The co-founder of the once-dominant Web portal left as the company undergoes a wrenching examination of its future.

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Jerry Yang, ‘Chief Yahoo,’ Steps Down From Board

The company is embracing advertising and promoting new businesses like the Chrome browser and the Google Plus social network in order to find revenue beyond search ads.

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Google’s Ad Campaign Uses Emotions, Not Search Terms

The Israeli Holocaust archive at Yad Vashem has been working with Google to make its information easier to find in search engines.

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Israeli Archive and Google Team Up to Put Holocaust Stories at Fingertips

How a campaign of paid links on all kinds of unrelated Web sites pushed one retailer to the top of Google results.

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The Dirty Little Secrets of Search

Google says that in a sting operation, it uncovered instances in which its Microsoft rival, Bing, appears to have copied its results.

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Bits: Google to Microsoft: Search ‘Gotcha’

Some think Google’s proposed purchase of ITA, the provider of flight data, would produce helpful innovation, but others worry about an oppressive domination of travel search.

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Itineraries: Google Deal Divides Travel Industry

The search engine is trying to stop an online merchant from using tricks to get viewer hits.

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Google Acts to Demote Distasteful Web Sellers

The EU launches a formal investigation into Google after other search engines complained that the company had abused its dominant position.

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Google to be investigated by EU

Blekko aims to show search results from only trustworthy sites, weeding out sites filled with little relevant information.

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A New Search Engine, Where Less Is More

In a deal that has global implications, Google agreed to modify rules that caused it to block a company from buying an ad appearing beside its search results.

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Google Agrees to Change Ad Policy to Settle French Case