Search Engine and Banner Ads Less Helpful Than Other Forms of Advertising, Study Shows - Jul 01, 2009
The results of the latest AdweekMedia/The Harris Poll are in, and they show that when it comes to helping consumers decide which products or services to purchase, search engine and banner ads are not the most effective platforms. Read More
              

Facebook Announces New Chief Financial Officer - Jun 30, 2009
Facebook has named David Ebersman, the former executive vice president and chief financial officer of the biotechnology company Genentech, its new chief financial officer (CFO). Ebersman will report to Facebook's Chief Executive Officer and Founder Mark Zuckerberg. Read More
              

Websites and News Aggregators Struggle to Handle Traffic Related to Jackson's Death - Jun 29, 2009
After the first reports of Michael Jackson's demise surfaced online last week, the Internet struggled to keep pace with the record number of queries and traffic as people sought out the details. Read More
              

Mother's Day Gift and Coupon Sites Top Websites in May 2009 - Jun 25, 2009
After April 2009's focus on swine flu and social networking, U.S. consumers shifted their attention to purchasing Mother's Day gifts and finding coupons in May 2009, comScore's latest analysis of consumer activity shows. Read More
              

Readers Track Favorite Journalists with New Google News Feature - Jun 24, 2009
Google News recently launched a new feature that allows readers to follow the work of their favorite journalists. Clicking on the name of a specific journalist will bring up a list of all articles associated with him or her. Read More
              

Yahoo! Announces Easy Display Ad Solution - Jun 23, 2009
Originally an extension of a program that Yahoo! and AdReady offered to select Yahoo! Small Business customers last year, Yahoo! has announced that its display ad solution My Display Ads is now available to help small and medium-sized businesses easily reach their target audience. Read More
              

Bing Continues to Burgeon - Jun 22, 2009
After claiming a fraction of the search market in the first week of its launch, company-ascribed "decision engine" Bing continued to burgeon and see gains during its second week as well, according to comScore. Read More
              

Memorial Day, Star Trek, and Obama Top List of Blog Topics in May 2009 - Jun 18, 2009
Holidays, movies, and politics were at the forefront of bloggers\ Read More
              

Facebook Revamps Search-Still in Testing Phase - Jun 17, 2009
In an effort to provide its users with a chance to participate in its product development process, Facebook is testing new versions of Facebook Search with a small portion of its users. Read More
              

Google Adds Local Businesses to Product Search Results - Jun 16, 2009
Last week, Google began to experiment with incorporating local businesses into its product search results. This feature, which is intended to benefit both local businesses and consumers who want to purchase products locally, is now open to all participants. Read More
              

New Common Tag Format - Jun 15, 2009
A group of web companies--Yahoo!, AdaptiveBlue, DERI (NUI Galway), Faviki, Freebase, Zemanta, and Zigtag--have created a new tagging format for Web pages called Common Tag. Read More
              

Google on the Prowl for Possible Acquisitions - Jun 12, 2009
After laying off workers, cutting back on unprofitable programs, and generally reigning in spending, Google is once again on the prowl for possible acquisitions, Reuters reports. Read More
              

Wolfram Alpha Launches New Updates - Jun 11, 2009
Nearly three weeks after the launch of the new computational search engine Wolfram Alpha, the company made live on Monday its first wave of updates as part of its "ongoing, long-term development process," according to the official blog. Read More
              

Bing Boosts Microsoft's Search Performance - Jun 10, 2009
Preliminary data from comScore has reinforced earlier findings that Bing is poised to grab a share of the search market from Yahoo and Google. Read More
              

Bing Jumps to Number Two Spot, Overtaking Yahoo - Jun 08, 2009
Within days of launching, Microsoft's new search engine Bing managed to nab the number two spot in terms of market share, overtaking Yahoo in the United States and worldwide, according to data from StatCounter Global Stats. Read More
              

Dramatic Increase in Viewership at YouTube - Jun 05, 2009
U.S. internet users watched 16.8 billion online videos in April, accounting for an increase of 16% versus the previous month, according to data from the comScore Video Metrix service. Read More
              

Google Squared Goes Live - Jun 04, 2009
Google Squared, which Google announced in mid-May, is now available in Google Labs. Read More
              

Twitter Still Not Popular With Generation Y - Jun 03, 2009
Although 99% of Generation Y consumers, individuals between the ages of 18 and 24, say they have an active account on at least one social networking site, only 22% of this same age group say they use Twitter, according to a new study from the Participatory Marketing Network. Read More
              

Social Networking Sites See 83% Year-Over-Year Increase - Jun 02, 2009
The rise of social networking sites continued in April 2009, according to Nielsen Online data, with an 83% increase in the time spent on these sites over April 2008. Read More
              

Microsoft Launches New Search Engine - Jun 01, 2009
Microsoft Corp. last week unveiled its newest search engine, Bing, which will be available worldwide on June 3. Read More
              

Businesses Increasingly Turn to Twitter for Marketing Operations - May 29, 2009
Despite problems with retention, Twitter has quickly become an important social media tool for businesses, particularly small businesses. Read More
              

Yahoo! Adds New Filter to Image Search - May 28, 2009
Yahoo! has developed a new filter for Yahoo! Image Search that will allow users to access images that are available for reuse. Read More
              

McAfee Identifies Riskiest Search Terms - May 27, 2009
Internet security company McAfee, Inc. recently released a report describing the web\ Read More
              

Yahoo! Improves Smart Ads - May 26, 2009
Yahoo! announced last week that it has expanded its Smart Ads program by combining its reach and user knowledge with new ad-serving technology from third-party providers. Read More
              

Google Launches New Chrome - May 25, 2009
Last week, Google launched a new version of its Google Chrome web browser. Read More
              

Study Downgrades Social Media for Marketing - May 22, 2009
Social media has reached its tipping point, with 80% of the online population now using it in some form and more than half on a regular basis, according to a new report released by Knowledge Networks. Read More
              

Study Says Social Media Has Yet to Prove Marketing Prowess - May 21, 2009
A recent study by Knowledge Networks shows that even though 83% of the Internet population ages 13 to 54 engages in social media use in some form, social media has failed to prove its marketing prowess. Read More
              

Twitter Co-Founder Says Monetization Will Not Revolve Around Ads - May 20, 2009
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone recently told Reuters that monetization of the microblogging service will not include advertising, the staple of many search engines' and web startups' revenue. Read More
              

YouTube Ranks as Top Video Web Brand; Hulu Still Growing - May 18, 2009
Although YouTube maintained its position as the top video web brand in the US, with 5.5 billion total streams in April 2009, Hulu's exponential growth earned it the number two spot last month, with a total of 373.3 million streams, according to data from Nielsen Online. Read More
              

CDC Website and Social Networks Top Sites in April 2009 - May 18, 2009
ComScore's April 2009 U.S. online activity data shows that the website for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and social networking sites were top sites for the month. Read More
              

Paid Search Traffic Falls 26% - May 15, 2009
Hitwise data recently showed that paid traffic has fallen 26% in the last year for every major category tracked, including automotive, food and beverage, and health and medical, with the exception of education. Read More
              

Yahoo! Sites Leading U.S. Display Ad Publisher; AT&T Leading Display Advertiser - May 14, 2009
Yahoo! Sites ranked as the top U.S. display ad publisher in March while AT&T came in as the top display advertiser in the same month, according to recent data from the comScore Ad Metrix service. Read More
              

Online Spending Remains Strong Despite Recession - May 14, 2009
Despite the recession, 41% of consumers plan to spend as much money shopping online as they did one year ago, according to the first monthly "2009 Online Buyer Economic Trend Study" by Performics and ROI Research. Read More
              

Google Announces Search Options, Rich Snippets, and Google Squared - May 13, 2009
Yesterday, Google announced three new updates to its search service. The first, called Search Options, helps users prune their results and generate different views to locate desired information. Read More
              

Women Turn To Blogs for Information over Social Networking Sites - May 12, 2009
Women are nearly twice as likely to use blogs than social networking sites as a source of information (64%), advice and recommendations (43%), and opinion-sharing (55%), while they are 50% more likely to turn to social networking sites as a means of keeping in touch with friends and family (75%), according to the 2009 Women in Social Media Study conducted by BlogHer, iVillage, and Compass Partners. Read More
              

Study Shows Online Ads Pique Internet Users' Interests - May 12, 2009
Online advertising elicits an active response from 52% of Internet users, according to the "Search Engine Marketing and Online Display Advertising Integration Study" conducted by Forrester Consulting for iProspect. Read More
              

Twitter Search to Start Crawling Links and Indexing Content - May 11, 2009
Although rampant rumors of an Apple buyout have been swirling around Twitter, Twitter's only confirmed news in the past week had to do with the service itself—more specifically its search component. Read More
              

Weak Economy Paves Way for Social Media Marketing - May 08, 2009
According to an industry study conducted by Forrester Research for Shop.org, online retailers are turning from traditional advertising to more affordable tools such as Facebook.com, Twitter, and email as they seek market share or try to keep customers, reports the Associated Press. Read More
              

Wolfram Alpha to Launch Soon - May 07, 2009
Later this month, Wolfram Research, British physicist Stephen Wolfram's software company, will unveil Wolfram Alpha, its new "computational knowledge engine." Read More
              

Rumors Surface That Apple May Buy Twitter - May 06, 2009
Despite Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone's recent statement the company is committed to "building a strong, independent Twitter Inc.," rumors have once again surfaced that Twitter is up for acquisition—this time by Apple. Read More
              

Study Finds 60% of Twitter Users Quit After First Month - May 05, 2009
lthough Twitter, helped by its growing legion of celebrity users, has become ubiquitous in social media, the microblogging service faces retention challenges that may encumber its continued growth, says a Nielsen Online report. Read More
              

H1N1 Virus Spreads Online - May 05, 2009
As the number of people infected by the H1N1 virus continues to increase worldwide, U.S. consumer search activity related to the term also increased during the week ending April 26, 2009 compared to the previous week, according to a recent study released by comScore. Read More
              

Local Search Grows at a Faster Rate than Overall Online Search - May 04, 2009
A new study from the Yellow Pages Association (YPA) conducted by comScore shows that local search is growing at a much faster rate than overall online search. Read More
              

100 Days of Obama Reflected in Photos and Yahoo! Searches - May 01, 2009
In light of President Obama's 100th day in office, the White House has released a collection of 300 photographs that are available for the public to view on Flickr. Read More
              

Online Video Viewing Jumps 11% in March 2009 - May 01, 2009
ComScore's Video Metrix service reports that online video viewing increased 11% between February 2009 and March 2009 as U.S. Read More
              

New Google Updates to AdSense Policies - Apr 30, 2009
Google recently announced several updates to its AdSense program policies page. Read More
              

Economic, Learning, and Social Motivations Driver Twitter Users - Apr 29, 2009
A recent study by MarketingProfs, LLC revealed that Twitter users have a variety of motivations when it comes to tweeting, counter to the popular perception that tweeting is strictly an ego-fueled or business-motivated activity. Read More
              

Facebook Opens Stream API to Developers, Users Can Access Stream Anywhere - Apr 28, 2009
The popular social networking site Facebook has opened its most celebrated feature—the stream—through the new Facebook Open Stream API for developers. Read More
              

Online Social Networking and Video Cause "Dramatic Shift in Global Online Landscape" - Apr 28, 2009
According to a new report from The Nielsen Company, online social networks and videos have caused "a dramatic shift in the global online landscape" for both consumers and advertisers. Read More
              

Yahoo! Names New Senior Vice President of Customer Advocacy - Apr 27, 2009
Yahoo! announced last week that Jeff Russakow has been appointed the new senior vice president of customer advocacy. Read More
              

U.S. Internet Users Go Online for Tweeting, Financial Advice, and Travel Planning in March 2009 - Apr 27, 2009
New data from comScore Media Metrix shows that U.S. Internet users went online in March 2009 for travel planning, financial advice, and tweeting. Read More
              

Social Media and Search Engine Optimization: A Symbiotic Relationship or Separate Spheres? - Apr 23, 2009
With all of the ado being made about social media/networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Digg, MySpace, and LinkedIn, etc., the Internet is bulging with links. Read More
              

Premier Advertising and Marketing Tradeshow ad:tech Comes to San Francisco - Apr 23, 2009
ad:tech, an industry tradeshow for media, marketing, and technology professionals, is taking place April 21-23, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Read More
              

UK Retailers Receive Less Paid Search Traffic - Apr 23, 2009
With the growth of social media, the proportion of search traffic that UK online retailers receive from paid search listings has fallen from 27.8% in March 2008 to 22.5% in March 2009, reports Hitwise UK Research Director Robin Goad. Read More
              

Social Networking Sites Less Popular Than Media Depicts - Apr 23, 2009
Despite media depiction, not everyone is tweeting and opening Facebook and MySpace accounts, Harris Interactive reports. In fact, 51% of Americans do not engage in any of the three aforementioned social media/networking sites, a recent Harris poll showed. Read More
              

Yahoo! First-Quarter Results - Apr 22, 2009
ahoo! released its first-quarter profits yesterday of $1,580 million, revealing a decrease of 13% from the first-quarter of 2008. Read More
              

Google Includes Profiles in SERPs - Apr 22, 2009
Vanity searches have reached a new level with Google's announcement that it will now include Google Profiles at the bottom of its search engine results pages (SERPs). Read More
              

Ask.com Resurrects Jeeves in the UK - Apr 21, 2009
After a three-year hiatus, the Internet's favorite butler-cum-savant, Jeeves, is back. Ask.com retired Jeeves in February 2006 after 10 years of service. Read More
              

Facebook Opens Voting Period to Active Users - Apr 21, 2009
Facebook has announced that users can now vote on which documents they want to serve as the foundation for governing the site. Read More
              

March U.S. Search Share Rankings - Apr 16, 2009
Americans conducted an estimated 9.5 billion searches in March, representing a year-over-year (YoY) increase of 16.7%, according to a recent report by Nielsen Online. Read More
              

Google Creates Timeline of News Articles, Promises More Features to Come - Apr 16, 2009
Last week, Google introduced a "timeline of articles" feature in Google News that chronicles the order in which news stories develop. Read More
              

Facebook Grows Worldwide - Apr 15, 2009
Facebook is the sixth most popular Web property in the world, according to a recent report by comScore. With 275 million visitors worldwide in February, the social networking site has seen a 175% increase from last year. Read More
              

Google Finance Begins Accepting Image-Based Ads - Apr 15, 2009
The latest update to Google's advertising services is the addition of image-based ads to Google Finance. Read More
              

Twitter Driven by Older Crowd - Apr 14, 2009
Contrary to popular belief, Twitter is not just for young adults ages 18 to 24.  While this age group has often been identified as the first to adopt social media, recent statistics from comScore reveal that the majority of Twitter users worldwide are actually between 25 and 54 years old. Read More
              

Online Advertising Expected to Fall by End of 2009 - Apr 13, 2009
While online advertising in the U.S. increased by more than 10% overall last year, the sudden slowdown in the fourth quarter prompted media analyst Screen Digest to predict a 5% drop in 2009. Read More
              

AP Launches Initiative to Protect Content Online - Apr 13, 2009
At the recent Associated Press (AP) annual meeting in San Diego, the AP Board of Directors announced an initiative to protect its content from online misappropriation. Read More
              

YouTube Expands Click-to-Buy to Eight New Countrie - Apr 13, 2009
If YouTube's recently expanded Click-to-Buy e-commerce platform is successful, Credit Suisse may have to redact its previously estimated $470 million loss for the online video site this year. Read More
              

Yahoo! Search Boss Introduces New Tools - Apr 10, 2009
Yahoo! announced today that it is adding three new tools to its open search Web services platform, Yahoo! Search BOSS (Build Your Own Search Service). Read More
              

SEMs Embrace Behavioral Targeting, Video, and Mobile Search - Apr 10, 2009
The "2008 State of the Market" survey recently released by the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) shows that behavioral targeting, local search, video search, and mobile search top the list of initiatives favored by search engine marketers (SEMs) in the U.S. Read More
              

Credit Suisse Predicts YouTube May Lose $470 Million This Year - Apr 07, 2009
A recent report by global financial services company Credit Suisse estimates that Google's hottest property, YouTube, could lose as much as $470 million in 2009, despite generating $240 million in revenue for a 20% year-over-year (YoY) increase. Read More
              

Social Networking Increase in Americans Defines New Form of Entertainment - Apr 07, 2009
Since 2006, social networking among U.S. broadband users has increased a whopping 93%, according to a recent report from Netpop Research, LLC. Read More
              

Google Offers Special Twitter AdSense Units - Apr 07, 2009
Rumors that Google was in the late stages of acquisition talks with Twitter lit up the Internet last week. Read More
              

Yahoo! Upgrades Image Search Preview Page - Apr 03, 2009
Yahoo! has rolled out three new features to Image Search that will make searching for images even faster and easier. Read More
              

Google Settles AdWords Suit for $20 Million and Credits - Apr 03, 2009
A legal dispute over Google's handling of advertisers' daily AdWords budgets has led the search engine to settle a class-action lawsuit to the tune of $20 million, reports MediaPost. Read More
              

Craigslist Gains Traffic during U.S. Recession - Apr 02, 2009
The current economic recession has many Americans searching for job openings on the Internet. Thus, it is not surprising that the classifieds website Craigslist continues to increase its market share of U.S. Internet visits, outgrowing all other classifieds websites. Read More
              

Mobile Internet Usage Expected to Increase in Next Two Years - Apr 02, 2009
A new survey from Tellabs commissioned by The Nielsen Company shows that mobile Internet usage is poised to experience significant growth over the next two years, and especially in the next 12 months, despite the economic downturn. Read More
              

Yahoo! Mobile Is Now Available - Apr 01, 2009
Yahoo! has announced that its new service, Yahoo! Mobile, is now available on both the mobile Web and as an Apple iPhone application. Read More
              

Google Cuts 200 Sales and Marketing Positions - Apr 01, 2009
Last week, Google announced on its official blog that it would cut almost 200 sales and marketing positions in an attempt to streamline its "overlapping organizations" and ease decision-making processes. Read More
              

Twitter to Launch Paid Accounts - Mar 31, 2009
After much speculation as to how the explosively popular microblogging site Twitter might monetize its service, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone announced recently that the company will launch fee-based commercial accounts with add-on features for companies. Read More
              

Facebook Responds to User Outrage over New Home Page - Mar 27, 2009
When Facebook introduced a new home page design to its users earlier this month, the new look was met with a great deal of opposition. In response, Facebook has agreed to improve several areas of the new home page. Read More
              

Google Beefs Up Insights for Search with Three New Features - Mar 27, 2009
Not long after adding new features to the YouTube Insight video analytics tool, Google also beefed up its Insights for Search tool, which identifies search trends across different locations and timeframes. Read More
              

NASA Provides Planetary Images for Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope - Mar 26, 2009
Nearly a month after Google unleashed Google Mars 3D, NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to make planetary images and data available on the Web. Read More
              

1,382% YoY Growth for Twitter in February 2009 - Mar 26, 2009
In February 2009, Internet users continued to titter about Twitter, sending the site to the top of the Nielsen Online index of fastest-growing member community sites. Read More
              

Google Tweaks Results Pages - Mar 25, 2009
Yesterday, Google announced on its official blog two tweaks to its results pages, which will provide better associations with related search terms and longer search result descriptions. Read More
              

Yahoo! Names New CMO - Mar 24, 2009
Yahoo! has announced that Elisa Steele is the company\ Read More
              

Top Web Properties February 2009 - Mar 24, 2009
The latest U.S. data from comScore MediaMetrix shows that Valentine's Day paraphernalia, tax preparation, and travel sites all saw greater online activity in February 2009. Read More
              

Visits to Stock Websites Increase 19% in February 2009 - Mar 23, 2009
Online competitive intelligence service Hitwise reports that the number of U.S. visits to websites in its Stocks and Shares category rose 19% in February 2009 compared to February 2008. Read More
              

Microsoft's New IE8 Browser Now Available - Mar 20, 2009
Microsoft has announced that its new Web browser, Windows Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), is now available for download. Read More
              

New YouTube Insight Feature Offers Statistics on User Engagement - Mar 20, 2009
Earlier this week, YouTube announced a new feature of its Insight video analytics tool that will provide users with detailed data on user engagement with their videos. Read More
              

Yahoo! Adds Filters to Image Search - Mar 19, 2009
Yahoo! has announced new filters that make searching for images on the Web easier and faster. After recent user tests, Yahoo!'s Image Search team created these new filters as the first step in a series of improvements that will be introduced in the coming months for Image Search. Read More
              

8+ Word Search Queries Increase 20% between February 2008 and February 2009 - Mar 19, 2009
The trend toward longer search queries continued last month, with queries of eight or more words increasing 20% between February 2008 and February 2009, according to online competitive intelligence service Hitwise. Read More
              

New Facebook Home Page Ignites User Protest - Mar 18, 2009
One week after Facebook rolled out the new design for its home page, users of the social networking site are still riled up about the changes. Read More
              

UK Online Video Viewing Audience Grows 10% in Past Year - Mar 18, 2009
Recently released January 2009 data from comScore shows that the total UK online video viewing audience grew 10% in the past year to 29.6 million unique viewers age 15 and older. Read More
              

Facebook Adds Public Profile Option - Mar 17, 2009
Facebook users can now pick and choose which part of their profile they would like to share with everyone on the social networking site. Read More
              

Advertisements Added to Google's Photo-Sharing Application Picasa - Mar 17, 2009
Google continues to monetize its applications via the addition of advertisements. The newest platform: its photo-sharing service Picasa. Read More
              

Yahoo! Enhances Targeting Features for Ads - Mar 16, 2009
Less than a week after Google launched limited behavioral-targeted advertising in beta form on its AdSense partner sites and on YouTube, Yahoo! has updated its search marketing ads to include three new targeting features. Read More
              

Twitter More Trafficked in UK Than Newspaper Websites - Mar 16, 2009
Microblogging service Twitter continues to gain fans in the U.S. and abroad; in the UK, Twitter became the 54th most visited website last week, up from 66th the week before and receiving more traffic than most of the websites of the UK\ Read More
              

Yahoo! and Facebook Team up for Friends on Fire - Mar 13, 2009
Yahoo! has announced that it has fused its geo-location system, Fire Eagle, with popular social networking site Facebook to create a place where users can store and share information about their location. The result is an application called Friends on Fire. Read More
              

U.S. Top Country for Mobile Web Use - Mar 13, 2009
Mobile web technology company Bango recently announced that the U.S. overtook the UK last month as the country with the highest rate of mobile web use. Read More
              

Yahoo! Announces New SearchMonkey Feature - Mar 12, 2009
Yahoo! has announced a new SearchMonkey feature that enables site owners and developers to embed flash video, games, and documents directly in Yahoo! Search results. Read More
              

Google Launches Behavioral-Targeted Advertising - Mar 12, 2009
Yesterday, Google launched limited behavioral-targeted advertising in beta form on its AdSense partner sites and on YouTube. Deemed "interest-based" advertising, the new model will source users' browsing histories to return ads based on the types of sites that are visited and pages that are viewed. Read More
              

Facebook Available in Arabic and Hebrew - Mar 11, 2009
Facebook has announced that it is now available in Arabic and Hebrew, increasing the total number of languages available on the popular social networking site to 40. Read More
              

Three out of Every Five Canadians Embrace Facebook - Mar 11, 2009
According to "The Bridge – Canadians & Social Networking Sites," an ongoing study conducted by ZINC Research and Dufferin Research, three out of every five Canadians are now Facebook members, bringing the total number of Canadian Facebook members to nearly 12 million. Read More
              

Privacy a Greater Concern among Older U.S. Internet Users - Mar 09, 2009
Privacy is a major concern for U.S. Internet users and an even greater concern for older Americans, according to a study from Burst Media. Read More
              

Consumers Buy Less Online but Research More - Mar 09, 2009
The recent "2008 Retail Consumer Survey" from Bazaarvoice and richrelevance conducted by JupiterResearch shows that consumers are buying less online and are more intent on doing their due diligence to ensure that they make smart purchases. Read More
              

Yahoo! Offers Keyword Ideas for Ads - Mar 06, 2009
Yahoo! has announced a new section of its Search Marketing Help Center that will feature industry-specific data and suggestions for new search terms. Read More
              

Google's Schmidt Dismisses Twitter - Mar 05, 2009
Despite the high level of public interest in Twitter, particularly in its implications for sharing real-time information, at least one big-name search executive doesn't seem to share the mounting Twitter enthusiasm: Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Read More
              

Inquisitor Now Available on iPhone - Mar 05, 2009
In May of 2008, Yahoo! acquired Inquisitor 3 to offer search assistance features to the Mac community. Read More
              

Yahoo! Updates New Features on Flickr - Mar 04, 2009
Yahoo! has announced three new enhancements related to video on its online photo management application, Flickr. Read More
              

Greasemonkey Add-On Allows Real-Time Twitter Search Results in Google - Mar 04, 2009
A new Greasemonkey user script harnesses the power of real-time search to provide both the five most recent tweets for any given query and the top organic Google results on the same page. Read More
              

Online Searches Reveal Economic Downturn - Mar 03, 2009
Americans' online search behavior reflects an increase in personal financial turmoil, according to December 2008 data from comScore Marketer. Read More
              

Pregnancy Searches Down, Career Searches Up - Mar 03, 2009
With consumer confidence at an all-time low of 25 in February and unemployment soaring to a 17-year high of 7.6% in January, it appears that pregnancy-related searches are down while career-related searches are up. Read More
              

Facebook Opens Site Governance to Users - Mar 02, 2009
In response to the strong outcry that resulted when Facebook made unilateral changes to its Terms of Service last month, Facebook has announced that it will now offer registered users a chance to participate in determining the rules and regulations of the site. Read More
              

Ads Incorporated into Google News Results - Mar 02, 2009
Last Wednesday, Google began incorporating text ads into Google News search results pages in the U.S. The ads are similar in format to the sponsored links which appear alongside organic search results in standard Google and Google Book searches. Read More
              

Average Search Query Length Increasing - Feb 27, 2009
According to Internet monitoring company Hitwise, the average length of search queries increased between January 2008 and January 2009. Read More
              

Yahoo!'s Search Results Now Includes Facebook - Feb 26, 2009
Yahoo! has announced that Facebook-enhanced listings will now appear in Yahoo!'s search results, courtesy of an application known as SearchMonkey. Read More
              

Google Joins EU Antitrust Investigation of Microsoft - Feb 26, 2009
After helping shutter the attempted Google-Yahoo! search deal last October, Microsoft is now discovering that when you tangle with the world\ Read More
              

U.S. Mobile Local Search Ad Revenues Forecast - Feb 25, 2009
U.S. mobile advertising revenues for search and display is expected to increase from $160 million in 2008 to $3.1 billion in 2013, accounting for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 81.2% by 2013, according to a new report from The Kelsey Group. Read More
              

Nielsen Study Shows Increased U.S. Internet and Mobile Video Watching - Feb 25, 2009
The Nielsen Company's recent "A2/M2 Three Screen Report," which measures Americans' TV, Internet, and mobile usage, shows that the so-called "Three Screens" are becoming more popular than ever for video watching. Read More
              

Yahoo! Offers Three New Targeting Tools - Feb 24, 2009
Yahoo! has announced three new products for brand and performance marketers to help them reach their target audiences when advertising online. Read More
              

Google Tweaks AdWords URL Display Policy - Feb 24, 2009
Beginning today, Google AdWords will require uniform top-level URL domains within a single ad group. Read More
              

Study Finds One in 10 U.S. Online Adults Tweet - Feb 23, 2009
A recent Pew Internet & American Life Project study revealed that 11% of U.S.-based online adults, or about one out of every 10, have used Twitter or a similar service to send and receive updates about themselves and others. Read More
              

Yahoo! Announces Rich Ads in Search - Feb 20, 2009
Yahoo! has announced the launch of a new service, Rich Ads in Search. The service will allow advertisers the option to integrate video, images, and custom search boxes into their paid search ads. Read More
              

Facebook Changes Terms of Service, Then Recants - Feb 20, 2009
A brief, virtual paroxysm of outrage over a minor but significant change to Facebook\ Read More
              

Yahoo! Search Celebrates Five Years - Feb 19, 2009
Yesterday marked the five-year anniversary of Yahoo!’s search engine. Read More
              

Startup Search Engine Files Antitrust Complaint against Google - Feb 19, 2009
A recent antitrust complaint filed in New York district court alleges that search engine giant Google tries to "starve nascent competition" by unfairly levying hefty advertising prices for its would-be challengers. Read More
              

Marketing & Media Survey Reveals 2009 Marketing Plans - Feb 18, 2009
More than 80% of marketing executives say that email is the strongest form of adverting for their company, according to a recent survey conducted by Datran Media. Read More
              

AdWords Ads Tested in Google SearchWiki - Feb 18, 2009
Google's stab at dynamic, personalized search results may extend to paid AdWords ads in the future. Read More
              

Yahoo! Announces New Mobile Service - Feb 17, 2009
Yahoo! has announced the upcoming launch of its new Yahoo! Mobile service that will serve as a personalized hub and starting point to the Internet. Read More
              

Google Aborts Radio Ads, Cuts 40 Jobs - Feb 17, 2009
Three years after Google launched Audio Ads and Radio Automation, the search engine has announced that it will be aborting both products after May 31 and eliminating up to 40 employees. Read More