The Week We Searched For- March 11, 2011
In this week in search, LinkedIn introduces a new news feature, AOL makes major cuts to its workforce, and Google lets users blacklist sites. [...more]
In this week in search, LinkedIn introduces a new news feature, AOL makes major cuts to its workforce, and Google lets users blacklist sites. [...more]
It's been an exciting week in search, as AOL announces its acquisition of Huffington Post, Nokia and Microsoft team up to fight Apple on the mobile front, and Google introduces new security options. [...more]
In this week's search news wrap up, we focus on two big stories -- the rumored deal between search veterans AOL and Yahoo! and Bing and Facebook's new push for more personalized search results. [...more]
NewMediaMetrics released a study this month on the relationship between consumers and media consumption to determine which outlet or network attracts the most ‘engaged’ users.The study ranks Google Search as the most engaging media outlet, followed closely by AOL email, YouTube, Facebook and Amazon.com. [...more]
Gerald Levin, former CEO of AOL-Time Warner recently apologized for presiding over the "worst deal of the century." Why do merged companies often struggle to succeed, and what responsibility should the CEO accept when they fail? [...more]
This week's stories are dominated by Facebook, with new data confirming its strong influence in holiday gift purchases. The social network also sparked controversy this week with their redesigned user privacy policy. [...more]
In this week in search, we have two game changing developments from Google, with their unveiling of their highly anticipated Chrome OS operating system and YouTube's integration of automated video captions. [...more]
This week’s searches are marked by Google’s latest investment in the pharma industry, Apple’s interest in maps and IBM efforts to become an email provider. [...more]