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Microsoft Live Search Now On Facebook
Microsoft made an investment of $240 million in Facebook, almost exactly one year ago. Facebook and Microsoft Live Search have now launched their first joint application. More »
Posted on October 10th, 2008 in Social Media, Search.
Live Search Maps Tries To Turn The Heat On Google
The Virtual Earth team at Microsoft has updated their platform and also added some interesting and useful new features to it in an attempt to improve the Live Search Maps offering and make it more competitive with Google Maps. More »
Posted on October 3rd, 2008 in Mobile, Internet, Search.
Google Has The Best Maps
According to the results of a survey conducted by analysts, Cowen & Co., which were released on Monday, Google Maps has left its competitors far behind in the race. More »
Posted on October 2nd, 2008 in Mobile, Internet, Search.
Yahoo! Talking Merger With AOL
Following all the hullabaloo after the Yahoo! board of directors refused Microsoft’s offer to buy them over, and the threats led by investor Carl Icahn, to replace the entire board of Yahoo!, the headless chicken that is Yahoo! is now looking at merging with another collossal sinker, AOL. More »
Posted on September 25th, 2008 in Internet, Business, Search.
Microsoft Live Search Gets Semantic Query Processing
Microsoft has now integrated Powerset into the Live Search platform, since last month. The Redmond-based software giant is believed to have paid $100 million for Powerset’s semantic search capabilities in an attempt to improve their position in the search engine market after the failed attempt to acquire Yahoo! earlier in the year. More »
Posted on September 22nd, 2008 in SEO.
One Week On - User Reviews Of Google Chrome
As first impressions go, most people seem to be satisfied with Google Chrome, the browser launched by the search giant only last week, which they claim now accounts for 3-6% of browser market share. More »
Posted on September 12th, 2008 in Technology, Google.
Live Webmaster Tools Updates But Still Lags Behind
The Microsoft Live Search Webmaster Center has been brought out of beta, last week, along with the release of a few new updates. Webmasters will now be able to better understand the crawling and indexing methods used by Live Search. More »
Posted on August 12th, 2008 in SEO.
Google’s DoubleClick To Provide Ads For Microsoft Silverlight
DoubleClick has announced that they are now ready with the technology to serve video ads into Microsoft Silverlight 2 video environments. This move will help their clients to better monetise their advertising inventory, by delivering the content directly to online videos, and mobile channels. More »
Posted on August 7th, 2008 in PPC, Technology, Search.
Live Search Comes To Facebook
Microsoft and Facebook have reportedly come to an agreement and signed a deal that will bring Microsoft’s Live Search and Advertising operations to Facebook. More »
Posted on July 25th, 2008 in Social Media, Search.
Microsoft Resumes Talks With AOL
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Microsoft and AOL have resumed discussions with each other, to try and come to a mutually beneficial agreement on a search-related deal. More »
Posted on July 21st, 2008 in Search.
Google Media Server Now Connects With TV
Google recently announced the availability of a new gadget called the ‘Google Media Server’ or ‘Google Media Player’. The device will enable customers to watch content stored in the computer memory on their television set. More »
Posted on July 9th, 2008 in Technology, Video.
Microsoft To Acquire Mobicomp
Only last month Microsoft had announced that they were going to stop acquiring new companies. Now, however, they have decided to make an exception, and will acquire the Portugal-based company Mobicomp. More »
Posted on July 3rd, 2008 in Mobile.
Microsoft Stops Shopping For Acquisitions. Or Have They?
The Seattle Post Intelligencer reported earlier this week that over the last one year, Microsoft has added about 11,200 employees to its payroll. Most of these have been the result of the several takeovers they have conducted in the past year or so, in their effort to improve their position in the search market. More »
Posted on June 26th, 2008 in Business, Search.
Google Consolidates Deal With Yahoo!
In its attempt to ward off Microsoft, Yahoo! had run a beta test with Google in April this year, wherein, Yahoo! ran Google AdSense for Search ads alongside Yahoo! Search results. More »
Posted on June 16th, 2008 in PPC, Google, Search, SEM.
Hitwise Confirms Google’s Dominance But Shows Discrepancies
Hitwise released their search engine ratings, showing the market share of the various search engines for the month of May 2008. Google is the undisputed leader according to them too, but the margin of Google’s leadership is far greater according to their numbers than the results declared by comScore last week. More »
Posted on June 11th, 2008 in SEO.
Google Remains Undisputed Market Leader
A report released by comScore, this weeks found flthat Google has retained its position as the leader among search engines in the UK. More »
Posted on June 10th, 2008 in SEO, Search.
Social Search Launches On Microsoft Live
Microsoft has just launched a new service called Search Together, which will be a free service allowing groups of people to work on Web searches in conjunction with each other. More »
Posted on June 9th, 2008 in Technology, Search.
Search And Give To Charity Through Microsoft
Last year, Microsoft launched a programme through which money would be donated to certain charities for every search conducted through their search engine. The project was a great success, in that over $250,000 were donated to over 20,000 charitable organizations. More »
Posted on June 6th, 2008 in SEO, Search, SEM.
Yahoo! Actions Not In The Best Interest Of Shareholders
The executives at Yahoo Inc. obviously believe in the saying ‘there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies.’
It is well known that Yahoo! ran tests with arch rivals Google, to show AdWords advertising on Yahoo! Search. What is not so well known, however, is their opinion on the same subject. More »
Posted on June 4th, 2008 in PPC, Business, Search.
Microsoft Enhances Mobile Advertising Offering
Microsoft is enhancing its mobile advertising platform at long last. An announcement to this effect was made last week, at the online advertising leadership forum, advance08. More »
Posted on May 29th, 2008 in Mobile, SEM.
