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Microsoft, Expedia, others file complaint over Google’s domain name ‘land grab’

Fairsearch.org, a lobbying group whose backers include Microsoft, Expedia, TripAdvisor and Nokia, has filed objections over Google’s attempts to take… Read More

Google to double size of engineering center in Microsoft’s backyard

Google is already deeply entrenched in the Seattle region, with more than 1,000 employees spread between offices in Kirkland, Bothell… Read More

Search stats: Google and Bing keep climbing as Yahoo slips further behind

Google climbed back to 67 percent percent of the U.S. search market in January, putting just a bit more distance… Read More

Shares of Blucora soar as revenue grows 46 percent

Blucora, the Bellevue search and tax preparation company formerly known as InfoSpace, today reported a 46 percent in revenue for… Read More

LinkedIn co-founder Konstantin Guericke, angel Geoff Entress join board of WhitePages

WhitePages has been around the startup block a few times, and now the 16-year-old Seattle company is injecting a bit… Read More

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says search deal with Microsoft needs a boost

The Internet search alliance between Microsoft and Yahoo appears to be stuck in neutral, and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wants… Read More

Yahoo and Google strengthen ties as Microsoft looks on

Yahoo and Google this afternoon announced an agreement to put ads from Google’s AdSense and AdMob systems on Yahoo sites.… Read More

Bing beefs up social sidebar with more Facebook content

Just two days after landing a big partnership with Facebook’s new Graph Search, Bing today announced more robust Facebook integration… Read More

Facebook unveils social search engine “Graph Search” with Bing partnership

Who are your friends that live in Seattle? Which ones of those like the Seattle Seahawks? What restaurants have your… Read More

Expedia paying $632 million to buy majority share of German travel company Trivago

Expedia is expanding its presence in Europe today with an announcement that it has acquired 61.6 percent of Trivago, a… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: Space Shuttle Trainer and beyond, with Museum of Flight CEO Doug King

A week from today, on Nov. 10, the Space Shuttle Trainer will make its official debut at the Museum of Flight… Read More

Redfin unveils new search feature: Find your dream home in the top school zone

People buy homes for all sorts of reasons — fenced yards, fireplaces and big master bedrooms. But, as many parents… Read More

Härnu lets you discuss global events with people from around the world

The world is becoming a smaller place, yet even with communications and social media technologies you can still feel cut… Read More

Ex-Marchex exec lands cash for Lucky Oyster, plans to take on Bing and Google in social search

Matthew Berk is just four weeks into his new Seattle startup, Lucky Oyster. But the former executive vice president of product… Read More

Shares of Google tank, trading halted after earnings report

Shares of Google are tumbling today after the search giant released quarterly earnings in which the company reported revenue of… Read More

Paul Allen-backed news aggregator Evri calls it quits

Evri has met the end of the road. The Seattle startup, backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has decided to… Read More

Health portal Navigating Cancer lands $2 million, looks to hire developers

Navigating Cancer, an online resource for patients who are dealing with various forms of cancer, has reeled in an additional… Read More

Microsoft Bing launches Facebook photo search tool

Microsoft’s Bing search engine today rolled out the latest in a series of Facebook-related features, launching a tool for quickly searching… Read More

Microsoft Bing adds Quora answers to its social sidebar

Microsoft is adding content from top contributors on the Quora question-and-answer site to the “social sidebar” on its Bing search results pages,… Read More

Shares of Blucora soar 26 percent after big gains in Internet search revenue

Shares of Blucora skyrocketed more than 26 percent on Friday after the Bellevue Internet search and tax software company formerly… Read More

Google posts 35% revenue gain; headcount swells via money-losing Motorola unit

Google posted revenues of $12.21 billion during the second quarter, a 35 percent increase over the same period last year.… Read More

Yahoo results: Can Marissa Mayer fix the Microsoft deal?

Yahoo posted so-so quarterly results this afternoon, with revenue flat at $1.08 billion after adjusting for the cost of acquiring… Read More

Dwellable adds vacation listings for Washington state

Well, if summer ever officially arrives around these parts, Dwellable’s new service might be a nice resource. The Seattle upstart,… Read More

Ask.com butters up Seattle with free pedicab rides, and by filling up wading pools

Advertising usually doesn’t offer the consumer anything of real tangible value — other than a few funny one-liners to toss around.… Read More

Microsoft integrating Yelp data into Bing local search

Microsoft Bing announced a deal this morning with Yelp to incorporate information from the business search and review service into… Read More

InfoSpace shares soar after big revenue boost from new TaxAct unit

Investors are liking the new face of InfoSpace. The Bellevue company, a dot-com darling and survivor, transformed itself yet again… Read More

Jon Stewart: Google+ a good way to keep your secrets

Jon Stewart had quite a bit of fun at the expense of Google and Google+ last night, lampooning the FCC’s… Read More

What your startup ought to know about Google search updates

If you don’t keep up with the top search engine blogs or Google’s own search blog, then you likely miss… Read More

A mirror image? Canadian real estate brokerage accused of ripping off Estately

Sutton WestCoast Realty, one of the largest real estate brokerages in Canada, has received a cease-and-desist letter asking that the… Read More

Walk Score shows renters how close they’ll live to coffee shops and car shares

Seattle startup Walk Score is rolling out a new search function that allows would-be apartment dwellers to find the perfect… Read More