Google Losing Search Engine Lead (January 15, 2005): Google still has a big lead but search engines provided by Yahoo and Microsoft (MSN Search) are starting to narrow the gap.

Here Comes Personal Search (December 12, 2004): The BBC has a news story about how web search is getting more and more personal with new features and tools aim to make searching easier for the user.

Ask Jeeves Fights On (November 23, 2004): In the race to be the search destination leader Ask Jeeves is often overshadowed by MSN Search, Yahoo and Google.

Microsoft Launches New Search Engine (November 12, 2004): Microsoft has debuted the beta of the search engine it has been promising.

Yahoo To Personalize Search (October 5, 2004): Yahoo is planning on adding new personal search tools to its popular search engine.

Vivisimo Launches Clusty Search Engine (October 1, 2004): The New York Times says Vivisimo has a new search engine offering called Clusty.

Amazon Enters Search Battle (September 17, 2004): Amazon has entered the search engine wars with its own entry called A9.

Mamma.com Now Supports Search Math (March 25, 2004): Mamma.

VeriSign Reconsiders Controversial Search Service (February 9, 2004): Verisign is reconsidering its controversial search service which could profit from typos made when surfers input incorrect web URLs.

Google Works to Become Stickier (December 16, 2003): Google, the popular search portal, is working to become even stickier by adding features like a built-in dictionary, FedEX and UPS package searches, phone directories and yellow pages type results.

AltaVista Expands Multimedia Catalogs (June 18, 2003): Search engines keep getting bigger as the Internet expands.

Google's Bright Search Future (May 12, 2003): Google has rapidly grown into the most popular search tool online.

LookSmart to Power Search With Volunteers (April 17, 2003): LookSmart, which already provides a web directory, is adding a web search engine powered by volunteers.