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• Google search anonymizer up and running again

  A service that allows Google's search engine to be used anonymously is running again after a code change briefly knocked it down.

• Google revamps search results pages

  Google will begin rolling out design changes to its search results pages on Wednesday, including permanently opening a panel on the left-hand column that contains result-refinement controls.

• Video search still a tough nut to crack

  While text-based search services such as Google's and Microsoft Bing now come pretty close to consistently serving up what users seek, video search services remain inexact at best, said video archiving experts who spoke on a panel at last week's WWW2010 conference.

• Baidu gains from Google's China move

  Google's decision to stop censoring Internet search in China last month has proved a boost to rival Baidu.com.

• Bing loses more money as Microsoft chases Google

  Microsoft posted strong results for the third quarter of its 2010 fiscal year, largely thanks to sales of Windows 7. But the company continues to suffer heavy losses in its Online Services Division as it tries to match rival Google in the online search and advertising market.

• Google throws its weight behind voice

  Google is taking advantage of its cloud infrastructure and the huge volume of typed search queries to refine its Voice Search function, part of a massive research effort in voice that spans both mobile devices and the Web.

• Yahoo Q1 revenue flat, profit rises

  Yahoo's revenue grew slightly in the first quarter of 2010 but profits rose more strongly, as the company's display advertising business performed to management's satisfaction.

• Google to index your embarrassing Twitter trail

  Billions of Twitter posts will no longer fade into obscurity now that Google is indexing them all in a massive, searchable database.

• Ubuntu switches search back from Yahoo! To Google

  Ubuntu will continue to use Google as the default search engine for Firefox in its upcoming 10.04 “Lucid Lynx” release, effectively ending a brief testing phase with Yahoo!

• Google starts losing business partners in China

  Google's decision to stop censoring Internet search results in China has apparently led to one business casualty already, the end of a search agreement with Tom Online.

• Android gesture search extended to wider market

  Google has made its new gesture search application compatible with smartphones based on Android version 1.6, and is also opening it to users outside the U.S., the company's said in a blog post on Tuesday.

• Google still tops, but Bing inches ahead in search market

  Microsoft in recent months has slowly boosted its share of the search business, but still remains far behind a so-far unbeatable foe in its battle with Google.

• Ballmer: We'll beat Google ... someday

  It's not easy being Steve Ballmer. The Microsoft CEO was asked for the umpteenth time Tuesday if his company will ever be number one in search.

• Google explains search rankings after complaints in Europe

  Google has offered a general explanation of how it ranks its search results, one day after the European Commission said it was looking into antitrust complaints against the company.

• Microsoft says Google shouldn't be so quick to point fingers

  Microsoft and Google are stepping up their war of words. This time it's Microsoft's turn: It says Google is pointing fingers rather than addressing the European Commission's investigation into the search giant.