Google filed for an IPO today with the Security Exchange Commission making their revenue and business structure public knowledge. Here is an excerpt from the filing which lists Yahoo and Microsoft as Google’s largest Risk Factors. An investment in Google involves significant risks. You should read these risk factors carefully before deciding whether to invest [...]

Google Inc., filed to raise as much as $2.72 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) that will give the company more funding to compete against Yahoo, Microsoft and others focuing on the search engine, online advertising and browser industries. Google chose Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse First Boston to manage the initial public offering, [...]

Yahoo Search Portal and Verizon Wireless today announced that Yahoo Messenger is now available on Verizon Wireless’ Mobile IM service. Starting today, Verizon Wireless customers can use their wireless phones to access their pre-existing IM accounts with Yahoo Messenger to send and receive instant messages. Verizon Wireless Mobile IM brings the familiar PC IM experience [...]

Google has now taken an extra step in cross integrating its search functions within itself. Now when a user searches for certain terms on Google Image Search, images from current news stories are shown in a gray box at the top of the screen. Google will serve a thumbnail image along with a news headline [...]

Search Engine Related Patents A Selection of Recently Awarded Search-Related Patents & Recently Published Search-Related Patent ApplicationsGoogle is awarded another U.S. Patent. New patents for IBM, NEC, and CNET are also included. Special thanks to Gary Price at ResourceShelf for bringing this information out into the light. Recently Awarded Patents Ranking search results by reranking [...]