google search

Mozilla’s 2007 annual report reveals a foundation that’s well funded–primarily by a Google search deal–and can weather a downturn.

Nevertheless, 2008 is going to be a different story as Mozilla’s portfolio has taken some big hits. In 2007, Mozilla had revenue of $75 million, up 12 percent from 2006.

Most of that revenue comes from Google.

That little Google search box in the upper right part of your Firefox browser will be sticking around through 2011, according to Mozilla.

Mitchell Baker, Chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation or Chief Lizard Wrangler depending on what you prefer, said in a blog post that Google has extended its financial pact with Mozilla through 2011.

The search company is upgrading its Google Search Appliance with more capacity and some improvements for administrators and users of the in-house search system.

Come the morning of September 7, you’ll probably go to the Google search box and find a fun-loving in-house artist has replaced the first “o” in the company name with a symbol that looks like a “1” and the second “o” with a slightly altered version which looks like a zero.

Tom Cruise and his publicity crew are apparently buying up ads on Google AdWords. Hollywood Newsroom first noticed the fact that when you type in "Tom Cruise" in a Google search, paid sponsored ads for the Scientologist's official, soon-to-be-launched Web site appear.

"Stay Tuned For Official Site Launch" and "...

An AOL-Yahoo deal, with AOL retaining its Google search relationship, could rival Microsoft's initial $31-a-share buyout bid for Yahoo, according to Charles Di Bona, a research analyst at Sanford C.

Bernstein.

That was one of three scenarios Di Bona laid out in a research note on Friday, and his ...

Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer**[see first comment] Mark Bennett pokes some good natured fun at me about a recent post and lists some of the phrases where he covets high Google SERPs:

Austin criminal defense lawyer Jamie Spencer talks about “how to rank high on Google’s natural results.”

Apple pushes Safari to you when you update iTunes. Mozilla CEO John Lilly blasted the move. Meanwhile, there’s enough hubbub to last a few weeks over these dueling point of views.

But what this spat really comes down to is Google and the fees it pays to be the lead search dog within browsers.

Imagine searching inside Wikipedia or Amazon.com, but on the Google search site. Google's got a test going of a way to search inside different sites from within a Google Web search results page.

If you type in "amazon," "wikipedia" or "new york times" on Google, it brings up ...