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Is Google Copying Bing Image Search Results Layout? If you have been paying attention to what Google has been doing as of late to improve its user experience, you might be noticing something strange. It seems that almost every time...
Yahoo! Pens An Online Writing Style Guide I'm not even sure what to make of this one. Yahoo has announced that on July 6th they will be releasing the "Yahoo! Style Guide" for online writing. This is Yahoo. You know, the same company that talks up how it will still be a search company despite not actually doing search anymore after Bing fully assimilates the Yahoo search offering in the upcoming months.
Google Runs Super Bowl Ad, Sky Doesn't Fall Many people seem to be either shocked or aghast that Google would actually run a Super Bowl ad. There are some who think that it is a sign of weakness or fear that there is a chink in the great Google armor. There are those that just figured that Google should never need to advertise because they are, after all, Google. Well, I think that the Google ad...
"It's the Applications, Dummy!", Says Google Google is being so intensely aggressive on the local search side that there is no denying that local search is the play of the future. With the continued proliferation of...
Jobs Calls Bull$&%# on Google I hope it doesnt get much worse but the war of devices between Apple and Google is quickly deteriorating into a war of words. This type of war never ends well when it is played out in the public forum. Steve Jobs has set a very low bar with regard to standards by some of his words following the iPad announcement. Considering how he sounded...
From Lab to Beta: Google's Social Search For All Its rare that Google gets trumped on news but with all the Apple iPad (insert your favorite disgusting nickname here) hoopla from yesterday the announcement that Googles social search is now in beta for all to use kinda slipped by. After a little reading on the subject there may be a good reason for this. In other words...
Be Careful Who Your Friends Are As more and more layers of the Google v China spy activity and accusations continue to get peeled back this onion really is starting to stink a bit. It appears as if the victims of Googlegate (you like that one?) were not just those labeled as human rights activists. In fact, it has been discovered that friends of employees of many of the companies...
Bing! Is That Apple Calling? Yesterday I looked at the idea that Microsoft was playing the nice corporate citizen to a European group by agreeing to purge data from their search engine after 6 months and then asking for...
Microsoft Pulling a Google in Europe? I realize that what I am about to write is a stretch but just go with it for a minute. In the past week we have seen Google act as if they are standing up to the Chinese government...
Google's China Issue an Inside Job? We have seen and heard so much in the past week about the cyber attacks in mid-December on Google that originated from China that now the story has shifted. Of course assessing the damage and closing the holes that exist at Google are a main priority not to mention that Washington is pretty interested in putting more detail on Chinas...
Google Offers Mobile Search Suggestions Despite the early rough sledding for the Nexus One device, Google is moving on and making improvements to local search on your mobile device. Recently the Near me now...
Yahoo Adds Feature to Import Google Adwords Campaigns I just scanned the last six posts here at MP and they all have the Google logo attached to them. Whats strange about this story is that while Yahoo is announcing...
Germany Cries Monopoly and Doesn't Even Collect $200 It looks like Deutschland has a bee in its bonnet about Google. Apparently it is using the dreaded M word monopol which, according to Googles own translation tool is the German form...
Google and China: Maybe They Can't Get Along Google has again shaken the Internet tree in a way that will raise more than a few eyebrows. In a nutshell, Google is reassessing its working relationship with the worlds largest potential market, China, as a result of recent security breaches. How this plays out over time could have significant impact on how China and the world get along economically.
AOL Employees to Be "Involuntarily Laid Off" Back in November we talked about AOLs need to trim their headcount by some 2,500 people. At the time the hope was that enough would walk away from their positions to avert...
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Gives Herself A Grade... ... for Her First Year. Its hard to believe that its already been almost one year that Carol Bartz has taken the top position at Yahoo! She officially celebrates the one-year...
Bing Needs to Say Something Different If you are easily the number 3 horse in a three horse race does it do you any good to start saying negative things about how you race? Probably not. In fact, its probably better for you to act a little more confident, train a little harder and do something that will move you out of the basement.
For Google Maps It's Not the Problem but How You Handle It How many times have you heard it said in business (or anywhere for that matter) that how you respond to a problem is more important than the problem itself? Its said over and over...
Google Tells What is "Near You Now" Whats with Google and their constant upgrades and innovations? What is it with these guys? You would think that they are trying to improve and stuff. The latest, and personally...
2010: The Year of Google v. Apple? It appears that not just the Year of Mobile is being christened this January but new competitive lines are being drawn as well between Internet giants Google and Apple. Yes, its time to officially...
Google Analytics Adds Annotation Feature Google Analytics is one of the most robust offerings by the search giant and it manages to fly under the radar a little bit. It has almost become ubiquitous for a large number of...
As Advertising Evolves Google Talks About Barbie Advertising is morphing and evolving at a rapid pace. That pace still hasnt moved the online space too far down its own evolutionary road yet. That is at least according to Nikesh Arora, president of Googles sales operations. In an interview with the Financial Times he gave some insight into how the online advertising world is shaping up and the role that Google intends to play in it.
Search Neutrality? As expected it looks like this week may be a bit light in the news department. Thats fine. Everyone needs a break from time to time. So as I am looking around this morning I come across an op-ed piece in the New York Times that is written by Adam Raff, a co-founder of Foundem, an Internet technology company.
Google Still A Distant Second To Baidu in China When the world looks at areas where the pure numbers are pretty staggering its the sheer size and potential of the Chinese market. Lets face it there are a lot of Chinese folks.
Google and Yelp a "No Go" As the great Yogi Berra once said, It aint over til its over and the deal between Yelp and Google is the latest proof of that. In the Internet space in particular an extra dose of caution is recommended when hearing a rumor (i.e. something that comes on good authority and is almost a done deal) to take a step back and give the rumor a chance to breathe.
Yikes! Google to Acquire Yelp!? You know how marketers will burn unused budget before the end of the year, so they dont lose it next year? Apparently Google must have some end of the year M & A funds lying around to spend. The word is that they are ready to acquire the local business review site Yelp for a tidy sum. What a way to end the year.
Google Services Takes the Audi A8 for a Spin Google is taking mobile very seriously, as in they are partnering with Audi to bring Google services including Google Earth to the A8. This marks the continuation of Googles attempts...
A bit.ly of Interesting News So you are bit.ly and you just suffered through the announcement that your already crowded area of the Internet space has been sat on by the 800 pound Google gorilla with their announcement of the arrival of their own URL shortening service. That can make for a rough day. Sure competition is a good thing because all ships rise with a rising tide.
Personal Search for All Presents Confusion for Many This week the other shoe dropped when Google announced that personalization of search was being given to everyone using the search engine and not just those who are logged in with...
Oh No! Google's Buying Twitter Again? Rev up the rumor mill engines! Were not sure what the expiration date is on this one either so we better get on it fast. It appears that the fresh, French air at the LeWeb conference...
Even More Google Updates Google sure knows how to make an announcement. In the past 48 hours or so there have been updates to how personalization of search occurs, the unveiling of several new real-time / social / mobile features but that isnt all the Google has decided to unleash on the market.
AOL's SEO "Strategery" Is this a classic case of meet the new boss, its the same as the old boss (hat tip to Roger Daltrey and the boys)? It is being revealed that AOL has a plan to bring itself back to prominence and it is oddly reminiscent of the companys past AND its CEOs past as well. How you ask? Well, apparently there is a concerted effort underway to generate...
Yahoo Post Top Searches For 2009 Yesterday, Andy took a look at the top searches for bing in 2009 (am I supposed to capitalize bing or not, someone PLEASE clear that up for me).
Google Has Changed The Way We Look At Online Advertising News flash! Google makes a lot of cash on paid search ads. Phew. I couldnt keep that news in any longer. We are so used to that element of Google and the online space that it is really just viewed as a fact of life and not much else thought is given to it unless you are a PPC guru...
Aol... Period? I wanted to put the new rendering of the once iconic brand of America Online (AOL) as the headline just to see how it looks. It looks... weird.
Germany Banning Google Analytics? At one point in time US President John F. Kennedy triumphantly declared Ich bin ein Berliner! in a speech to the German people. Now the debate rages on as to whether the president proclaimed he was a Berlin citizen or a donut but thats for another blog.
Google Adds Image Swirl To The Lab Google continues to play around in the lab trying to come up with something to create a better end user experiment. They sure seem busy over there in Mountain View...
Google Hires Microsoft's In an admittedly slow news day it is noteworthy to tell you that earlier in the week Google made a strategic hire if for no other reason than the hire was just at Microsoft...
The End Of Free Content? The end of what you ask? The end of the newspaper industry? Sure, why not? Thats an easy one and we talk about that probably way too much. The end of free content?
Google Moves Closer To Real Time Search With Caffeine Data Center Since August Google has been experimenting with and testing its new Caffeine project for improving the indexing ability of the search giant. As Andy reported in August, there is a real shift to moving toward real time (read social media) results in this new environment.
Google Joins the Dashboard Set Everywhere in business these days you hear about dashboards. Dashboards for marketing, dashboards for the C-suite and even dashboards for dashboards. If dashboards are so popular...
Google Feeds Its Spiders Just in time for Halloween, Google has given us a chance to put together a very timely and pithy headline (although I have to give credit where credit is due " hat tip to Andy).
Google Wins Over the City of Angels Google went a long way toward answering the naysayers of their Google Apps offering. How you ask? By winning a contract to provide e-mail and other Internet services to the City of Los Angeles. Nice get. While winning a contract is just the first step in proving that Google is a serious threat to the stronghold of Microsofts software business, its a pretty big step.
Bingahoo Delayed a Month or Two (or More)? For all of the drama and the back and forth of the Microsoft and Yahoo courtship from the summer its almost laughable to learn that the two still dont have all the details ironed out yet.
Facebook and Bing - Perfect Together? Big day yesterday. Bing announces it is getting Twitter results for its index ahead of Google announcing the same thing. I wonder if that is a balm for Mr.Ballmer that at least he one-upped Google on one occasion. But wait there appears to be yet another rabbit that Microsoft can pull out of its hat. Drum roll please. Its Facebook!
Google Social Search Search is changing rapidly and it looks like we are going to need to buckle up to keep up with the changes and, even more likely, the rumored changes. Until I can use something myself (which means the rest of you can as well) then it is all rumor. Experimentation is the order of the day in search and especially as it relates to social search and the holy grail of real time search.
Google Talent in Europe We have spoken before of the task that Google is faced with on a daily basis. While the company attracts the best and the brightest help its...
Google Bigger Than Ever Ever get the feeling that as Google announces more and more services for more and more people at more and more spots on the globe that there is less and less room to go without a primary colored logo looking over you? Now, dont get me wrong. I am feeding this animal as much as the next guy because I use a lot of Googles services. Most of them perform just as advertised...
Bing Steady in September Bing is going to be a monthly issue apparently when it comes to reporting just how good, bad or indifferent their performance has been in the previous month.
Twitter Search - Getting the Good Stuff While talk swirls around Twitter on subjects from video to revenue to biz plans and Bizs plans, there is one that keeps coming up because it is pretty important.
Google Giving The Other Guys a Break? A free pass on what you ask? Well, a free pass on the partnership of Microbing and Yahoo as it morphs into Microbingahoo to provide search from bing that will be sold by Yahoo that will make the online world a better place because of competition. You remember that one, right? Funny how we forget about the big news of the summer when there is no speculation or guessing...
Google Search Results: PDF's PDQ Traditionally, PDFs and search engines have not gotten along as well as most would like. While being indexed is not the problem it once was there...
Twitter Discussing Data with Google and Microsoft We dont need to go over how valuable the data that Twitter gathers can be to the world as a whole. We can sit and bemoan the fact that the search capability leaves something to be desired, however. Of course, when it comes to Twitter the discussion wouldnt be complete unless you discussed how they plan to make money other than getting large VC dollars based on big valuations.
Does Google Need To Be More Minimal Than It Already Is? Google is well known for many things to many people. Of course, search comes to mind. Then theres e-mail and apps and on and on and on. Finally, there is the concern of world domination but thats at least a year or two away so we can all breathe easier.
Yahoo in India is Yellow Yahoo Is busy rebranding itself worldwide. There's plenty of money being pumped into the effort and some research on how to grab someones attention.
How Is Bing Doing? I cant decide if this is newsworthy or just our buddies over at StatCounter trying to get a little pub for themselves. Back in July they were reporting the June...
The Goog, Can You Resist? In the purest sense of the word I am not a Star Trek fan. I cant stand the old show for a lot of reasons but it has produced some pretty funny William Shatner / Capt. Kirk impressions over the years (Chris Farley in Tommy Boy? I ... have...an...idea...). For a brief time though I was a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Jean-Luc Picard, Number One and Data were fun.
Google is More Powerful Continuing to make sure that everyone knows that whatever Google does in the online world is for the greater good, the company has announced its DoubleClick Ad Exchange on the Official Google Blog. Neal Mohan, Vice President of Product Management posts the explanation of how Google is going to make the online advertising world better for everyone (how neighborly of them)...
Google's Gmail with New Themes Gmail had a rough week with its downtime. We talked about that already and here at Marketing Pilgrim, at least, have decided to forgive them " just this once!
Google Search with Insight Over at TechCrunch Michael Arrington has been doling out portions of his interview with Googles Grand High Pubah (thats code for CEO) Eric Schmidt. Its interesting to see what one of the more influential people in the space (and in business overall) sees for the future of the industry / service. There is even some evidence that the folks at Google get some chuckles internally discussing...
Global Search in the Billions According to comScore the number of global searches in July of 2009 topped 100,000,000,000 (thats 100 billion for the calculator crowd). The actual...
What If Gmail Was Gone? Many of the readers of Marketing Pilgrim likely had a rough 100 or so minutes yesterday when Googles popular Gmail application crashed and went dark via the web. Watching the Twitter stream of panic and rage caught in 140 character snapshots was amusing for a while but when everyone tries to out Tweet the next guy with some witty musing on the event it gets real old real quick.
Google and Nessie
Google Power Reader Ever wonder what exactly some of the biggest names in most anything read? Are they looking somewhere that we are not and thats how they got big?
Google Mortgage Quotes Maybe this is the sign that we all needed to really feel that the momentum in the economy has shifted? According to a suit filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina Google may be entering the mortgage quoting business. While Google itself is not part of the suit, it gets prominent mention according to the New York Times. It appears that...
Arabian Yahoo Well, no one can accuse Yahoo of sitting back and waiting for the Microhoo deal to get underway. Instead the soon to be social media destination (or is it already...
Advance Internet Going With Microsoft Microsoft is certainly determined to at least make life a little less sunny for their buddies in Mountain View (thats Google). Of course, we are all familiar with the badda bing! impact of Microsofts re-entry into the search game. That was followed up by the successful unification of two of the search engine worlds biggest threats to Googles search supremacy. So what could be next?
Google: Habit or Best Option? I just got back from the SES San Jose show. Good show. It was interesting to see the search worlds Murderers Row (relax . its a reference to the...
Yahoo Losing More People An announcement that Doug Cutting was leaving Yahoo for start-up Cloudera was big news considering how important he was to Yahoo search business.
Australian Google Gadgets Google has given the good folks who use their Australian engine some social networking features that come with a gaggle of Google gadgets.
Google Is Top Brand Ever have a moment when you see something and you say Well, of course, thats obvious. No surprise there. Then if you actually take the time to...
Bingahoo Ad Dollars Unsuccessful We know that the ink from Steve Ballmers huge pen is barely dry on the documents that christen the new era (or error) of the online marketing industry but inquiring minds want to know whether the masses are on board. In this case, the masses are advertisers who are going to need to gather intelligence regarding the true potential impact of how they allocate search ad spend in the future.
What If Scenarios for Microhoo There are a million opinions about the announcement this week of the Microsoft and Yahoo! joining at the hip (in a businesslike way). Fortunately, it is a big Internet and there is always room for one more. I have been looking at this entire proceeding now for several months and just at the start of this week had become so tired of the chatter around who did or didn't do what that I whined about it.
AOL Hiding Behind Big News With all of news of the new mega Micro-bing-ahoo uber, super, partner / merger (insert your pet name here) in the past 24 hours, AOL tried to sneak one by us.
Google and AOL Valuation Just four years ago Google made a big splash in the Internet space by buying a 5% stake in AOL for $1 billion. Do the math and that placed the...
Web Analytics Consultant Network from Yahoo Just got the email from the Yahoo Analytics man himself, Dennis Mortensen - Yahoo has just launched the Web Analytics Consultant Network (YWACN).
Microhoo, What Will They Do? Just so you are prepared, this post is entirely speculation and conjecture based on my following the Microsoft and Yahoo drama that has been unfolding over the past century or so. As you may guess from the title, I have had enough. Either make it happen or dont. Put us out of our misery here. Think about it. If it takes this long for these two entities to figure out if they...
Yahoo and Microsoft Are a Done Deal It just seems like yesterday that I was whining about getting some kind of a deal done already to end the ongoing drama of the Microsoft " Yahoo dance. Well, I know that the announcement of the deal finally happening has nothing to do with my level of frustration, I can only imagine that there are more than a few relieved folks on both sides of this sometime contentious negotiation.
Chinese Search Baidu Baidu is the search engine of choice for China, at least for now. PaidContent reports that the Chinese company is experiencing Google-esque success...
Google's Washington Presence We have talked on several occasions here at Marketing Pilgrim about Googles Washington, DC connections. Some wonder if there is too much Google in the capitol while others just think its the normal course of big business. Either way you look at it there is no denying that Google is as much a part of the Beltway Bunch as Democrats and Republicans. According to the...
Yahoo Had Results Too While everyone was busy admiring the performance of Apple during the second quarter of this year, other companies were trying to do some business as well.
Yahoo's Newest Home Page As we have talked about in the not so distant past, Yahoo is in the midst of a brand overhaul. Today we will be given the first public look at the new home page...
Helpful and Creepy Google Health Google is so much more than a search engine. Theres Google Apps. Theres Google Mobile. Theres Google Mail. Theres a Google for just about anything.
Microsoft & Yahoo Deal Closing In Please be warned: While there is talk of Yahoo and Microsoft getting close to coming to terms on a search ad deal this is not done. People in the Internet space love to see some information then make assumptions and turn it into a reality. Over at All Things Digital, Kara Swisher is reporting on the this deal and there is plenty of cautionary talk about the deal despite it being close to done.
Microsoft with a Word from the Founder The OS wars are running pretty hot and heavy these days. Whether its Microsoft trying to fend off the European Commission as to the rights to package...
Google Still Leaking Talent Just within the last month there have been reports of the number of defections from Google and the steps that Google has been taking to stop the activity.
Improvements on Google Search Results for Places Google is still going about its search business despite the flurry of activity around its Chrome OS and all other things Google. Today, on the Official...
Rosetta Stone is Suing Rosetta Stone, the company that makes the software that can help you learn any language (according to their advertising that is) is joining the line of companies who are suing Google over trademark infringement in AdWords campaigns. The Washington Post reports says that the company has filed their suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Bing with Zing Just last week the earliest of the early reports claimed that Bing had made some impact in the search engine arms race. Those numbers were met...
Search Pad Launched by Yahoo Yahoo and search seem to be synonymous with news of whether it is going to be bought or sold. Well, today in an attempt to rise above the bing vs. Google talk...
Bing US Search Traffic What would be the best way for a research firm to get some notice in a market that has two or three dominant players that most turn to? Well, get the first numbers into the market place around how well Bing has performed for Microsoft. Reuters reports that StatCounter, a Dublin based research firm has done just that. The company is based in Dublin and has published results...
Yahoo Branding and What It Means For a while now there has been a lot of talk of the new and improved Yahoo. Since Carol Bartz took over as CEO there has been a more...
China Want Google Porn Gone As reported last week, China told Google that they didnt want their pornography. Google filters for pornography on their Chinese sites werent living up...
Germany Google Street View Changes Image Google has taken a serious step in Deutschland regarding how much data they keep for their Street View service. This offering has been the target...
Bing Buzz
Google Patching Leaks Google is often a victim of its own success. While there is little cause to go out and throw a pity party for them, it is an interesting study to see...
Tiny Chirp From Twitter Search While there is a lot of hubbub around the impact that Bing is having on the overall search engine landscape, there is another that is joining the search race.
Google Orders Bing Study? I am from the Tri-State area (NY/NJ/CT area that is within striking distance of New York City) originally so I am used to the New York Post.
Click Fraud, Lawsuit and Bing So you thought the search engines had click fraud under control to a degree? Has Googles See No Click Fraud, Hear No Click Fraud approach made you curious but you just figure its part of the search marketing landscape so get used to it? Well, decision engine pioneer, Microsoft, may have crossed into some uncharted territory by suing a suspected click fraud perpetrator...
Government Uneasy About Google Book Settlement? Just as Google is trying to secure friends in high places in the halls of Washington, DC it is hearing that its class action book settlement from October...
Google To Buy Small Technologies? Google CEO Eric Schmidt told the Fox Business Network that Google is in the market to buy smaller technology players. For most this comes as no surprise.
Bing Leaves Yahoo In the Dust It is really early in the Bing v. All Things Search battle there are claims that Bing has passed Yahoo Search to claim the number 2 search spot (of course, that tiny dot on the horizon is Google which isnt even bothered by this). TechCrunch and others are talking about how this is, at the very least, a promising start for the folks at Microsoft as they try to be the Google Slayer.
Yahoo's Bartz Microsoft Ridicule Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz had plenty to say about what it would take for Microsoft and Yahoo to strike a search deal. The exact phrasing was boatloads of cash.
Google Debates Beta Status of Big Offerings It is curious that the most recognizable brand in the world, Google, seems to be afraid to truly step out into the real world in many instances. As pointed out by Michael Arrington at Tech Crunch, 4 out of the 5 core Google apps offerings are still in Beta. The very recognizable names are Gmail, Google Docs, Google Talk and Google Calendar with Google sites being the only one that does not carry the Beta label.
Yahoo Wants to be on the Social Networking Boat For Yahoo it appears as if the good ship Search Business has left the dock and Yahoo is just waving as it goes merrily off into the horizon. In other words, they missed the boat.
Google Won't Buy NYT but May Offer Some Help In the tenuous world of new world online giant vs old world media giant (Google vs. the New York Times) there appears to be some attempts to make peace of sorts.
Google's Street View is Greek to Them Googles attempt to have a picture of everything on this Google earth that we are allowed to live on has created more privacy concerns. This time the complaints are coming...
The Google Times? Not Anytime Soon Apparently Google was doing some window-shopping recently but decided to pass on one item for sale; a stake in the Grand Daddy of Them All, the New York Times. The Business Insider reports that Harbinger Capital has put its 19% stake in the newspaper on sale. It was just last year that the investor acquired the stake but is now looking for a buyer to remove the portfolio buster from...
Google REALLY Wants You To Like Them Google has been getting a lot attention as of late. Unfortunately for them a lot of it has to do with the government and the variety of sundry concerns around that like monopolies, anti-trust, lobbying and general political activity.
Twitter Plans to Squash Google's Spider? Twitter is always making news. Now they are putting together a robust search service that may help them get that news out faster and more efficiently than Google itself. Rafe Needleman over at cnet put together a report shortly after speaking directly to Twitters new VP of Operations, Santosh Jayaram, who was VP of Search Quality for Google until recently...
Another 3,000 Microsoft Lays Offs In January Microsoft announced about 5,000 workers would be laid off over the 18 months. The first wave was 1,400 and most of those were in the US.
Google HQ Moving to DC? It seems that the most news about Google these days comes from their relationship with politicians and political-bossprocess in Washington, DC rather than making money selling advertising through its search engine. Recently, its been discussed here that the FTC is interested in Google CEO, Eric Schmidts, position on the board of Google and Apple as well as his appointment...
Public Data More Usable from Google In what is being called just a start, Google has introduced the ability to better search and then actually use public data. The data that being used in this...
Google Toolbar Lab Now Open Dont have anything to do this weekend? Wondering how you are going to fill the hours between now and whenever then is for you? How about kicking around the new Google Toolbar Labs for a while. The Google blog announced the new opportunity to test things out and help those crazy Googlers improve on the Google toolbar. Just as Google Labs and Gmail Labs...
Yahoo Cancels Geocities The new Yahoo story continues to evolve on what seems a daily basis. No longer a business fantasy land of oddball executive titles (Chief Yahoo) and...
Yahoo APT Platform As with many things in Yahoo these days, the conversation has been altered by the CEO Carol Bartz. Check out the Jerry Yang post from last September.
pubCenter Now Open Microsoft is rolling out its answer to Googles AdSense and the Yahoo Publisher Network with its new pubCenter beta. It is open to all and publishers can sign up for free at the pubCenter site reports cnet. Microsofts offering provides another option for publishers looking to monetize their content. Here are the highlights from the pubCenter site.
UK's Ask Jeeves Ask.com has welcomed back a familiar face across the big pond, as reported by Search Engine Land. Jeeves, the regal butler of Ask Jeeves fame is back and he has some real depth this time. Well, he is a 3D character now so thats as far as the depth thing goes. The Internets most well known servant is appearing on the UK Ask home page and will there to assist.
Live Search Used at Home? No. Imagine this. You have a friend who works for a company that makes peanut butter and his / her sole purpose at the company is to sell their peanut butter.
Google Still Doing Well All good things must come to end, Efficient Frontier is reporting a 13% drop in paid search spending from their clients which are big players in search.
Ask.com Still Around Looking back at the past few months of posts here at Marketing Pilgrim it is real obvious what players dominate the search and ask social media landscape.
Google Execs Still Leaving Ok, so exodus may be a bit strong but it got your attention right? What is certain though is Google is leaking some big executives. If you have ever...
Yahoo Island Hopping Yahoo is still lurking around every corner. A Reuters article gives a peek into what the folks at the perpetual Google chaser are doing to try to harness the large number of visitors it gets on a monthly basis to its disparate properties. These properties often work well on their own but dont play well with other Yahoo properties and are in effect islands unto themselves.
Google Still Winning While the news that Google is the search engine of choice by far is not new, it still amazes to hear that their lead is increasing. The increase year...
Google Larger Than Life We live a world that talks about winners and losers all the time. Trouble is its OK to lose big because Hey, were only human and we love to give second chances. Here, have a boatload of taxpayer money to pay your executives who dont deserve it and have a nice day! Meanwhile, when a company actually does well there are those to who simply cant stand a winner that...
Google Settles A lawsuit that was originally filed in Santa Clara in 2005 which claimed Google overcharged search marketers by charging over their daily spend limit was settled for about $20 million as reported by MediaPost. The two plaintiffs in the case, printing company CLRB Hanson Industries of Minnesota and Howard Stern of New Jersey (not the shock jock) will receive $20,000 each.
Wikia Search Stepping Down Its hard enough to go up against the like of Google when the economy is humming along. Add in the fact that Google is so far in the lead in...
Google Still Hiring Last weeks news of Google letting 200 sales and marketing employees go certainly raised eyebrows. Many are wondering whether the search giant is getting leaner and meaner or if they are being dinged by the current state of the economy. If the 360 jobs listed on their website are any indication one has to think that their main reason for the actions of last week were to...
Google Relieves Staff of Duties
Google, Big Media Publishers Need More In Advertising Age there is a report of the rumblings of the media giants and their apparent slighting at the hands of Google. The attitude of the article, which comes from one of the standards of the traditional media industry, is certainly protective of its turf since it refers to Googles undifferentiated slush of results. Wow, way to stay unbiased right out of the gate.
Google Draws Attention of EPIC According to ZDNet, Google has been less than perfect and has drawn the ire of online privacy bullseyegroup, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).
Yahoo's New Approach to Web Video In Internet years, about 100 years ago (human years only 3) that Yahoo closed down its initial foray yahoo-logointo the world of video production for the web.
Microsoft Fails to Win Search Race Microsoft is sure making a lot of news in search these days. As reported here earlier the new look search of Kumo is lurking about although Microsoft is acting like Kumo is some kind of hallucination that deserves a homepage. Now add to that the news reported in a Computerworld article regarding the U.S. market share of the major search engines. It appears that Microsoft's...
SEMPO Search Marketing The headline of this post in the WSJ blog would lead one to believe yet again that the sky is indeed falling on the search marketing world.
Google Analytics Individual Qualification Google has been making quite a few changes as of late. They have been halting development or simply analytics-scrren-shotending projects like Google Notebook, Google Video and Google Catalog Search to name a few. All of these moves are perceived as efforts to contain costs and be frugal with the pile of Google cash that they have been collecting for years now.
Browsing with Google, Microsoft and the EU In a story that seems to have flown under the radar during this busy week, Google has applied to be a thirdmicrosoft party as the EU...
Yahoo To Make Changes Carol Bartz continues to shake up Yahoo! as CEO. The yahoo-logo WSJ reports that this week could hold the announcement of significant managerial changes that will result in a more top down management style. The impact will be significant for sure especially since the organization is still trying to implement the changes made by Susan Decker and Jerry Yang last year.
Video and Images in Yahoo Search Ads According to the New York Times, Yahoo plans to announce today that they will be including video and images in their paid search ads.
Google SEC Speculations As internet marketers we tend to concentrate on Google and its product set. Makes perfect sense considering Google is google-logothe undisputed King of the Online World. Whats interesting to see is what Google does as a business. The Yahoo! news site ran an Associated Press story that says the AP obtained a copy of the regulatory filing that Google filed December 15, 2008...
Google's SearchWiki In a report from, of all places, Yahoo! News, Googles new Search Wiki is out and it gets personal. No not like that but it actually sounds like 2 years of yammering about personalization of search may finally be more reality than hype. The new service unveiled on Thursday by Google allows users to remove bad results from future search queries. "For now, Google simply wants to make specific sets of results...
Yahoo!'s Biggest Mistakes Just one day after the announcement of Jerry Yang stepping aside as Yahoo! CEO, Forbes magazine takes a look at the 5 Biggest Mistakes Yahoo! made while hitting the skids as of late. The article reads a little like an autopsy on a live body. Sure Yahoo! is struggling to survive in the exhaust of Google and others cleaning their clock in the race to control the net (for now) but is Taps necessary just yet?
Google, Microsoft and White Space Look I realize that things are different today. But life goes on in its very own mundane way. So I get to bring to you the news that Microsoft and Google are looking for white space. Huh? I have to be honest that was my reaction as well but today as the Democrats take over the political landscape,...
Ask and Ask Again - Same Old Answer Well, it must be that time of year. You know when the leaves change colors and Ask changes their design? At some point they have to settle on something. They are actually starting to act like your different cousin who shows up at family functions with a new body piercing and a bad attitude just...
If Google Reports It Then It HAS To Be True! While this is not a story about intentional deception it is an incredible story about people being misled by the system of internet information gathering...
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