Microsoft beats Google in patent ruling over Xbox technology – the InquirerMicrosoft has won a $1.8 million ruling in the first of two patent lawsuits against Google's Motorola Mobility over the use of its technology in the Xbox console.
Wavvii was founded by former Microsoft employee Adrian Aoun in 2009 and has raised around $2 million in seed funding so far. Google has acquired news summarization start-up Wavii for more than $30 million.
Are these changes significant enough to appease rival companies such as Microsoft? The European Commission is now seeking feedback on Google's cosmetic search result changes that aim to settle a years-long antitrust investigation.
Google search manipulation starves some websites of traffic – PCWorldHarvard Business School associate professor Ben Edelman, who is a paid Microsoft consultant, puts out another anti-Google study, this time on flight search, and reports an "85...
Microsoft decided to let Bing Ads users import their Google AdWords accounts directly into Bing Ads. Microsoft had the resources to challenge Google and thankfully for all of us, they did. It was one of those moments in time I bet many Microsoft...
February), followed by Microsoft sites with 3.4 billion (up 13 percent), Yahoo sites with 2.4 billion (up 14 percent), Ask Network with 540 million (up 14 percent), and finally AOL with 321 million (up 5 percent).
The European Commission (EC) has been investigating Google's alleged "anticompetitive" internet search service since 2010, after a number of companies lead by Microsoft complained that Google was abusing its dominant position in the internet...
Google foes FairSearch, made up of Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle among others, filed a complaint accusing Android of being a "Trojan Horse" and promoting Google apps. Google is the subject of yet another anti-competitiveness complaint, this one from...
Companies known to have complained to the EU include Microsoft. Microsoft's search engine Bing has owned a small margin of the search market. Most recently, the EU has questioned whether Googles's unified privacy policy is legal, and was sued by...
Microsoft is on the attack again, this time slamming Google Play for the information it shares when users buy apps. The attack ads coincide with another European antitrust complaint orchestrated by Microsoft relating to Google's Android software.
EMarketer predicts Google will remain the leader in display ad revenues in 2013 with $3.11 billion in 2013, followed by Facebook ($2.75 billion), Yahoo ($1.37 billion), Microsoft ($760 million) and AOL ($540 million).
Most SEO professionals will spend time in Microsoft Office. Quick Login for Google Accounts Do you have multiple logins for personal and professional Google Accounts? I do and the Quick Login for Google Accounts extension is an absolute godsend!
Having worked at both major search platforms (Bing Ads and Google AdWords), I've found the more I understand about one system, the more I understand about the other. Google AdWords Quality Score Google uses it as a factor to calculate your rank...
We’re constantly updating and refining the Bing search experience," a Microsoft spokesperson told Search Engine Watch. The underlyings of authorship markup on Google link directly to Google+, where your identity has been verified.
Ask Speakers Jason Dailey and Brian Utter of Microsoft. Three sessions featured at this year's SES New York conference are particularly interesting because they focus on paid search advertising beyond Google AdWords.
Microsoft recently used a hashtag on Facebook, the logo #Reborn, in a graphic to announce the relaunch of its "Tomb Raider" video game. Google+, Pinterest, and even Facebook subsidiary Instagram commonly make use of the symbols.
In February 2013, Google sites, driven primarily by video viewing at YouTube, ranked as the top online video content property with 150.7 million unique viewers, followed by Facebook with 61.2 million, VEVO with 49.5 million, NDN with 46.3 million...
Google sites led the way with 12.3 billion searches (down 6 percent) followed by Microsoft sites with 3 billion searches (down 6 percent), Yahoo sites with 2.1 billion (down 5 percent), Ask Network with 475 million (down 11 percent), and AOL with...
But is Microsoft "scroogling" itself by pushing a campaign focused on Google instead of touting its own benefits? It's the Scroogled campaign that paints Google as the creepy guy who stalks you with binoculars and sifts through your underwear...
Web browser rivals Google and Opera tipped off the EC about Microsoft's violations, according to the Financial Times. However the EC took 14 months to begin investigating Microsoft for the violation, which the FT says was spurred by complaints from...
