No Microsoft-Yahoo Ad Deal, Yet
WSJ’s All Things Digital blog called the rumored Microsoft-Yahoo ad deal as not true. The rumor started when the Sunday Times reported that Microsoft and...
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Arnold Zafra writes daily on the announcements by Google, Ask.com, Yahoo & MSN along with how these announcements effect web publishers. He is currently building three niche blogs covering iPad News, Google Android Phones and E-Book Readers.
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Live Search Webmaster Center Rolls Out New Features
The Live Search team has just rolled out some useful new features for the Webmaster Center. If you’re using this Microsoft service aside from Google...
Is Microsoft Rebranding Live Search into Kumo?
Liveside.net is reporting that Microsoft has just taken control of the domain name Kumo.com and the site is pointing to an internal Microsoft test site...
Google Search to Roll Out SearchWiki feature
Google will soon be rolling out its SearchWiki feature which it has been testing for a couple of months now. SearchWiki as the name implies...
Yahoo Brings Visual Search Display, Glue to the US
For those who are aware of Yahoo’s experimental visual display of search results on Yahoo India dubbed Glue Pages and you’ve actually liked it, then...
Yahoo OneSearch Powers Up T-Mobile Search and Paid Mobile Ads
T-Mobile and Yahoo has just announced a new partnership that brings Yahoo’s mobile search facility – oneSearch to T-Mobile’s customers via its web2go services. With...
Google AdWords Rolls Out Search-Based Keyword Tool
Google AdWords is rolling a new tool that would let AdWords members identify which keywords their potential customers are searching for and to help them...
Yahoo to Replace CEO Jerry Yang
As expected by many, Yahoo’s embattled CEO has finally decided to step down from his post as Yahoo starts searching for a new CEO that...
Google Analytics for Flash Campaigns : Ads & Widgets
Although Flash-enabled ad campaigns could be powerful form of advertising, its complex structure makes it difficult for advertisers to measure how users are interacting with...
Solid Proof that the Online Ad Industry is not Looking Good
Online advertising is not growing, and it has been declining since Q3 2007. TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld has the graphical data to prove that the combined...
Google Docs Turns 2, Struggles to Get into the Mainstream
A couple of days ago, Google’s online productivity suite Google Docs and Spreadsheets just turned two years old. And through those two years, we have...
Microsoft Live Search Cashback Program Showing Positive Results
Last May when I covered the Microsoft Live Search Cashback program, I must admit that I found it a bit outrageous as a way for...
Microsoft Opens the Live Search API to the Public
Microsoft is all over the news headlines today. Aside from the “sweeping” new social features that it is introducing to the Live.com portal, Microsoft also...
Could a Social Twist Brings Good Tidings to Microsoft’s Live Service?
Microsoft is rolling out some new features of its Windows Live Service that can simply be put as taking the social route. Actually it will...
Google Brings Sponsored Videos on YouTube Search
YouTube is yet again embarking on a revenue scheme in the hopes of generating income from its existence on the web, and being the number...
Google Ad Planner Gets New Features, Opens Up to Everyone
Google has just announced that it’s Ad Planner, a tool which is used by both publishers and advertisers for analyzing user demographics and search behavior...
YouTube Plays Catch Up with Hulu, To Stream Full MGM Clips
YouTube has just signed a deal with MGM Studios that would make the appearance of various full-length MGM TV shows and films on YouTube’s content...
Russian Company Plans to Sue Google for Patented Contextual Ads Technology
A Russian Company is suing Google for copyright imfringement of the company’s alleged contextual advertising technology. The said technology was said to be patented by...
Yahoo to Microsoft: Best Thing to Do is to Buy Us
Following his disappointments with Google walking away from their search ad deal, Yahoo’s Jerry Yang said at the ongoing Web 2.0 Summit that the best...
Oh Finally! The Google-Yahoo Search Ad Deal is Cancelled
Finally, after several times of delaying its implementation, Google decided that pursuing their search ad agreement with Yahoo is not worth the legal battle. And...
Yahoo, Google Softens TOR of Search Ad Deal
In what could be their last ditch effort to get the approval of the US Department of Justice, Google and Yahoo were reported to have...
Google Now Searches through Scanned Documents
Who would have thought that the day will come that even documents which were digitized through scanning can now be search by Google’s powerful search...
Will the Google-Yahoo Search Ad Deal Push Through?
We all know that the Google-Yahoo deal was supposed to have commenced this month, but both companies decided to wait for the Justice Department’s decision...
Google Settles Score with Book Publishers and Authors
It took Google four years to settle a long-standing copyright lawsuit filed against its Book Search Project by the Association of American Publishers and the...
Gmail Tests Calendar and Doc Gadgets
If Loren’s “not so good” experience with Gmail didn’t scare you away from using Gmail and continues to do so until now, you’ll be glad...
Google Analytics Rolls Out Some Enterprise-Friendly Features
Google Analytics is rolling some new features which are aimed for the delight of the business-oriented, enterprise users. The Google Analytics blog list down these...
Yahoo to Fire 1,500 Workers (Updated)
Yahoo’s financial report for the Q3 is out and despite reporting a not so bad financial conditions contrary to what was being predicted the past...
Yahoo Ads Geo-Targeting for Search Ad Campaigns
Yahoo has just added a geo-targeting system for its search ad placement. This new tool will enable search ad campaign managers to fine tune their...
Google Says: We’re Ok and We’re Definitely Fine
Amidst the ongoing economic and financial turmoil and beating industry analysts’ predictions and forecasts, “miraculously” Google still managed to pose some considerable growth as reported...
Google Webmaster Tools’ Crawl Error Feature Becomes More Useful
Recently, Google Webmaster Tools has introduced its Crawl Error feature which provides details about the site URLS which Google tried to crawl but could not...