Web search engine Overture (which owned AlltheWeb and AltaVista) in 2003. Yahoo! switched to Google's search engine until 2004, when it launched its own search engine based on the combined technologies of its acquisitions. Microsoft first launched MSN Search in the fall of 1998 using search results from Inktomi. In early 1999 the site began to display listings from Looksmart, blended with results from Inktomi. For a short time in 1999, MSN Search used results from AltaVista instead. In 2004, Microsoft began a transition to its own search technology, powered by its own web crawler (called msnbot). Microsoft's rebranded search engine, Bing, was
Search Engine (radio show) direct listener response. Additionally, listeners are often openly encouraged on the air to contribute to the betterment of specific aspects of the show. The show had several occasional features that were periodically played: The program aired on Thursdays at 11:30 a.m.(12:00 NT), and was repeated on Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m.(4:00 NT, select markets) on stations which did not air extended CBC Radio One local programs. In June 2008, the series was canceled as a separate program on the schedule. In the 2008-2009 season, Brown contributed "Search Engine" type material as a feature supplement to other CBC programming while producing a