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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.
Yahoo! Board Threatened As Icahn Supporters Rally
Carl Icahn’s battle to replace the board of directors at Yahoo! has gained momentum. There are many people who support his stance on the Microsoft takeover. These supporters are now rallying behind him and buying shares of Yahoo! More »
Posted on May 27th, 2008 in Business, Search.
Microsoft Search Offers Cash For Search, Again
Microsoft has decided to leave no stone unturned in the race to improve its position in the search marketing field. During the company’s annual digital ad conference, on Wednesday, it was announced that Microsoft would pay cash to U.S.-based customers for shopping on the new Live Search Cashback site. More »
Posted on May 23rd, 2008 in SEO.
Will Microsoft Buy A Declining Facebook?
Nielsen Online’s latest survey results have provided some rather unhappy news for Facebook in the U.S. According to the report, Facebook’s popularity fell by about 10% in April 2008, compared to the previous month. The actual number of unique visitors has fallen from 24.9 million in March to 22.4 million in April. More »
Posted on May 22nd, 2008 in Social Media.
Microsoft Reopens Talks With Yahoo!
On Sunday 18 May 2008, two weeks after withdrawal of its offer to Yahoo!, Microsoft has issued a statement, regarding its continued efforts to improve their online services and advertising business. More »
Posted on May 20th, 2008 in AccuraCast.
Yahoo! Board of Directors Under Fire
Yahoo! may have won the battle but not the war. Barely have the board of directors at Yahoo! breathed easy, after Microsoft withdrew its offer to buy over the company and decided against a hostile takeover, when they have to face the wrath of some very angry investors, who believe Yahoo! should have accepted Microsoft’s offer. More »
Posted on May 16th, 2008 in Business, Search.
Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo! Offer
In a sudden turn of events Microsoft has decided to withdraw the offer they made to takeover Yahoo! After over 3 months of fruitless discussions, and even threats of a hostile takeover bid, the head honchos at Microsoft have concluded that it does not make economic sense to raise their bid beyond the final offer of $33 per share or nearly $46.5 billion. More »
Posted on May 6th, 2008 in Internet, Business, Search.
Live Mobile With Product Search And Dynamic Geo-Location
Microsoft’s browser based mobile search, m.live.com just got better. Users can now enjoy all the benefits of product search in the palm of their hand, through their mobile phones. Users in the U.K. and Japan will also benefit from improved mobile local search services. More »
Posted on April 30th, 2008 in Mobile.
What Will Happen To The Microsoft-Yahoo! Acquisition?
Yahoo! released their much awaited financial results for the first quarter of the year. While the result is not spectacular, it is better than predicted by some analysts. Some think it could be good enough to keep Microsoft at arm’s length for a while. The Street seems to disagree. More »
Posted on April 25th, 2008 in Business, Search.
Microsoft News Search Gets A Facelift
At last some news from Microsoft that has nothing to do with acquiring Yahoo! The Live Search team at Microsoft announced that they have made several modifications to their News Search format. Now the information will be categorized into separate sub headings and the news results page has also been given a facelift. More »
Posted on April 21st, 2008 in News, Search.
Acts Of Desperation: Potential Google - Yahoo! Deal
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Yahoo! and Google are in talks to moved a step further, with regards to their search advertising deal. The 2-week test where Yahoo! Search results showed Google AdSense ads is supposedly looking so encouraging that both companies are already talking about extending the deal. More »
Posted on April 18th, 2008 in PPC, Business, Search.
Microsoft - Yahoo! Battle Gets Heated And Complicated
This was never going to be a straightforward acquisition and we all knew that. However, Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo! has just turned more complicated with a whole new set of competing factions coming out of the woodwork. Google, AOL , News Corp. and Time Warner have all re-emerged as significant players. More »
Posted on April 14th, 2008 in Internet, Business, Search.
Microsoft And AOL Step Up Their Mobile Services
A few days ago, Jupiter research had predicted that mobile search ad revenues would touch $5 billion over the next 5 years. Microsoft and AOL are both taking this statement very seriously. They are working very hard to improve their mobile offerings in an effort to make up for the loss of market share in desktop search. More »
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 in Mobile.
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.
US Search Engine Market Share Data - Jan 2008
comScore has released the latest search engine rankings data for the United States, and Google is once again at the top of the heap with almost 53% market share. More »
Posted on February 29th, 2008 in SEO, Search, SEM.
Yahoo! Courts AOL In Bid To Make Microsoft Jealous
The board of directors at Yahoo, have not taken very kindly to Microsoft’s unsolicited takeover bid of $45 billion or approximately $31 per share, which they feel is too low. In an attempt to shield themselves from Microsoft, Yahoo! executives have reportedly revived merger talks with AOL Times Warner. More »
Posted on February 12th, 2008 in Internet, Business, Search.
