Twitter has slowly but surely been turning their focus towards creating revenue from the site. According to a report from Reuters, Twitter has now started building a team that would help them to make money from the free service they are providing to their customers. (more…)
Recent ‘business’ News Stories
Google AdWords Driving Export Business
Thursday, 23rd July 2009Google is driving AdWords advertising revenues by exploring some decidedly different markets. Last week we noted that they were offering Google Webmaster Tools users in France 100 € free credit on AdWords. This week they’re emailing small and medium enterprises offering advice on entering the export market. (more…)
Tags: china, export adviser, export box, google, google-adwords, india, multilingual, ppc, search, search-engine-marketing
Posted in business, google | 20 Comments »
Google Still Top Global Brand
Thursday, 7th May 2009Brandz Top 100, a list of the world’s 100 most valuable brands, has recently been compiled for 2009 by Millward Brown a leading research company, which is a subsidiary of the WPP group. (more…)
Tags: apple, at&t, brand, china-mobile, google, iphone, microsoft, mobile, ntt docomo, o2, orange, t-mobile, verizon, vodafone, yahoo
Posted in News, business | 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 »
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 »
Will The Microsoft-Yahoo! Deal Be Revived?
Wednesday, 14th January 2009It looks as though there is no end in sight for the Microsoft-Yahoo! acquisition deal. (more…)
Tags: business, mergers-and-acquisitions, microsoft, microsoft-adcenter, news-search, search, yahoo, yahoo-search-marketing
Posted in News, business, search | No Comments »
Google Product Search Races Ahead
Wednesday, 7th January 2009When Google sets its sites upon a particular goal, they can really go all out to achieve it. Their product search engine, which was lagging way behind in the market has suddenly picked up steam and is fast closing in on its competitors. (more…)
Tags: google, product-search
Posted in business, google, marketing | 3 Comments »
Google Image Search Has Now Been Enhanced
Tuesday, 30th December 2008Although Google Image Search is frequently used by people to illustrate their notes, presentations and documents, it is not always easy to find the perfect image. In an attempt to make it easier for their users to find the most appropriate image, Google has recently rolled out some new features. (more…)
Tags: google search, image, image search
Posted in Technology, business, google, marketing | 1 Comment »
Small Businesses Stay Away From SEMs
Wednesday, 24th December 2008According to the results of a study conducted in April this year, around 59% of small businesses do not make use of search marketing. (more…)
Tags: adcenter, search-engine-marketing, small-business
Posted in business, marketing | No Comments »
Yahoo! Bids Adieu To Kelkoo
Tuesday, 25th November 2008Last year Yahoo! had said that although Kelkoo was profitable, they were looking out for strategic options for the Paris-based comparative shopping site, including a possible sale. They finally found a buyer for the site and announced the sale on 21 November. (more…)
Tags: kelkoo, yahoo
Posted in business | 1 Comment »
Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang Resigns
Tuesday, 18th November 2008After successfully bringing his company’s stock price down from almost $30 to $11, putting off a bid from Microsoft that would have added tremendous shareholder value and laying off thousands of employees, Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang has finally handed in his resignation today. (more…)
Tags: jerry-yang, microsoft, yahoo
Posted in business, search | No Comments »
Google – Yahoo! Ad Deal Will Never Take Off
Friday, 7th November 2008In June this year, Google and Yahoo! had announced a paid search deal, which had raised a lot of eyebrows and objections. The deal has now been officially called off due to opposition from government anti-trust officials. (more…)
Tags: google-adwords, pay-per-click, ppc, search-engine-marketing, yahoo
Posted in business, google, ppc | 2 Comments »
Yahoo! To Axe 1500 More Jobs
Wednesday, 22nd October 2008Gloomy forecasts and plummeting bottom lines have led to the once giant of online advertising and search to announce 1,500 more job cuts this year, bringing the total to 2,500 employee lay-offs. (more…)
Tags: aol, layoff, microsoft, search-engine-marketing, yahoo
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