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Search Engine Watch Welcomes Lisa Barone!
We're glad to officially welcome Lisa Barone to our team of expert contributors. Barone, VP of Strategy at Overit, is one of the most well-known and respected writers…
Insights From 7th Graders About Google, Smartphones, Panda, Privacy & Paid Search
How do teenagers feel about Google, Facebook, smartphones, privacy, and Panda? Here are some lessons gleaned from the students’ comments, questions, and…
Google Submits Response to EC Antitrust Regulators
Google has submitted a response to the European Commission. Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia confirmed that Google submitted the documents just in time…
Victorious Over Google & AOL, Vringo Targets Microsoft in Search Patent Suit
The suit alleges that Microsoft infringed on two search patents owned by I/P Engine. Vringo successfully sued Google and AOL for $30…
Facebook Mobile Ad Revenues Surge, But Profits Slump
Facebook's fourth quarter results show that around 23 percent of its total fourth quarter advertising revenue ($305 million) came from mobile. Use…
Jackie Robinson Google Doodle Celebrates Major League Baseball Trailblazer
Celebrating what would have been his 94th birthday, Google in honoring Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball,…
Why & How Google Hands Over Users’ Data to Governments
When Google is able to, it notifies users that someone has come knocking for their information – whether it's search query history,…
Twitter: Government User Data Requests Grow, 81% From U.S.
Governments from around the world made 1,858 requests for Twitter data during the second half of 2012. That is compared to the…
Yahoo Grows Search Revenues, Paid Clicks, Profits
Quarterly search revenues climbed by 4 percent year-on-year, while paid clicks climbed by 11 percent over the same period. Yahoo's display ad…
Rio SEO Integrates Social Sharing, Search Marketing Tools
The combined suite of software, now renamed to Rio SEO Social Media Suite, includes three products that assist with large-scale, social-sharing campaign…
Google Faces Safari Tracking Lawsuit in UK
Twelve plaintiffs have banded together in the UK to file a lawsuit against Google, which could open Google to damage payments –…
Google: Image Search Overhaul Will Deliver Higher Click-Through Rates
Google has announced that it will be rolling out an overhaul to its image search function. This will provide a more prominent…
Google Transparency Report Adds Details on Subpoenas, Search Warrants, Court Orders
Between July and December of 2012, 68 percent of the personal data requests Google received from government entities in the U.S. were…
Google Earnings: 2012 Revenue of $50 Billion, Q4 Revenue of $14 Billion, CPCs Fall
Online search giant Google exceeded forecasters' expectations with reported revenues of $14.42 billion for the last quarter of 2012. This is an…
The Year in Search & Social Marketing: Highs & Lows of 2012
Everyone loves the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Let's take a trip down memory lane to review the winning…
Google UK Search Market Share Dips to Lowest Level in 5 Years: 88%
Google controlled 88.35 percent of the search market in December, down from 89.12 percent the month before and down from 91.15 percent…
Google Chrome to Encrypt All Searches
Google's Chrome web browser sends search results from its Omnibox - the box used to type in URLs - to Google. Now…
Google Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day With Annual Doodle
As they have for the past 7 years, Google honored Dr. King with a new Doodle. Coloring the Google logo in a…
Yahoo’s Shashi Seth Follows Another Exec Out the Door
Shashi Seth, Senior VP of the Connections business unit, has announced he's leaving Yahoo. During his three and a half years at…
Hit the Ice in Google’s Playable Zamboni Doodle
Google's Doodle today celebrates Frank Zamboni, the creator of the standard in ice cleaning and resurfacing for ice rinks the world over.…
False Google Malware Warning Blocks Access to Tech News Websites
Google blocked access to some popular websites yesterday after falsely detecting malware in ads from the isocket ad network, angering its founder…
Google Search Market Share Slips as Bing & Yahoo Gain
Google couldn’t grow its record-breaking U.S. search market share beyond 67 percent in December, comScore reported. Meanwhile, Bing continued its incremental gains,…
Yahoo Brings Flickr Images Back to Search Results
The new image search allows you to find photos available for re-use using the Creative Commons licensing terms using a standard Yahoo…
Google Launches Zavers Digital Coupon Service
Google have launched a new digital coupon called Zavers. The coupon enables retailers and manufacturers to reward customers with coupons relevant to…
Crowdfunding Campaigns and Sites are Popping Up Everywhere
Since the JOBS Act was signed into law in April 2012, crowdfunding campaigns and platforms have been growing like wildflowers. There are…
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