17 Dec 2004
| by Daniel Farey-Jones,
LONDON – A US federal court has ruled that Google can continue selling advertising linked to user searches for trademarked words after insurance firm Geico lost its legal battle to halt the search giant doing so.
14 Dec 2004
| by Gordon MacMillan,
LONDON – Google has signed deals with seven major libraries, including Oxford University and Harvard University, and plans to put their collections on to the web.
24 Nov 2004
Nikesh Arora, the former chief marketing officer of T-Mobile, has been hired by Google to the new role of vice-president of European operations. Arora will be responsible for managing and developing Google's European expansion following its flotation earlier this year.
22 Nov 2004
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Google has named T-Mobile's former chief marketing officer Nikesh Arora as vice-president of European operations, a new role to help develop the search engine's place in the European market.
11 Nov 2004
| by Staff,
NEW YORK - Microsoft has unveiled the beta version of its search engine as the latest step in its battle with Google and Yahoo! to win web users and the all-important search-word revenue.
29 Oct 2004
| by Joe Lepper,
LONDON - Google has acquired US-based digital mapping firm Keyhole Corporation , which allows users to see images of locations from space as well as close up, for an undisclosed sum.
26 Oct 2004
| by Staff,
NEW YORK - Google, the new kid on the publicly listed internet stocks block, has overtaken Yahoo! in terms of market capitalisation after investors flocked to its shares, pushing it close to $51bn.
22 Oct 2004
| by Staff,
NEW YORK - Google has made a net income of $52m for the second quarter of the year, as it reported its results for the first time since floating in August.
20 Oct 2004
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - AOL Europe has snubbed Yahoo!'s Overture and signed a deal with Google to provide paid-for search results on its European searches.
14 Oct 2004
| by Staff,
LONDON - Google is targeting the UK online shopping market, said to be worth £17bn annually, with the launch of dedicated shopping service, Froogle, in the UK, in time for the Christmas sales period.