Yahoo! Search Marketing has announced the addition of video ads, image ads and custom links within search ads on their search results pages. The service, called Rich Ads, is currently available to a few of their advertisers. (more…)
Archive for February, 2009
Rich Media Ads On Yahoo! Search Results
Friday, 27th February 2009Tags: google, ppc, seo, serp, video-ads, yahoo-search-marketing
Posted in SEM, ppc, search, seo | 1 Comment »
US Search Engine Market Share Data – Jan 2009
Wednesday, 25th February 2009According to the latest qSearch analysis of the major U.S. search engines carried out by comScore, search continues to grow and little has changed in terms of market share of the top 5 search providers. (more…)
Tags: aol, ask.com, comscore, google, live-search, market-share, search, yahoo
Posted in SEM, search, seo | 9 Comments »
Google Testing SearchWiki On AdWords
Tuesday, 24th February 2009A Twitter user from Canada recently reported seeing the SearchWiki “X” alongside AdWords ads on the Google search engine results pages. (more…)
Tags: custom-search, google, google-adwords, SearchWiki, SEM, twitter
Posted in SEM, ppc | No Comments »
Innovative Uses Of The iPhone – Cheating
Friday, 20th February 2009The latest misuse of technology to have been discovered seems to be an iPhone and iPod Touch application that allows blackjack players to count cards. (more…)
Tags: apps, gambling, iphone, mobile
Posted in Technology, mobile | No Comments »
Skype On More Mobile Handsets
Thursday, 19th February 2009Only recently, there had been a great deal of speculation, about whether eBay was interested in selling their VoIP service, Skype. These stories have been put to rest for now with eBay announcing a partnership between Skype and the largest mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia. (more…)
Tags: mobile-applications, mobile-phone, nokia, skype, Sony-Ericsson, three
Posted in mobile | No Comments »
Google Radio Ads Off The Airwaves
Tuesday, 17th February 2009Susan Wojcicki, Google V.P. of Product Management announced last week that they will shortly be discontinuing two of their services: Google Audio Ads and Google Radio Automation. (more…)
Tags: audio, google-adwords, jaiku, layoff, Print-Ads, radio-ads, recession
Posted in google, marketing, ppc | 2 Comments »
Google Japan to Google, “We’re Sorry”
Monday, 16th February 2009Google was the object of ridicule among many SEO professionals last week, when the search giant penalised its own subsidiary for buying links. (more…)
Tags: blogs, google, google search, japan, link-building, yahoo
Posted in google, multilingual, search, seo | 1 Comment »
Google Launches AdSense For Mobile Search
Friday, 13th February 2009Google has started an AdSense for Mobile Search service to lure more mobile network operators and mobile website owners. (more…)
Tags: google-adsense, mobile-search, mobile-search-advertising
Posted in SEM, google, mobile, ppc, search | No Comments »
Microsoft Repackages QR Codes, Calls Them Tags
Thursday, 12th February 2009Microsoft has launched a “new” technology in beta, with the exact same features and function as QR Codes – it allows mobile users to reach Internet websites without having to type out a URL. They are calling them ‘Tags’. (more…)
Tags: microsoft, mobile, mobile-advertising, mobile-marketing, Print-Ads, qr-code
Posted in mobile | 14 Comments »
More Ads Above Organic Results On Live Search
Tuesday, 10th February 2009Live Search results used to have three mainline ad positions above the organic results in the past. This has now been increased to four mainline ad positions on the search engine results pages in the U.K, which means some users will not see any organic results without scrolling. (more…)
Tags: adcenter, live-search, microsoft, pay-per-click, search-advertising, search-engine-marketing
Posted in SEM, ppc | No Comments »
Are Employees Responsible For Content On Their Websites?
Thursday, 5th February 2009Four Google executives are facing criminal charges of defamation and privacy violation in Italy due to a video that was displayed on YouTube. (more…)
Tags: google, internet, italy, privacy, video, youtube
Posted in business, google, internet, video | No Comments »
Google Testing New AdWords Interface In UK
Tuesday, 3rd February 2009Back in November 2008, Google started testing a new user interface for their AdWords system. The new interface will now be rolled out to a limited number of UK advertisers on 10 February 2009. (more…)
Tags: google, google-adwords, pay-per-click, ppc, search-engine-marketing, SEM
Posted in SEM, google, ppc | 10 Comments »
Will eBay Sell Skype? Should Google Buy It?
Monday, 2nd February 2009As if the blogosphere was not already rife with rumours of mergers and acquisitions, the latest rumors to add to the lot are that eBay may actually sell off Skype if they get a good offer. (more…)
Tags: business, ebay, google, mergers-and-acquisitions, news-search, skype
Posted in News, Technology, business | No Comments »
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