Industry.
Google Study Examines Organic/PPC Interplay
A new Google study examines a common question from advertisers: Are PPC ads redundant when combined with prominent organic ranking? The study reveals that the PPC ads have,…
Bing Tests New Home Page “Live Tiles” Design, PPC Ads in Organic Results
A couple noteworthy new tests from Bing have been spotted in recent days. One is a redesigned home page similar to Bing’s…
Google Closing Down Labs
Google has announced that its Labs project, an incubation chamber that spawned Gmail, Goggles, Maps, Reader, and other products, will be shut…
Google Directory Has Been Shut Down
Google's Directory, a relic of eras past, has been removed – with essentially no fanfare. This shutdown is part of a broader…
Google Halts Support for Firefox Toolbar
Google recently announced that it would be halting support for the Google Toolbar on Mozilla Firefox. While Google and Mozilla have long…
Summer Travel Search: Are We There Yet?
Clicks to travel sites from search engines are up 10 percent year-over-year reaching to 272 million in June 2011. This annual search…
Google+ Takes No-Nonsense Policy on User Identity & Community Standards
Google+ has been banning accounts that seem to be using fake names and discussing ways in which celebrity identities can be verified.…
Google Logo Honors Mobile Inventor Alexander Calder
Google logo today is of a mobile. Alexander Calder, born 113 years ago in 1898, may not have invented the baby mobile,…
Yahoo Q2 2011 Report: Revenue Hurts While Income Grows
Yahoo's second quarter report doesn't look pretty at first glance: GAAP revenue is down 23 percent. However, the operating income for the…
Bing Satisfaction on the Rise, Facebook Customers Unsatisfied
In the 2011 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), Bing saw a strong rise is satisfaction, though Google remains the search engine with…
Google Buys Social Networking Site Fridge, Scoops up JustSpotted Team for Google+
Google has acquired and hired some new talent to beef up its Google+ social project group. Google acquired social networking startup Fridge…
Who is Using Google+ and How Often [Stats]
Google+ now boasts an estimated 18 million users. To find out who the early adopters are, research firm Experian Hitwise has released…
Bing Man On The Moon Homage Makes Space for Way Ahead
Whilst Google celebrated the father of genetics, Gregor Mendel, with a Google Doodle today, Bing paid homage to Moon day which celebrates…
Google vs Copiepresse Copyright Tension Settled
Copiepresse, a copyright management company for Belgian newspapers, has had a long history of tension with Google. Now, after five years of…
Microsoft’s Accidental Leak of Tulalip Social Search
Socl.com, a domain name recently purchased by Microsoft, briefly posted a landing page for a service called Tulalip. While it's now been…
Gregor Mendel Google Logo Gives Peas a Chance
Today's Google Doodle is written in pea pod shells to mark the work of Gregor Mendel, a monk, who is considered to…
Google Tries To Stop Spread of Malware With Warning Above Search Results
Google now warns you if it appears you have a specific piece of malware that uses proxies to send data to and…
The Future of the Bing-Twitter Partnership
After having lost its deal with Google, Twitter is now at risk of losing the chance to re-up with Bing. Both Bing…
Is it Time to Cull Your Social Networks?
Friends. Followers. Contacts. Circles. Social networks can be fun and productive for work or pleasure, but sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn…
What Goodies Does Google+ Hold for International Search Marketers?
One key benefit of Google+ for international search engine marketers is that it supports 42 different languages, from Arabic to Vietnamese. Here’s…
How Google Impacts Our Memory
A new study has demonstrated that internet technologies, especially search engines, have changed the way we remember information: We now focus on…
Google Tests Locked Search Box, New-Look Instant Previews
Apparently not content with its recent makeover, Google is testing a new search interface that locks the top navigation bar, search box,…
Bing Releases Updated Weather & Finance Tools
The search engine game has become as much about offering powerful side services as it is about giving the best SERP results.…
Google News Badges: Now Searching News Has Gone Social
Google News has announced a gaming-inspired program, offering badges for using Google News as your portal for primary news. Google now lets…
Killer Technology: Gutenberg to Zuckerberg and Beyond
Each new technology that comes about is a killer of this or that is a direct result of sensationalism surrounding – unfortunately…
Page 78 of 521