Peter Kafka of AllThingsD reported last night that “YouTube and its owner Google have agreed to buy a minority stake in VEVO, according to people familiar with the deal, which hasn’t been finalized. The deal would strengthen YouTube’s top position...
Even back in April of this year, Yahoo and Google were reportedly talking about striking a search deal, despite their being shut down by regulators in 2008 before Yahoo turned to Microsoft. Mayer did say on closing the deal these funds would be...
Repeating the same exact keywordized anchor over and over and over again, on every site that you deal with for 6 months. Don't set limits on who you'll deal with. Make sure you're listed in all the local services like Yahoo Local and Google Places.
Certainly you can see a great deal of funding going to pure SEO plays like BrightEdge, Conductor, Ginzametrics, BloomReach, etc.so there's investment to be had on all sides. DJ: I don’t know about adapting technologies – but I do feel that a good...
Eight of Facebook's patents concerned in the lawsuit were acquired as part of a recent deal with IBM. While we are asserting patent claims of our own, we do so in response to Yahoo's short-sighted decision to attack one of its partners and...
According to Sandoval’s sources, “Negotiations with Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Music, appear to be going smoothly – and one of the labels, in fact, may have already wrapped up its deal.
Department of Justice sanctioned the deal allowing Google to close the acquisition within the next few days. Accounting for 9.3 percent of online display spending (up from 8.3 percent in 2010), Google trails market share leader Facebook (16 percent...
In addition to spinning off the site and subscriptions, Hulu was selling a two-year licensing deal for the exclusive content on the site. The top competitors are Yahoo, Amazon, and the Dish Network, but Google has allegedly made an offer for a...
Foursquare and Groupon Planning Distribution Deal - All Things Digital Look out for Groupon deals targeted to Foursquare check-ins. And why are all eyes on Google and not Bing and Yahoo? Google Search Patterns Could Track MRSA Spread - Wired Search...
Google strikes biggest letting deal this year in London, to grab huge West End office space. Yahoo hope to expand their "premium inventory" with their publishing partners. Yahoo Buys Advertising Platform 5to1 - TechCrunch
For Yahoo Japan that would mean a deal to transfer 35 percent of its stake to Softbank Corp, one of the largest telecom and media companies in the country, which could take place in coming weeks. Early this month, Reuters reported that Yahoo is...
Overstock.com Lands in Google's Penalty Box Over Links-for-Discounts Deal by Danny Goodwin Google Antitrust Deal in Works? Yahoo Brings #1 Finance site to the iPad! Yahoo News Ooyala And Yahoo Collaborate On Capturing Japan's Online Video Market...
Normally, events like SES London 2011 generate a great deal of buzz during the conference. Bing and Yahoo will allow advertisers to use trademarked terms in their PPC keywords starting next month, according to paidContent, suggesting they allowed...
Dropping a URL in a comment isn't a big deal, but mixing in some anchor text in the "Name:" section is a spammy signal. Cost/Benefit: With the exception of Yahoo and DMOZ, directories are an enormous waste of time and resources.
Japan Approves Yahoo-Google Search Deal, Microsoft Cries Foul by Frank Watson Yahoo has a deal with Microsoft and Yahoo (Japan) has a deal with Google. Google Signs France Artists Deal to Cool Tensions From Copyright Battles - Bloomberg
Yipit currently aggregates over 130 daily deal services creating a much more comprehensive experience. eWeek has written an interesting article about how Microsoft is worried that an unstable Yahoo could seriously impact the efforts of Bing in the...
Rakuten, Japan's largest online shopping mall operator, has asked Japan's Fair Trade Commission to review the search dealGoogle cut with Yahoo Japan. Google-Yahoo Japan Deal May Face FTC Scrutiny By Danny Goodwin
David Lawee, head of Google's M&A group, is on track to close a deal every two weeks on average, in Google's most deal-heavy year ever. Bartz conceded that their 40 percent stake in Alibaba "tower[s] over the value of Yahoo," downplayed the recent...
AOL is currently gauging the offers of several companies to power its search as its $700 million-a-year deal with Google is set to expire in December. The existing AOL-Googledeal is worth around $700 million a year so the bids for the upcoming...
The latest deal was just signed with the publication New York, along the same lines as the two others. As part of its Twitter deal, the social LBS firm is feeding its data alongside that of Localeze, the local search business directory management...