talks" to cut an exclusive deal that would prevent Google from indexing the media conglomerate's news Websites some...

(Full article at PC World)

Offensive Michelle Obama Image Returns, Google Buys Ad To Explain - Nov 23, 2009

Google is buying ads to explain why an offensive image of the First Lady is back in its index and ranking so highly on searches for Michelle Obama in...

(Full article at Search Engine Land)

Microsoft Fixing Bing's Chinese Search 'Bug' - Nov 23, 2009

Microsoft responded to New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof's assertion, made in a Nov. 20 column, that Bing offers pro-Chinese-government results for politically...

(Full article at eWeek)

Yahoo's search news shortcuts gain 'tweets,' videos, photos - Nov 19, 2009

Yahoo has enhanced its Web search engine's news "shortcuts" by adding Twitter posts, photos and videos to them, the company announced Thursday. News shortcuts are packages of information about a breaking news topic that...

(Full article at San Francisco Chronicle)