21 May 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
about its dominance of the search market "for the benefit of competition and innovation in the sector"....its search dominance.
Joaqu n Almunia, vice president of the European Commission responsible ...
vertical search services differently than it does for competitors, which may result in preferential ...
without their prior authorisation.
In terms of paid search, it is concerned about the exclusive ...
22 Mar 2012
| by Nick Batten
NME has announced a cross-platform partnership with J.D.Roots to support local music and search...The search will be in association with J.D.Roots - Jack Daniel's music campaign that celebrates the importance of where you're from and the role "home" plays in the creative process.
It will involve a ...
for NME, said: "This nationwide search aims to highlight the hugely important role played by small venues ...
01 Feb 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
Yahoo has launched an app search engine, which enables UK smartphone users to find and download...The App Search tool collates 350,000 apps from Apple's App Store and 200,000 apps from Google's Android Market, listed by device, price and category.
Users can download the app by clicking on "send app to phone". They will then receive a text message from Yahoo containing a link. Alternatively ...
25 Jan 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
company was hit by falls in display and search advertising, prior to the arrival of new chief executive...Excluding commissions paid to partners, Yahoo's revenue dropped 3% to $1.17bn ( 750m) for the quarter ended 31 December, compared with $1.21bn in the same period last year.
Net income was down 5% year on year to $296m.
Display revenue was $546m, a 4% decrease, while search revenue was $376m, a 3 ...
24 Jan 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
how Google search results would look, if the new controversial "Search plus your world" feature...Google rolled out the optional social search feature to US users this month, and soon encountered criticism that "Search plus your world" pushes Google+ results up in its search rankings at the expense ...
created a tool, dubbed "Don't be Evil", to show what "Search plus your world" results would turn up ...
07 Oct 2011
| by Sophie Maden
's Drew Broomhall as head of search....Broomhall, who is currently head of search engineering at News International, will work on the business and editorial strategy of Haymarket s consumer portfolio, reporting to Haymarket Consumer Media s editorial director Mark Payton.
Broomhall, who was previously search editor at Times Online, editor ...
22 Jul 2011
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
by $641m, due to costs associated with the Yahoo! search agreement and increased traffic acquisition costs.
Its revenues, which are mainly from search and display advertising, increased by 15% to $2.53bn.
Online advertising revenue grew by $358m, or 19%, to $2.3bn.
Microsoft said: "Search revenue grew ...
22 Jun 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
Zoopla.co.uk, the real estate website, has partnered with AOL UK to provide a property search...All property related articles on AOL UK's sites, which include Walletpop and Daily Finance, will incorporate Zoopla.co.uk s property search function.
As part of the deal, all properties listed on Zoopla ...
audiences in the UK, and provides AOL users with a market-leading property search offering."
Zoopla ...
09 Jun 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
Display has overtaken search advertising as the fastest-growing online ad format in Europe...The IAB's annual AdEx survey showed that in 2010, display grew at an average 21.3%, boosted by growth from display formats in video, mobile and social media.
Search, which has been the catalyst for the growth of online advertising in recent years, has been overtaken by display, rising by 15.1% across ...
04 Mar 2011
| by Mark Banham
Direct and digital agency Indicia has acquired a stake in social media and search agency Make..., with Make It Rain having a proven track record of delivering highly responsive search and social media ...