Archive for February, 2009

Rich Media Ads On Yahoo! Search Results

Friday, 27th February 2009

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. (more…)

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Posted in ppc, search, SEM, seo | 1 Comment »

Integrating Search Into Twitter

Thursday, 26th February 2009

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. (more…)

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Posted in internet, social media | 3 Comments »

US Search Engine Market Share Data – Jan 2009

Wednesday, 25th February 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. (more…)

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Posted in search, SEM, seo | 13 Comments »

Google Testing SearchWiki On AdWords

Tuesday, 24th February 2009

A Twitter user from Canada recently reported seeing the SearchWiki “X” alongside AdWords ads on the Google search engine results pages. (more…)

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Speculation About Google Ending MySpace Relationship

Monday, 23rd February 2009

If speculative reports from analysts at Barclay’s are to be believed, Google may soon decide to end their search monetisation deal with MySpace. (more…)

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Innovative Uses Of The iPhone – Cheating

Friday, 20th February 2009

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. (more…)

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Skype On More Mobile Handsets

Thursday, 19th February 2009

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. (more…)

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Google Radio Ads Off The Airwaves

Tuesday, 17th February 2009

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. (more…)

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Posted in google, marketing, ppc | 2 Comments »

Google Japan to Google, “We’re Sorry”

Monday, 16th February 2009

Google was the object of ridicule among many SEO professionals last week, when the search giant penalised its own subsidiary for buying links. (more…)

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Posted in google, multilingual, search, seo | 1 Comment »

Google Launches AdSense For Mobile Search

Friday, 13th February 2009

Google has started an AdSense for Mobile Search service to lure more mobile network operators and mobile website owners. (more…)

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Microsoft Repackages QR Codes, Calls Them Tags

Thursday, 12th February 2009

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’. (more…)

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Posted in mobile | 14 Comments »

Facebook Needs To Increase Security

Wednesday, 11th February 2009

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…)

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More Ads Above Organic Results On Live Search

Tuesday, 10th February 2009

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. (more…)

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Did You Know That StumbleUpon Is Bigger Than Twitter?

Monday, 9th February 2009

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. (more…)

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Posted in social media | 5 Comments »

Are Employees Responsible For Content On Their Websites?

Thursday, 5th February 2009

Four Google executives are facing criminal charges of defamation and privacy violation in Italy due to a video that was displayed on YouTube. (more…)

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Young People Abandoning Email And TV

Wednesday, 4th February 2009

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. (more…)

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Posted in internet, News, social media | 2 Comments »

Google Testing New AdWords Interface In UK

Tuesday, 3rd February 2009

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. (more…)

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Posted in google, ppc, SEM | 11 Comments »

Will eBay Sell Skype? Should Google Buy It?

Monday, 2nd February 2009

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. (more…)

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Posted in business, News, Technology | 1 Comment »


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