Aol News
Microsoft Resumes Talks With AOL
21st July 2008
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Microsoft and AOL have resumed discussions with each other, to try and come to a mutually beneficial agreement on a search-related deal. More »
Microsoft – Yahoo! Battle Gets Heated And Complicated
14th April 2008
This was never going to be a straightforward acquisition and we all knew that. However, Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo! has just turned more complicated with a whole new set of competing factions coming out of the woodwork. Google, AOL , News Corp. and Time Warner have all re-emerged as significant players. More »
Microsoft And AOL Step Up Their Mobile Services
3rd April 2008
A few days ago, Jupiter research had predicted that mobile search ad revenues would touch $5 billion over the next 5 years. Microsoft and AOL are both taking this statement very seriously. They are working very hard to improve their mobile offerings in an effort to make up for the loss of market share in desktop search. More »
AOL Buys Social Network Bebo For GBP 420 Million
14th March 2008
AOL has announced that it will acquire Bebo, the UK-based social media network, for £422 million in cash. Randy Falco, CEO of AOL, announced this in an email to all AOL employees on 13th March 2008. More »
US Search Engine Market Share Data – Jan 2008
29th February 2008
comScore has released the latest search engine rankings data for the United States, and Google is once again at the top of the heap with almost 53% market share. More »
Yahoo! Courts AOL In Bid To Make Microsoft Jealous
12th February 2008
The board of directors at Yahoo, have not taken very kindly to Microsoft’s unsolicited takeover bid of $45 billion or approximately $31 per share, which they feel is too low. In an attempt to shield themselves from Microsoft, Yahoo! executives have reportedly revived merger talks with AOL Times Warner. More »
Online Marketing Predictions For 2008
7th January 2008
We have looked at some of the leading tech blogs and heard what search marketing professionals had to say on popular forums. Based on the collective brain power of all the professionals and contributors at ReadWriteWeb, ValleyWag, TechCrunch, SearchEngineWatch and WebProWorld we have compiled a list of our favourite predictions for 2008: More »
AOL Mobile Promises Users A Near Desktop Experience
28th November 2007
AOL Mobile launched this week in the UK after a successful 4-month beta period in the US. AOL claims that the service will offer a “real web” user experience with advanced functionality through its Search, Email and Web Surf features. More »
New Search Measurement Report From comScore
22nd August 2007
qSearch 2.0 is the new search measurement report from comScore. The new report goes beyond traditional search to encompass other forms, such as multimedia and shopping searches, that occur on the Internet. Keeping the variety of searches that are carried out on a wider variety of platforms in mind, the new comScore reports will include data from: More »
RSS
Twitter
Facebook