Search Daily News
Add the AccuraCast News gadget to iGoogle: 
Microsoft Opens Messenger Friends To Social Networks
Microsoft announced last week that it has partnered with the most popular social networks including Bebo, Hi5, Facebook, LinkedIn and Tagged to allow its users to easily move contacts in both directions, while protecting the user’s privacy. More »
Posted on April 1st, 2008 in Social Media.
Yahoo! Plays Catch Up On Social Networks And Mobile
Google’s done it, Facebook’s done it, even Nokia did it so why wouldn’t Yahoo!? Well, now they have come up with yet another social networking idea, this time dubbed Yahoo! Life! and an improved mobile service. Where has the innovation, the spark of ingenuity that once was Yahoo! gone? More »
Posted on January 10th, 2008 in Mobile, Social Media.
Microsoft Bid to Acquire Fast Search and Transfer
It looks as though Microsoft is bent on proving at least some of Steve Ballmer’s predictions for the future to be true. They have recently made an offer to buy Norwegian company Fast Search and Transfer. More »
Posted on January 9th, 2008 in SEO.
Live Search Webmaster Tools Beta Not A Big Success
Microsoft was the last of the big three search engines to provide webmasters with a special resource where they could submit their site and browse information about the site crawl and search statistics that are not available to the general public. More »
Posted on November 20th, 2007 in SEO.
Yahoo! UK Becoming A Distant Second
Hitwise data for September 2007 shows that Yahoo! served only 4.91 per cent of all Internet searches in the UK, Microsoft served 3.95 per cent and Ask.com got 3.55 per cent. There is only one clear leader in the UK search market, and its lead is growing by the day. More »
Posted on November 2nd, 2007 in SEO, Search.
Microsoft Live Search Mobile Gets Voice Input
Since their acquisition of TellMe back in March 2007, mobile search experts have expected Microsoft to develop a voice-activated search function. Today they have announced just that, with the release of three new updates for Live Search Mobile. More »
Posted on October 19th, 2007 in Mobile.
Live Search Updates But Still Lags Behind
Microsoft Live Search has just launched a major update, their biggest update since their debut in January 2005. The reformed search engine is supposed to be faster, more relevant and easier to use. Instead it looks like not much has changed and the need for Microsoft to catch up with Google, Yahoo! and even Ask is painfully obvious. More »
Posted on September 27th, 2007 in Search.
