September 2011

Google Says Gmail Attack Focused on Iranian Targets - August 30, 2011
Google said late Sunday that an attack mounted against its Gmail service targeted users primarily located in Iran, although the company has taken steps to block further interception attempts.
(Full article at PCWorld Business Center)
 
34% of Referrals to Facebook Pages Come from Google, Yahoo, Bing - August 29, 2011
More than a third of external referrals to Facebook pages come from search engines, and SEO plays a strong role in generating this additional traffic for a Facebook page, according to a...
(Full article at Search Engine Watch)
 
Google's War Against Scraper Sites Continues - August 27, 2011
Google appears to be getting ready to launch another offensive against website scrapers. Scraper sites are usually operated by spammers. They copy almost all the content of the scraper...
(Full article at PCWorld)
 
Yahoo Japan Has Traffic But Google Has Mobile Technology - August 25, 2011
Once upon a time, long long ago, Yahoo used to be a real contender in the Internet search market. Those days passed with the rise of Google and Yahoo's search capabilities have now been...
(Full article at Forbes)

August 2011

Google Buying Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Billion - August 15, 2011
Search giant wants mobile hardware and software under one roof as it looks to beat Apple at its own game. Google, whose ubiquitous search engine redefined how consumers and...
(Full article at InformationWeek)
 
Yahoo, Bing More 'Effective' Search Engines Than Google? - August 12, 2011
Google continued to dominate the U.S. search market in July, but Yahoo was most effective in getting users to actually click through to another Web site, according to data from Experian Hitwise.
(Full article at PCMag.com)
 
Yahoo Launches Enhanced Image Search - August 11, 2011
Yahoo has announced a new image search that matches recent enhancement to Google and Bing. Yahoo's new image presentation also allows for easy searching of galleries, a connection to...
(Full article at Search Engine Watch)
 
Google told to delete people from search results - August 11, 2011
The Spanish government has ordered Google to delete information about 90 individuals from its search engine indexes, according to media reports. Spain said it believes that the...
(Full article at The Register)

9 August 2011

Baidu, BMW link up for vehicle-based searches - August 9, 2011
Baidu Inc, China's biggest search engine, will partner with Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) to provide search services in the German automobile maker's vehicles, part of...
(Full article at China Daily)
 
Bing growing in UK, Google still leads - August 9, 2011
Microsoft's Bing search engine grew in popularity throughout July in the UK but Google still dominates the search engine market, according to research by market analyst Experian Hitwise.
(Full article at The Independent)
 
ISPs Caught Hijacking & Redirecting Search Results - August 8, 2011
The New Scientist reports that several ISPs are allegedly hijacking searches conducted on search engines and redirecting in order to make a quick profit. A searcher would search for a...
(Full article at Search Engine Land)
 
Search Wars: Microsoft and Yahoo Transition Europe Organic SERPS - August 5, 2011
There's an ongoing war among the search engines for user loyalty. The engine with the most eyeballs wins, and to win what's needed is to make searching consumers think that a particular...
(Full article at ClickZ)

3 August 2011

Yahoo European Organic Search Results Transitioning to Bing - August 1, 2011
Yahoo is planning on transitioning its European organic search results to Microsoft's Bing starting Aug. 3. Yahoo is migrating its organic search results in the European market to...
(Full article at eWeek.com)
 
Google Acquires More than 1,000 Patents From IBM - August 1, 2011
Google announced on Thursday that it had acquired more than 1,000 patents from International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) to defend itself against lawsuits -- although a greater...
(Full article at International Business Times)
 
Investor jitters hit Yandex - August 1, 2011
Russia's leading search engine, Yandex plummeted more than 11 per cent in a single day's trading on the Nasdaq on Thursday after the company announced its secondquarter results.
(Full article at The Moscow News)
 
Google Buys The Dealmap, a Groupon Alternative - August 1, 2011
Google acquired local deals aggregator The Dealmap for an undisclosed sum. The search giant won't say much, but you can assume the assets will support Google Offers and Google Wallet.
(Full article at eWeek.com)

July 2011

Should Microsoft unload Bing? - July 26, 2011
Microsoft should consider selling Bing, says a Reuters opinion piece that's gained attention in the last day or so, after being published last Friday. Though the search engine has...
(Full article at CNET News)
 
Baidu's Internet Search Engine Revenues Surge In China - July 26, 2011
Chinese search engine company Baidu Inc. announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011, and stated that as its tax rate increased, so did its profit.
(Full article at ChinaTechNews.com)
 
Google Directory Has Been Shut Down - July 25, 2011
Google's Directory, a relic of eras past, has been removed - with essentially no fanfare. This shutdown is part of a broader effort to focus in on a smaller but more...
(Full article at Search Engine Watch)
 
Microsoft-Yahoo Search Partnership Brings Underwhelming Returns - July 24, 2011
Microsoft's venture into Internet search may quickly prove to be its biggest flop, as the company reported that its Bing search engine expects to lose more than $2.5 billion this...
(Full article at Wall St. Cheat Sheet)

20 July 2011

Google's Eric Schmidt slams Apple iPhone lawsuits - July 19, 2011
Google has launched a stinging attack on major mobile phone rival Apple, saying its smartphone lawsuits are inspired by jealousy and a lack of innovation in its own iPhone.
(Full article at News.com.au)
 
Baidu signs deal with music labels - July 19, 2011
Chinese search engine Baidu has struck a deal with leading music labels ending years of legal wrangling over rights. Baidu signed an agreement with a joint venture owned by...
(Full article at BBC News)
 
Clicks That Cost: How Google Made Over $32 Billion Last Year - July 18, 2011
WordStream, a provider of search marketing software, published a nice infographic showing the twenty most expensive keyword categories in AdWords. At the top of the...
(Full article at Technorati Advertising)
 
Bing Releases Updated Weather & Finance Tools - July 18, 2011
The search engine game has become as much about offering powerful side services as it is about giving the best SERP results. The first half of this month has seen...
(Full article at Search Engine Watch)

12 July 2011

Yahoo Denies Spying On Mail Users - July 12, 2011
Consumer group Which? claims that Yahoo is snooping on users' mail, but Yahoo says this is standard practice. Yahoo has defended itself against accusations by consumer watchdog...
(Full article at eWEEK Europe UK)
 
Google search blocks 11 million .co.cc websites to fight malware - July 11, 2011
Google has blocked all .co.cc websites from its search results because the domain has been found to be too "spammy." The .cc top-level domain, which belongs to the...
(Full article at TechSpot News)
 
Google chairman Schmidt to testify to Senate - July 11, 2011
Google chairman Eric Schmidt will testify to a Senate sub committee on antitrust matters in September...potentially putting the "Don't be evil" Internet company in...
(Full article at Digital Trends)
 
Baidu restructures to focus on 4 businesses - July 8, 2011
Baidu Inc., the Chinese-language search engine, said Friday that it is restructuring its operations to focus on four key businesses. The company named leaders for...
(Full article at BusinessWeek)

6 July 2011

Google, Microsoft, AOL sued over Street View patent - July 6, 2011
Google, Microsoft, and AOL have found themselves the target of a lawsuit over a Louisiana company�s patent on street-level views in online maps. Details are fairly sparse, according to the...
(Full article at ZDNet)
 
Baidu in deal with Chinese firm to grab TV viewers - July 6, 2011
China's top search engine Baidu Inc said on Wednesday it had reached an agreement with a Chinese television company to bring its search box to millions of television screens. Baidu said in...
(Full article at Reuters)
 
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo reportedly in talks to buy Hulu - July 5, 2011
Hulu seems to be drawing the attention of quite a few potential buyers after it was suggested that the company was considering the sale of its video streaming business.
(Full article at TechSpot News)
 
Facebook, Skype to launch video chat service - July 5, 2011
Just as Google's next big thing 'Google Plus' is all set to launch, Facebook and Skype are about to strike a deal that would bring the video chatting service to the...
(Full article at Economic Times)

June 2011

Google faces new $423 million antitrust suit - June 28, 2011
In the latest of a recent slew of antitrust complaints filed against Google, French search company 1plusV said Tuesday it would seek $423 million in damages from the American search giant.
(Full article at CNNMoney)
 
Baidu Will Invest $306M in Travel eCommerce Site Qunar - June 28, 2011
Baidu, China's largest search engine has officially agreed to invest US $306 million for a majority stake in Qunar.com, an ecommerce solution and search engine for booking hotels, flights...
(Full article at ZippyCart Blog)
 
Google Mobile Revenues to Hit $14B in 2015 - June 27, 2011
Google Wallet and Offers are a couple of the services that could help boost the search engine's mobile sales share to $14 billion by 2015, according to Canaccord Genuity.
(Full article at eWeek.com)
 
Yandex teams up with rival Rambler to search, ads - June 23, 2011
Russia's most popular search engine Yandex said on Thursday it has entered into a partnership with domestic rival Rambler for search and advertising services.
(Full article at Reuters)

21 June 2011

Web address boom could be search engine boon - June 21, 2011
The decision to open the Internet to a flood of Web addresses ending in anything from company names to social movements could prove a boon to search engines. The Internet's global...

 
Google Disputes Possible $6 Billion Java Lawsuit Price-tag - June 21, 2011
Google may owe Oracle nearly as much money in damages as Oracle paid to buy all of Sun Microsystems, according to Oracle's paid expert in the companies' Java intellectual...
(Full article at PCWorld Business Center)
 
Facebook will pass Yahoo in ad sales - June 21, 2011
Facebook Inc., the world's most popular social-networking service, is set to overtake the Web portal Yahoo Inc. this year to seize the biggest share of the US online...
(Full article at The Boston Globe)
 
Bangalore Suspends Google's Street View Service - June 21, 2011
The Street View feature, incorporated in Google Maps about four years ago, enables panoramic street views in select locations across the world. This is achieved by surveying the...
(Full article at Techtree.com)

14 June 2011

Bank of England Using Google Search Tracking for Economic Insights - June 14, 2011
In an attempt to better understand the behavior of UK citizens, the Bank of England has started tracking search trends on Google. The bank has high hopes that this will improve...
(Full article at Search Engine Watch)
 
Google Confirms Admeld Buy to Boost Display Ads - June 13, 2011
Google June 13 said it has purchased display ad provider Admeld, confirming reports from last week. TechCrunch said June 9 Google had shelled out $400 million for the...
(Full article at eWeek.com)
 
Bill Gates and Baidu to Build Their First Project Against Smokers - June 12, 2011
Chairman Bill Gates of Microsoft Corp and Robin Li, CEO of China's giant search engine Baidu, will join forces to form an alliance for public health. Their first project...
(Full article at Financial Feed)
 
Google, Bing, Yahoo Search Share Stays Steady: comScore - June 12, 2011
Google maintained its lion's share of 65.5 percent of U.S. search in May. Yahoo and Bing also held their positions, though queries were up from April overall, said comScore.
(Full article at eWeek.com)

7 June 2011

YouTube to screen latest Bollywood Blockbusters free - June 7, 2011
YouTube is introducing a new weblink for the movie buffs in India titled 'YouTube Box Office'. The exclusive channel will feature a premium block buster movie every...
(Full article at The Economic Times)
 
Yahoo!, Hotmail accounts targeted by hackers - June 6, 2011
Following in the footsteps of recently disclosed attacks on Gmail accounts, TrendMicro warned late last week that similar compromises appear to be affecting Yahoo! and...
(Full article at Infosecurity)
 
Google, Bing, Yahoo Start Schema.org for Content Markup - June 3, 2011
Google and rivals Bing and Yahoo teamed to improve Web content markup information for Website publishers with the new schema.org initiative. Those top three search engines...
(Full article at eWeek.com)
 
Twitter Upgrades Search Engine, Simplifies Photo Sharing - June 1, 2011
Twitter has revamped its search engine, improving relevance and adding multimedia content to results, and in a few weeks it will start letting users attach photos to their...
(Full article at PCWorld)

1 June 2011

Microsoft Working On New, Highly Personalisable Search Engine - May 31, 2011
Microsoft is working hard to develop a personalised search engine, designed to make searching easier and more accurate than it is today. According to reports, a team of...
(Full article at ITProPortal.com)
 
Bing Thumbnails Indexed by Google Image Search - May 31, 2011
A precise search will unveil the entire Bing thumbnails indexed by Google. If users click on whichever of the results, users witness the standard Image Search information page, but at times get...
(Full article at Weblineindia.com)
 
eBay's PayPal sues Google, claims search engine giant stole technology - May 28, 2011
Search engine giant Google is being sued by internet payment firm Paypal over claims that Google stole technology for its latest smartphone application 'Google Wallet'.
(Full article at Dailybhaskar.com)
 
Russian search engine turns in top results on Nasdaq debut - May 26, 2011
Shares of Yandex, an internet search engine barely known outside Russia, rose more than 55 per cent on Tuesday, in the latest multibillion-dollar technology offering.
(Full article at The Sydney Morning Herald)

May 2011

Yandex Valued at $8 Billion in IPO - May 24, 2011
Yandex NV, the owner of Russia's most popular Internet search engine, raised $1.3 billion in a U.S. initial public offering, pricing its shares above the sale's marketed range.
(Full article at Bloomberg)
 
Yahoo email gets a facelift - May 24, 2011
Yahoo is giving its popular email service a long-promised facelift in an attempt to make it more appealing to people who are increasingly using Facebook, Twitter, Google and other...
(Full article at USATODAY.com)
 
Microsoft, Google Business-Cloud Battle Getting Vicious - May 23, 2011
Microsoft and Google's battle for business-cloud clients has become particularly vicious, but analysts' numbers suggest the two sides' market share is at a near-draw.
(Full article at eWeek.com)
 
Google awaiting court order before changing Argentina search engine - May 19, 2011
Google has not altered its search engine in Argentina despite a court order to do so because the company has not yet received an official order from the court, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
(Full article at CNN.com)
Microsoft's Bing has help from Facebook to Compete with Google - May 17, 2011
Microsoft Corp. is rolling out today an expansion to features on its Bing search engine that would display personalized results based on what trusted friends recommend on Facebook, the...
(Full article at International Business Times)
 
Are Google's Android and Chrome on a collision course? - May 17, 2011
Mike Cleron, a Google software engineer for the Android operating system, made an ambitious pronouncement onstage at the company's annual conference last week. "We want...
(Full article at CNN.com)
 
Bing Maps To Be Powered (Replaced) By Nokia? - May 15, 2011
I had a chance lunch with a person with close connections to Nokia about a week ago. Naturally we began talking about the outlook for the Microsoft-Nokia Windows Phone deal. He was...
(Full article at Search Engine Land)
 
Google Served Ads from Law-breaking Pharmacies: Report - May 13, 2011
Google set aside $500 million from first quarter profits to settle the DOJ's complaint that illegal drug companies are using the search engine to hawk their pills. The Wall Street Journal, which...
(Full article at eWeek.com)
NASA, Stanford Websites Hit by Search Engine Scammers - May 10, 2011
Scammers looking to flog cheap software have hacked Web pages on high-profile websites, including those belonging to NASA and Stanford University. NASA, just a week away from its penultimate...
(Full article at PCWorld Business Center)
 
Microsoft Buys Skype For $8.5 Billion, Now What? - May 10, 2011
Over the past week there were rumors that Google and Facebook were both interested in buying Skype. Then Om Malik reported that Microsoft was really the one interested and the...
(Full article at Search Engine Land)
 
YouTube Adding 3,000 Rentals, Including 'Blockbusters' - May 9, 2011
Google's YouTube apparently has agreed to pay more for content, as the video company has announced that it will add 3,000 movies to rent, content of which will include "blockbusters".
(Full article at PCMag.com)
 
Russia's Yandex sees Nasdaq IPO of up to $1.1 bln - May 9, 2011
Yandex, Russia's most popular Internet search engine, on Monday filed to raise up to $1.1 billion in an initial public offering that would take advantage of demand for Internet stocks coming...
(Full article at Reuters)
Google Named Most Reputable Company in U.S. - May 3, 2011
Google has topped a list of the most reputable companies in the U.S., according to a Harris Interactive poll. Harris Interactive asked more than 30,000 respondents to identify the 60 most...
(Full article at Mashable)
 
Bing to become search default on new Blackberry phones - May 3, 2011
Research in Motion (RIM) has announced it will make Bing the default search engine on Blackberry phones starting this holiday season. The announcement at the Blackberry World 2011 conference on...
(Full article at ZDNet)
 

April 2011


Google raided in South Korea for illegally collecting location data - May 3, 2011
Internet search giant Google is under investigation in South Korea over allegations that its mobile advertising unit illegally collected location data. The company's Seoul office was...
(Full article at The Inquirer)
 
Local.com Buys Local Shopping Search Engine Krillion - May 2, 2011
Local.com is buying Krillion, a startup that offers a way to search inventory at local stores, in its latest move to diversify its offerings. Local.com, which is buying the company for...
(Full article at paidContent)
Bing now the fastest growing search engine in the UK - April 19, 2011
As far as current progression goes, the news comes that Bing is now the fastest growing search engine in the United Kingdom. This information has come concluding an updated...
(Full article at Product Reviews Net)
 
Yahoo plans to keep search records for 18 months - April 18, 2011
Yahoo plans to extend the amount of time it retains records on what its users search for online, just two years after breaking from the other big Internet search engines and...
(Full article at USATODAY.com)
 
S. Korea Search Engines File Google Complaint - April 18, 2011
Android-based smartphones use Google as their default search engine and, according to two search giants in South Korea, the preloading of Android had made it "virtually impossible to...
(Full article at XBIZ Newswire)
 
Google beware: DuckDuckGo partners with Wolfram|Alpha - April 18, 2011
In a time when the verb "Google" is not only synonymous with the the verb "search," but has come to nearly replace it, the thought of a little disruption in this space makes my feet tingle.
(Full article at TNW Industry)
web design news Yahoo Buys IntoNow to Share TV via Facebook, Twitter - April 26, 2011
Yahoo acquired IntoNow to add social TV listings to its mix of content and Websites. The buy comes as numerous Web services are vying to make TV more social. Yahoo April 25 said it has...
(Full article at eWeek.com)
 
web design news Steve Jobs on iPhone tracking: "Google does it too!" - April 26, 2011
Steve Jobs broke Apple's silence about the iPhone tracking houha by replying to an email from a concerned iPhone owner. Steve's response was brief and vague about Apple's activities...
(Full article at Shiny Shiny)
 
web design news Microsoft to Sell Ciao - April 26, 2011
Microsoft is looking to sell the European comparison shopping site Ciao a report from Merger Market reveals. Citing "a source familiar with the process", the publication says that...
(Full article at Social Barrel)
 
web design news Google Must Spend To Remain Sultan Of Search - April 25, 2011
Google has maintained its dominant position in the search advertising market and does not plan to yield market share quietly. The search engine giant has consistently increased its...
(Full article at Forbes)
Director Says Bing is Better Than Google - April 12, 2011
Yes, you'd expect that from the director for Microsoft's Bing search engine. But Stefan Weitz has some arguments he has laid out to back up his claim that his search engine is...
(Full article at Social Barrel)
 
Google Gets Green Light To Proceed With ITA Acquisition - April 12, 2011
What would Google want with a flight search engine? Oh, it's not so hard to guess! Google's business is search, and by capitalizing on more and more aspects of search, Google's...
(Full article at HotHardware)
 
Facebook signs deal with Chinese search engine - April 11, 2011
Chinese press is reporting Facebook has signed an agreement with Baidu, the biggest Chinese search engine to set up a social networking site. But, the new joint venture won't be...
(Full article at abc7news.com)
 
Google is responsible for 'autofill' search terms, says Italian court - April 11, 2011
Google is responsible for the terms thrown up by the 'autocomplete' function of its search engine, and was responsible for the defamatory meaning of words that appeared when an...
(Full article at OUT-LAW News)

March 2011

Sina drops Google search - March 29, 2011
Chinese Web portal, Sina, has switched from Google's search technology to its own search engine after its contract with the U.S. giant came to an end, according to a report.
(Full article at ZDNet Asia)
 
Baidu Following Google's Lead With Browser, Mobile OS? - March 28, 2011
Baidu, which already dominates China's search engine market share, seems to be looking beyond search, testing a new web browser and planning to develop a new mobile...
(Full article at Search Engine Watch)
 
Bing Extends Social Search Features - March 25, 2011
Microsoft has expanded Bing's social search capabilities, displaying real-time Twitter messages on Bing's News section and simplifying the sharing of Bing entertainment content on Facebook.
(Full article at PCWorld)
 
Yahoo Fine-Tunes Its Search Engine - March 23, 2011
Since Yahoo surrendered its search engine to Microsoft two years ago as part of a major overhaul of its business, it has been trying to innovate on top of Microsoft's...
(Full article at NYTimes.com)
China dismisses Google accusations on Gmail - March 22, 2011
China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that it did not accept accusations from Google Inc that the Chinese government was making it difficult for Gmail users to use the service...
(Full article at Reuters)
 
Ask.com Tries To Get Into Location And Mobile Gaming - March 21, 2011
One of the companies that launched a new app at SXSW was Ask.com. I found it interesting since Ask.com has a huge audience and used to be considered as a contender in...
(Full article at Business Insider)
 
Google Installs Wireless EV Charging Station - March 21, 2011
Google has become the first customer for a new wireless EV charging station. The charging station, installed at Google's Mountain View headquarters, was developed by...
(Full article at Wired.com)
 
Yahoo To Kill AllTheWeb On April 4 - March 18, 2011
Yahoo will shut down AllTheWeb, the alternative search engine it bought in 2003 with Overture, on April 4, according to the Web site. It's the second confirmed victim among...
(Full article at San Francisco Chronicle)
web design news Google Not Launching A Social Network - March 15, 2011
Google may still be considering a dive into the music realm, but they aren't considering going head to head with Twitter or Facebook, despite rumors. Google has shown in the...
(Full article at HotHardware)
 
web design news US wants to block profits from illegal websites - March 15, 2011
US government officials lobbied the US Congress to give law enforcement agencies more powers in its so-called war on 'piracy'. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
(Full article at The Inquier)
 
web design news Facebook Said to Hire Google Executive for M.&A. - March 15, 2011
Amin Zoufonoun, director of corporate development at Google, has reportedly been hired away by Facebook to lead its mergers and acquisitions team, a sign of the...
(Full article at NYTimes.com)
 
web design news Bing's search engine share continues to rise - March 14, 2011
In February, Microsoft's Bing continued its slow but steady rise, grabbing a slightly higher chunk of the U.S. search engine market, according to data released Friday by...
(Full article at CNET News)
 

2010


 
Privacy leaks hit Facebook, Google, AT&T - December 28, 2010
AT&T's Web site leaked the e-mail addresses of about 114,000 iPad owners. A browser extension was discovered to leak your Web history to Amazon.com, and if you didn't configure...
(Full article at CNET News)
 
Is Yahoo About to Crumble? - December 28, 2010
Yahoo! has been there since the beginning. If it walked into a bar then everybody would know its name - but fewer and fewer seem to be willing to buy it a drink. Four per cent of...
(Full article at SEO Consult Blogs)
 
Another Knock Against Google's Deal-Making - December 27, 2010
Google's $700 million acquisition of ITA Software, which powers many of the Web's most popular travel search engines, has ruffled more than just a few feathers in the travel...
(Full article at NYTimes.com)
 
Microsoft Bing Beat Google in Social in 2010: Analysts - December 26, 2010
Microsoft Bing may be well behind Google in the search market, but it has trumped Google in social software tools, thanks to its Liked Results deal with Facebook. Microsoft announced several...
(Full article at eWeek.com)
 NEWS - Google Advertising Frankston Spicy Web Design now Offers $50 Free Adwords Trial - Time for you to try Google AdWords - December 22, 2010
Tens of thousands of Australian businesses are already using Google AdWords to attract wanted traffic to their business website. Now you can try it for FREE!
(See Marketing page for more) 
Facebook has 25% of all Internet pageviews - Time for Google to worry? - November 22, 2010
Google is the undisputed king of search and, in the majority of cases, when people want to find something out, the just "Google it." I don't even bother with the classic parent line of...
(Full article at ZDNet)
Google Instant, Meet Yahoo Instant - Er, Yahoo Rich Search Assist - November 17, 2010
Yahoo is following Google by rolling out its own version of Google Instant, with a twist. Called "Rich Search Assist," the feature automatically shows results as you type, though only in the top...
(Full article at Search Engine Land)