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AP - If Google delivers useless search results, just erase them and you won't see them again.

For once, Google looked to be a half-step (or more) behind. Yahoo’s testing a “social” new homepage, Microsoft’s rolling out a “social” Windows Live update, and from the search giant, nada on this front. Except, it seems, for Friend Connect, which just might launch soon.read more

It may be the time of year at which people start counting their vacation days, but Google's AdWords team isn't exactly kicking off early. The group has instead made some improvements to the month-old AdWords display ad builder and pushed the tool overseas.read more

Goodmail is a company that offers a service called CertifiedEmail whose goal is to eliminate security risks in email, and it is one that many organizations turn to when they have important emails to send. Goodmail's customers include a number of big name retailers from Walmart to Old Navy, not to mention ISPs like AOL, AT&T and Comcast, and government agencies like the FBI and the FDA.read more

Yahoo has added a new eBay application to its homepage it has been experimenting with since September in an effort to open up to third parties.The eBay application can be found in the "My Applications" dashboard area on Yahoo's homepage.read more

Google has announced SearchWiki, which is a new set of functionality that users with Google accounts can use to customize their results on any given search. SearchWiki allows users to move specific results up or down in rankings so that they appear in the preferred order when the same search is done in the future. SearchWiki also allows you to post comments on results, such as notes to yourself, but you can also see what other people have said about them as well. read more

Reuters - Google Inc said it would shut down its three-dimensional virtual experience website by year end to focus more on its core search, advertisements and applications business.

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