2012
The Battle of Social Search Engines: The New Bing vs. Google
Bing is set to release a heavily social integrated version of their search engine in the near future that might just give Google a run for its money. The New Bing will introduce a three-column design with new information architecture that will help users interact with their social networks.
2010
SortPrice Store Facebook Application Tops 1000 Retailers
Proving yet again a real commitment to opening new avenues of success for online merchants everywhere, comparison shopping engine SortPrice.com has now built virtual stores for more than 1,000 retailers through its Merchant Store application on Facebook.
comScore February 2010 Search Engine Rankings
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) , a leader in measuring the digital world, releases its comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In February 2010, Americans conducted 14.5 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.5 percent search market share.
CheapTweet Upgrades Its Social Deals Search Engine
CheapTweet.com, a major Twitter-based social deals search engine site, has launched CheapTweet Version 2, in celebration of indexing over 5 million deals online to offer users an better social shopping experience.
2009
comScore May 2009 Search Engine Rankings
comScore has released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the United States search marketplace. In May 2009, Americans conducted 14.3 billion core searches. This data does not include the Bing.com launch.
Rushmore Drive Black Search Engine Shutting Down
After one year and two months later there are reports that Rushmore Drive is closing, shutting its doors. Why am I not surprised?
2008
DFWSEM Questions Closing of Google Dallas Office
The board of the Dallas/Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association (DFWSEM) is perplexed at the recent announcement that Google would soon close its Dallas sales location.
comScore Releases May 2008 Search Engine Rankings
comScore has released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the United States search engine rankings for May, 2008.
New Visual Search Engine Picitup Needs to Pick Up Its Game.
Visual search and image recognition is one of the holy grails of consumer Internet technologies. Picitup is jumping into the deep end of this space by announcing the launch of its public beta.
PPC analysis useful for SEO
Pay-per-click (PPC) marketing can help a business assess more closely the effectiveness of its chosen keywords before launching a more organic search engine optimisation (SEO) campaign, it has been claimed.
IAC Launches Rushmore Drive New Black Search Engine
IAC has launched Rushmore Drive, a search engine that is the first of its kind to attempt to deliver more relevant search results to the black community.
Vizion Interactive Adds Search Engine Marketing and Social Media Expert Bill Hartzer to Team
Vizion Interactive, a leading Interactive marketing firm based in Irving, Texas, has added online marketing expert Bill Hartzer to its team.
Will Yandex Go IPO in 2008?
The leading Russian search engine and web portal Yandex announced today that its annual revenues increased 130% year-on-year to some $167 million in 2007. The company did $30 million in net income in 2006 and this number could double in 2007.
Baidu Formally Launches Japanese Language Search Engine
Baidu.com, Inc. the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, has formally launched its Japanese language search engine at www.baidu.jp.
comScore Releases December U.S. Search Engine Rankings for December 2007
comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the search marketplace for December 2007.
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