Microsoft revealed a few new logo design concepts during a Design Day presentation in Norway, including a white and gold "boomerang" logo for its Bing search engine: Or you can check out the full 45 minute "Re-Imagining of Microsoft" presentation...
No More Quick View in Google Search – Google Operating SystemGoogle removes the ability to see PDF or Microsoft Office files from the search results. Microsoft beats Google in patent ruling over Xbox technology – the InquirerMicrosoft has won a...
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...
It was one of those moments in time I bet many Microsoft executives would like to revisit. The day they decided that Bing Ads (formerly known as Microsoft adCenter) had to be different from AdWords. Microsoft had the resources to challenge Google...
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. We have had to take this action in an effort to protect our business and attract...
Microsoft's search engine Bing has owned a small margin of the search market. Companies known to have complained to the EU include Microsoft. Most recently, the EU has questioned whether Googles's unified privacy policy is legal, and was sued by...
This complaint adds to Microsoft's regulatory attacks on Google, which is already under investigation in Europe for allegedly "anticompetitive" search practices that FairSearch claims gives Google's shopping and travel businesses unfair advantages...
EMarketer report forecasts Yahoo will grow its U.S.search ad revenues by 7 percent to $1.23 billion in 2013, but still lose search share to Google and Microsoft. Google will take 73.7 percent of U.S.search ad revenues, while Microsoft will reach...
Most SEO professionals will spend time in Microsoft Office. It’s important to stay up to date when you work in search and every SEO should be spending some time each day learning or keeping up with industry news.
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. There must be 101 misconceptions about quality score on blogs and discussion...
We’re constantly updating and refining the Bing search experience," a Microsoft spokesperson told Search Engine Watch. Rather, they seem to highlight the search term. In another search, different results appear.
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. Michael Freeman, senior search manager at ShoreTel Sky, which provides enterprises with hosted VoIP phone...
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...
I don't have to tell you which role has been cast to Microsoft in this search Lifetime movie. The purpose of the Scroogled campaign isn't to convince you Microsoft is the better search and email alternative.
The European Commission (EC) hit Microsoft with a €561 million fine Wednesday, after the firm failed to keep its promise of offering Windows users a choice of web browsers. Web browser rivals Google and Opera tipped off the EC about Microsoft's...
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, 51st, $15.2 billion. Here's a quick rundown of search, social, and tech notables on the list. Forbes has released its annual list of the world’s billionaires. While most of the richest people in the world remain the...
