Microsoft and Yahoo! Gain Approval on Search Agreement
The deal to bring together the #2 and #3 largest search engines has received regulatory approval and the companies are beginning the process of implementing the agreement. [...more]
The deal to bring together the #2 and #3 largest search engines has received regulatory approval and the companies are beginning the process of implementing the agreement. [...more]
In last week's online marketing news, Facebook turned six, celebrating its birthday with a site upgrade and a new partnership with Bing. [...more]
This week’s stories are highlighted by growing competition in the mobile market as Nokia raises the stakes with new navigation technology and Apple looks to replace Google with iPhone as the default iPhone search engine. [...more]
This week’s stories include Google’s threat to remove their search engine from China, Google’s failed Nexus One launch and Facebook’s continuing efforts to improve their privacy policy. [...more]
December 19th's stories from the world of search are dominated by FTC legal troubles, as Facebook is forced to justify their new privacy policy settings and Intel is required to prove they aren't the high tech chip bully. [...more]
Yahoo! used their recent Ad Forum in Sunnyvale, CA to unveil some cool innovations to their SEM platform. Read more to learn about the impact of these enhancements on your current Yahoo! PPC campaigns and what we might expect once the Yahoo!/Microsoft partnership is finalized. [...more]
We start of December with a flourishing rivalry between Google and Microsoft, as they head off to chart the best map. Google also responded to criticism from Rupert Murdoch and other traditional news outlets with a new policy to limit access to content on subscription sites. [...more]
Since it seems almost trite to say this, I'm not certain why it doesn't appear to have been said before: "Keywords are not stocks." But listening to many firms in the SEM industry one would think that bidding on keywords on Google is governed by the same rules as buying shares of Google, Inc. itself. [...more]
This week’s results are fully of controversy and competition, especially for Google, as they compete with Bing over Twitter, Facebook over music and AT&T over the political future of the internet. [...more]
Both Google and Microsoft have reached agreements with Twitter to incorporate real-time tweets in their respective search results. I asked some fellow Search Agents to share their reaction and to speculate on the potential impact on all 3 companies, the SEO industry, and search behavior. [...more]