Google Loses Copyright Battle Against German Image Owner
This case may just be one of the many copyright lawsuits filed against Google, but its implications maybe too big in the long run for...
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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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MySpace Wants a Piece of the Online Advertising Market
Generating revenues out of the traffic they get is one waterloo of both social networking sites Facebook and MySpace. Facebook’s take on the online advertising...
Here They Go Again, Yahoo Investors Ask Microsoft for $22 a Share
Just when you thought this buyout deal between Yahoo and Microsoft was over, here comes some small group of Yahoo investors making some noise again. ...
Google Rolls Out Adsense for Games, Long Live Gamers!
Blame it on comScore for publishing that 25% of Internet users play online games every week, totalling to over 200 million users worldwide. This may...
Facebook Integrates and Endorses Microsoft Live Search, Officially
Although this partnership has been announced as early as July this year, it is only now that Facebook is officially introducing or in a more...
Can AOL Rescue Yahoo or Is It the Other Way Around?
Merger talks between Yahoo and Time Warner’s AOL have been around even during the failed Microsoft – Yahoo saga. But it is only now that...
Ask.com Parses More Data, Gives Answers in Search Results
Ask.com is making its presence felt in the search engine market by introducing two new features of its search engine recently. News.com is reporting that...
Google, Yahoo Search Ad Deal Delayed
In a couple of weeks, the heavily-criticized search ad partnership between Google and Yahoo are supposed to materialize. But perhaps not wanting to face further...
Google Blog Search Relaunched
Google has relaunched its blog aggregation service, the not-so-popular-as-Techmeme Google Blog Search. Actually, it was just a minor upgrade, with the new home page now...
Microsoft Offers Up SearchPerks Incentive Program
Once again, Microsoft is enticing users to do their searches on Live Search via a new rewards program called SearchPerks. This search-rewards program adds up...
Legislators Urge US DOJ not to Interfere with Google-Yahoo Search Ad Deal
The Google-Yahoo search deal got a new ally from eleven California legislators who are urging the US regulators not to stop the deal from being...
It’s Yahoo’s Turn to Defend the Search Ad Deal with Google
If Google can manage to put up a website explaining their search ad deal with Yahoo, Yahoo for its part can only manage to make...
Google Defends Yahoo Search Ad Deal Again, and Again
In what could be its biggest move to defend the search ad deal which is about to be implemented in a couple of days now,...
Google Partners Up with Bloomberg on TV Display Ads
Google is expanding the scope of its TV ads platform with another partnership, this time with Bloomberg TV. This deal comes hot on the heels...
Yahoo! Launches APT, the Display Ad formerly known as AMP!
Yahoo has renewed once again its take on digital advertising with a new platform called APT from Yahoo. This digital advertising solution was previously announced...
Google Launches Project 10 to the 100th
In celebration of its tenth year as a company, Google has just launched the Project 10 to the 100th. The project aims to get the...
New Yahoo Board Pushes Time Warner Talks Again
It looks like the first order of battle for the “new” Yahoo Board is to push for Yahoo’s merger with another company. But definitely it’s...
Google Does to Books What it Did to Videos on YouTube
Out of the blue, Google announced a new feature or rather a new tool for its Book Search Index, which would allow book retailers, publishers...
Yahoo Adds “Up and Coming” Buzz
Don’t look now, but Yahoo Buzz is getting better with new features up on its sleeves. Yahoo’s entry into the social news arena may not...
Oops! Google Did It Again, Gets Big Chunk of Search Market Share for August
As expected, the latest data from comScore shows that Google once again got the biggest chunk of the search market share for August and even...
Yahoo-Rhapsody Team Up Brings Music to Search
Yahoo has teamed up with Rhapsody to enable users to listen to the full copies of songs right on the Yahoo! Search results page. This...
Yahoo Preps Up a “More Open” Homepage
Yahoo will soon be rolling out a new homepage design and will begin testing it today with selected “testers” from UK, US, France and India....
Google Rebutts Study on Adverse Effect of Search Ad Deal
The Google Public Policy Blog wants to set things straight regarding a report by SearchIgnite saying that the Google-Yahoo search ad deal would catapult the...
After ANA, WAN Opposes Google-Yahoo Ad Deal
Last week, it was the Association of National Advertisers who expressed their opposition against the search ad deal between Google and Yahoo which is slated...
Yahoo Says: Search Ad Deal with Google is Good for Advertisers
As the October implementation of the much-talked about Yahoo-Google search ad partnership comes closer, Yahoo is hell bent on getting into the deal and would...
The Future of Search, According to Google’s Meyer
Reacting to several flaks she received during a published story quoting her with the following statements: I think there will be a continued focus on...
Google Seals TV Ads Deal with NBC
Google is expanding its advertising clout and moves further to TV advertising as it reached a deal with NBC Universal. Said agreement will provide a...
Google Makes Old Newspapers Searchable, And Readable Too
Remember those old microfiche reader that we use to read “digitized” old newspapers in the library? Not so long ago, those were pretty cool machines...
Yahoo! oneSearch Comes to AT&T MEdia Net
Yahoo and AT&T has reached an agreement that would bring Yahoo! oneSearch to AT&T’s on-deck MEdia Net portal. This would be the first time that...
Google Clarifies Chrome’s TOS
A few days after Google released Chrome for public consumption, some users pointed out section 11 of said TOS which would give Google the right...