Yahoo! Search Marketing has announced the addition of video ads, image ads and custom links within search ads on their search results pages. The service, called Rich Ads, is currently available to a few of their advertisers.
Integrating Search Into Twitter
Twitter is testing an integrated search feature on their main site. The test is currently available in beta to a handful of signed in users.
US Search Engine Market Share Data – Jan 2009
According to the latest qSearch analysis of the major U.S. search engines carried out by comScore, search continues to grow and little has changed in terms of market share of the top 5 search providers.
Google Testing SearchWiki On AdWords
A Twitter user from Canada recently reported seeing the SearchWiki “X” alongside AdWords ads on the Google search engine results pages.
Speculation About Google Ending MySpace Relationship
If speculative reports from analysts at Barclay’s are to be believed, Google may soon decide to end their search monetisation deal with MySpace.
Innovative Uses Of The iPhone – Cheating
The latest misuse of technology to have been discovered seems to be an iPhone and iPod Touch application that allows blackjack players to count cards.
Skype On More Mobile Handsets
Only recently, there had been a great deal of speculation, about whether eBay was interested in selling their VoIP service, Skype. These stories have been put to rest for now with eBay announcing a partnership between Skype and the largest mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia.
Google Unveiling A Social Agenda For Mobile?
Last week saw Google launch two very social applications for mobile handsets. The first, Latitude, allows users to see where their friends are on a mobile map. The latest release, My Tracks, allows users to share where they have been.
Google Radio Ads Off The Airwaves
Susan Wojcicki, Google V.P. of Product Management announced last week that they will shortly be discontinuing two of their services: Google Audio Ads and Google Radio Automation.
Google Japan to Google, “We’re Sorry”
Google was the object of ridicule among many SEO professionals last week, when the search giant penalised its own subsidiary for buying links.
Google Launches AdSense For Mobile Search
Google has started an AdSense for Mobile Search service to lure more mobile network operators and mobile website owners.
Microsoft Repackages QR Codes, Calls Them Tags
Microsoft has launched a “new” technology in beta, with the exact same features and function as QR Codes – it allows mobile users to reach Internet websites without having to type out a URL. They are calling them ‘Tags’.
Facebook Needs To Increase Security
Popular social network, Facebook, has recently come under fire following a series of reports on sex scandals involving minors, phishing and other unscrupulous activities. These reports have removed the illusion most users had of Facebook being a very safe social network.
More Ads Above Organic Results On Live Search
Live Search results used to have three mainline ad positions above the organic results in the past. This has now been increased to four mainline ad positions on the search engine results pages in the U.K, which means some users will not see any organic results without scrolling.
Did You Know That StumbleUpon Is Bigger Than Twitter?
Social discovery site, StumbleUpon is not the most hyped or talked-about site in the social medium. Yet, it has reportedly accumulated over 7 million users, making it almost 50% larger than the much-hyped Twitter.
Google Latitude Ushers New Era In Mobile Social Activity
Google Latitude, the latest service from the UK’s favourite brand, was launched this week. Users can find out where their friends and contacts are and can send and receive status messages via their mobile handsets.
Are Employees Responsible For Content On Their Websites?
Four Google executives are facing criminal charges of defamation and privacy violation in Italy due to a video that was displayed on YouTube.
Young People Abandoning Email And TV
Change, they say, is the only constant. This seems to apply to the findings of studies conducted on the modes of entertainment pursued by youngsters – teenagers in particular – today.
Google Testing New AdWords Interface In UK
Back in November 2008, Google started testing a new user interface for their AdWords system. The new interface will now be rolled out to a limited number of UK advertisers on 10 February 2009.
Will eBay Sell Skype? Should Google Buy It?
As if the blogosphere was not already rife with rumours of mergers and acquisitions, the latest rumors to add to the lot are that eBay may actually sell off Skype if they get a good offer.
