Website Pros to Acquire Submitawebsite.com (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 19, 2007 -- Website Pros, Inc. , a leading provider of comprehensive website technology, services, and Internet solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, today announced the planned acquisition of substantially all of the assets and select liabilities of privately held Submitawebsite, Inc., a search engine optimization company. continue

Microsoft paying businesses to use Live Search (Ars Technica)

As it falls further behind Google, Microsoft tries to boost usage of Windows Live Search by offering financial incentives for big companies to use its search engine. Read More... continue

AOL tests local search service (InfoWorld)

( InfoWorld ) - AOL opened up for testing a new local search service, finally adding a component to its search engine that many competitors have had for years. Those interested in giving the new service a test-drive will find a Local tab in the search box of AOL's main portal page . When clicked, that tab takes the user to the local search interface on AOL Search. AOL Local, for now ... read more

Amid Microsoft's Protest, Google Book Search Enlists German Library (BetaNews)

In the wake of fallout over a Microsoft attorney's public comments yesterday before the Association of American Publishers, chastising arch-rival Google for an effort he said would undermine the rights of copyright holders worldwide, the Bavarian State Library has signed a pact with Google Book Search that will enable the search provider to index and publish online a major portion of its holdings. continue