Send an email to bns@microsoft.com Just because it’s published doesn’t mean anyone will find value in it. In the long run, the brand names secure rankings through depth of content, trust in brand and user interaction (searchers clicking a SERP...
Microsoft shouldn’t make money on Android devices, Google will run Motorola independently, and Apple Siri is a “significant” rival to Google search, according to Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt.
FTC official wary of Google, Microsoft privacy tools - MarketWatch While AOL has a 5 year deal to use Google for their search results, it seems they may be using Microsoft for their content SEO, according to their recently leaked Master Plan.
Interestingly, many have written that Google can't be beaten simply because they now have such extensive resources that no one -- apart from possibly Microsoft or Amazon -- could actually deploy sufficient resources in terms of servers to even...
Microsoft Adds Live Search Instant Answers to Internet Explorer 8 Search Box Posted by Nathania Johnson Feb 4, 2009 Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) now features Live Search Instant Answers in the search box.
Live Search Flags Questionable Sites Posted by Nathania Johnson Dec 3, 2008 Microsoft's Live Search is now flagging sites which they deem questionable in terms of malware. Google Makes New Ad Quality Videos Posted by Frank Watson Dec 3, 2008...
Look Out PageRank, There's a New Algorithm in Town SEM CROSSFIRE Microsoft recently published research on a new algorithm it calls BrowseRank, which is based on user behavior instead of linking patterns.
Department of Justice has also started a formal investigation of the Google/Yahoo partnership that was formed to derail Microsoft's takeover attempt. That's the committee that crucified Microsoft 10 years ago.
The blogs you may want to visit first are the official blogs of Google AdWords, Microsoft adCenter, and Yahoo Search Marketing. Fellow SEW Expert David Szetela, CEO of Clix Marketing, says new employees study Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft AdCenter...
Microsoft’s Ballmer Plays Down ‘Faddish’ Facebook, Plays Up Ad-Supported Software, paidContent We don't have definitive answers to those questions yet, but those are questions definitely at the forefront of many search marketers thinking about...
AP, Microsoft Joint Venture Video PlatformThe Associated Press is launching a new Microsoft-powered video platform to help its news affiliates better monetize their online video content. Superpages Adds Virtual Earth MapsSuperpages.com has upgraded...
Not discussed in the article is Microsoft's "Photosynth," which is an interesting hypothetical application and extension of all this technology. The purpose of the demo is to illustrate to standard web users, how Ask.com provides easy to use tools...
Philipp Lenssen reports that Google is testing a link to open your Microsoft Excel documents within Google's Spreadsheets application. The purpose of the demo is to illustrate to standard web users, how Ask.com provides easy to use tools and quick...
Microsoft, and IBM, but nothing on the scale of the outpouring of intellectual property published and assigned to Google - I uncovered 15 new patent applications from the Mountain View search giant.
There were some interesting new patent applications this week from Yahoo, Microsoft, and IBM, but nothing on the scale of the outpouring of intellectual property published and assigned to Google - I uncovered 15 new patent applications from the...
Brief: Microsoft MSN Adopts ValueClick Comparison-Shopping Engine, InformationWeek Eyetracking is a very important tool for understanding search—the process is so fast, and the cognitive clues so subtle, it's a great way to capture behavior.We've...
Microsoft adCenter began inviting selected advertisers into the ContentAds pilot, which is expected to begin displaying contextual ads across selected Microsoft ContentAds Inviting Advertisers into Pilot
Microsoft had two new patent applications published, including one which provides a means of suggesting alternative spellings for words, and another that interacts with searchers to help them construct queries.
Google, Yahoo and others team up against click fraud from News.com covers The Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Media Rating Council partnering with Ask, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and others to form the @Click Measurement Working Group.
Microsoft unveils a patent application that could be the inspiration for Windows Live QnA, a process for removing unlinked documents from a search engine's index, an approach for presenting relevant snippets with search results, a means of...
