Google (Mostly) Wins Search Engine Comparo

It was the equivalent of a bare-knuckle fight - a recent search engine comparison test made the contestants operate without the aid of Boolean commands, quotation marks, and other such common, semi-advanced search strategies.  Unsurprisingly, Google won the overall contest, but the search engine giant did suffer some losses.

Google Says OK

Google has plans to set up shop in Pryor, Oklahoma and will build a data center in the MidAmerica Industrial Park (MAIP).

Blinkx To Go Public

The idea of a “Google killer” has lost most of its meaning - challenger after challenger came along, assumed that title, and proceeded to fail miserably.  Google Video may face a real threat in the form of Blinkx, however - the Autonomy corporation has announced plans to demerge that video search engine.

Google Losing Homepage Preferences

Google has apparently lost the personalized homepage preferences of hundreds of users, if not more. Ari commented on this at 8:53 this morning, and over 150 people have posted as having the problem on Google Groups since 6:45 am.