Visual Timeline of Search Engine Acquisitions

I was going to research and analyze the various companies that the search engines have acquired over the years, creating some pretty charts along the way. I still may do some analysis, but of course, midway through my research I found a much nicer chart than I could ever hope to build. So, instead of creating one, I’ll just pass along some link love to whoever created this awesome timeline chart. It’s interactive, in that you can use your mouse to scroll through the time line. Below is a reduced screenshot, with each colored dot representing one of the big 3 (Google, Yahoo, MSN).

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Indexing Speed of The Big Three

I love comparing Google, Yahoo! and MSN to each other. Today, it’s all about speed of indexing a new site. I launched a site 3 weeks ago, and put up a small smattering of links to it about a week later. So how do the big three stack up in terms of indexing the pages? Read more