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InternetNews November 29, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Google Answers Ends Its Run If you have a question for Google Answers, you better hurry up and ask it. Later this week, Google will shut down the service, which allowed people to pose questions, for a fee, in the hopes of getting the perfect answer.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Wikipedia vs. the World With Google's Knol, Yahoo! Answers, and Answers.com's WikiAnswers, the number of sites looking to cash in on the Web 2.0 movement of user-created reference content is growing exponentially.
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Information Today April 22, 2002 Tara Calishain	New Google Answers Service Raises a Few Questions of Its Own Have a burning question? Google Answers charges for the answers and has built a group of external researchers to respond to the questions...
Search Engine Watch May 6, 2002 Danny Sullivan	Google Launches Answers Service, API Program Google introduced two new interesting features last month. The first, Google Answers, is a beta program that allows users to get personal answers from a professional researcher, in exchange for a fee. The second allows programmers to use the new Google Web APIs...
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The Motley Fool January 11, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	When in Doubt, Google It One more company falls under Google's spell. MIVA announced that it was turning to Google to help beef up its paid-search business. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Is Google Broken? Google is the undisputed paid-search champ; but if the search king is doing so well, why are its partners struggling?
Information Today December 4, 2006 Tara Calishain	Google Shutters Its Answers Service Google's decision to close down Google Answers has produced a huge amount of discussion and comment from all corners of the Web.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Google + CNN = Good for You CNN strikes an online advertising deal with Google.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2009 Tim Beyers	Google Gores the Bear Google is focused on revenue and profits, and produced plenty of both in the fourth quarter.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Google Has No Answer... and That's OK The shuttering of Google Answers might actually be good news. If a company isn't failing at some things, it probably isn't innovating.
Search Engine Watch November 9, 2006 Brian Smith	A Closer Look at Google OneBox Results A Q & A with Google Product Marketing Director Debbie Jaffe wraps up our four-part series on the special information sections creeping into general search results.
Searcher January 2003 Jessamyn West	Google Answers Back Or How to Become an Ex Google Answers Researcher
Search Engine Watch June 8, 2006 Danny Sullivan	Look Out Wikipedia, Here Comes Yahoo Answers! New stats add fuel to the idea that Yahoo Answers is perhaps becoming a social interacting phenomenon like YouTube or MySpace. A look at the service's growth and how it works.
The Motley Fool July 13, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Google Down, Down Under Australians try to tame the giant. Advertising under trademarked keywords -- such as a rival company's name -- has been a thorn in Google's side before. The practice has been upheld domestically, but tighter laws in other countries do not offer that kind of sponsorship flexibility.
The Motley Fool August 18, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Google's Altered Ante A the new bid pricing strategy improves click-through rates and results in better leads, all three parties -- Google shareholders, AdWords customers, and AdSense publishers -- will be cheering the shift.
InternetNews September 8, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner	Google @10: The Can Opener Innovation Continues Has Google actually ever invented anything new? Think about that.
D-Lib June 2003 Kenney et al.	Google Meets eBay: What Academic Librarians Can Learn from Alternative Information Providers This paper presents the results of a modest study to compare and contrast its digital reference services with those of Google Answers. The study provided an opportunity for librarians to gain insights into how Google's approach to service development and delivery has made it so attractive.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2006 Chuck Saletta	The Worst Stock for 2007: Google Google is an absolutely fabulous company, but wonderful companies don't always make excellent investments.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Google's Sticky Situation Google should be grateful that it's an intermediary, not the final destination, when it comes to its brief hold on a search-hungry patron. Investors take note: there's more to website stickiness than meets the eye.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Daily Double: Google The Internet's most valuable company got there the hard way: It earned it. Google is now a $120 billion company. If it were to double from here, it would mean that the stock would appreciate in market value by more than the heady gains of its brief yet brilliant trading life.
Search Engine Watch April 29, 2004 Danny Sullivan	Google IPO To Happen, Files For Public Offering As many expected, Google filed to go public today. A quick update on the news and pointers to more information.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2005 David Forrest	Google: $1 Trillion? Don't ever say no one told you so. But what does $1 trillion really mean in terms of future stock price appreciation? About 16% annually for the next 20 years.
Search Engine Watch March 6, 2008 Kevin Newcomb	Ask.com Remains Committed to Search The reports of Ask.com's death have been exaggerated. The company is not throwing in the towel, as many believe.
Search Engine Watch May 13, 2004 Danny Sullivan	Google Offers Banners & Image Ads -- But Not On Google Itself Google has debuted a new graphical ad option for its advertisers -- the ability to run banners, skyscrapers and other image-based ad units. However, these ads won't run on Google itself.
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The Motley Fool October 12, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Burn, Google, Burn After a breathtaking ascent, this once beautifully volatile stock has been treading water in a tight range of little more than 10% over the past four months. Has Google finally found its market equilibrium?
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Search Engine Watch May 26, 2005 Sherman & Price	Ask Jeeves Serves Up New Features Ask Jeeves is rolling out two new enhancements today that help searchers quickly focus queries and get direct answers to questions without using complex commands or advanced search tools.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Yahoo! Fights Back Yahoo! isn't taking Google's quest for world domination lying down. The company appears to be gunning for Google's prime AdSense service juggernaut.
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The Motley Fool February 13, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Date Yahoo!, Marry Google, Kill Microsoft Investors, here are recommendations for a short-term trade (date), a long-term investment (marry), and a stock to short (kill).
BusinessWeek December 3, 2007 Jon Fine	Google and Other People's Content Google sticks ads all over. But to maintain growth, it may need to own the places it puts them.
InternetNews December 8, 2006 Nicholas Carlson	Google Begins Radio Ad Beta Google began a beta test of Google Audio Ads yesterday, inviting a small group of AdWords advertisers to place 30-second radio ads on hundreds of radio stations across the U.S.
InternetNews March 16, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	Google to Take More Students For Summer of Code Originally set for 600 participants, Google is now planning on taking 800 for 2007. It marks the third year of the program that offers students and open source organizations cash grants for developing open source projects.
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Information Today September 25, 2006 Barbara Quint	Answers.com Buttresses NYTimes.com Reference Content NYTimes.com has added a selection of sources from Answers.com.
Search Engine Watch May 14, 2004 Danny Sullivan	Return To The Sad Days Of More Than A Search Engine? Yahoo says it is "more than a search engine" in the same week Google adds a new portal feature. Are the sad days of search being a neglected child about to return?
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InternetNews July 11, 2006 Clint Boulton	Google in The Midwest Determined to keep ahead of rivals Microsoft and Yahoo in the search business, Google today said it will build a corporate office in Ann Arbor, Mich., to prop up its online advertising program.
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Fast Company March 1, 2007	Open Debate Is Google overrated? Tapped out? Due for a fall? Two experts take sides.
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