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

The internet is growing fast, but Google is growing even faster. According to online security company Arbor Networks, Google now represents an average 6.4 percent of all internet traffic.

Google admitted in a blog post Friday that external regulators have discovered that e-mails, URLs and passwords were collected and stored in a technical while the vehicles for Google's Street View service were out documenting roadway locations.

Yahoo Inc delivered tepid third-quarter revenue growth and forecast weaker-than-expected sales in the fourth quarter as it continues to lose market share to rivals like Google Inc.

Yahoo is rolling out a new search experience today, making its web search more streamlined and visual, improving its mobile search and adding a list of hot search topics to the Yahoo front page.

Google is keeping a check on censorship levels around the globe with a map showing which countries asked the search engine for user information.

Google is set to renew its search deal with MySpace at a more “realistic” price than the $900 million guarantee it paid out four years ago, Kara Swisher reported yesterday.

Google confirmed on Tuesday that it fired an employee earlier this year for violating its policies on accessing the accounts of its users.

According to Nielsen data out this morning Microsoft's Bing has passed Yahoo to become the number two search engine in the US. Nielsen says that Google's August share is 65% (and growth is flat) but that Bing and Yahoo have now switched places.

Tired of waiting the tenths of a second it takes to get Google search results? Google promises it'll get faster. The search giant on Wednesday introduced Google Instant, which will give users suggested results before they're even done typing.