Jun 22, 2012 | Search engine marketing
UK Internet users made 2.3 billion visits to search engines in May 2012, up by 82 million visits compared to April 2012, according to new research. The study, from Experian Marketing Services, found the rise in visits represents a 3.7 per cent monthly increase in...
Jun 22, 2012 | Search engine marketing
Google has launched the Endangered Languages Project in collaboration with the Alliance for Linguistic Diversity. The project aims to catalogue over 3,000 languages that are considered on the verge of extinction. Each language listed has its own page with video...
Jun 13, 2012 | Search engine marketing
Microsoft has partnered with Encyclopaedia Britannia to boost its Bing search engine as it looks to take on Google. The move follows Google’s new Knowledge Graph, which pulls out relevant stats, facts, stories and information about various search terms. For example,...
Jun 11, 2012 | Mobile, Online advertising, Search engine marketing
Google has integrated its AdMob mobile platform with AdWords, allowing purchases across both networks from a single dashboard. The move adds about 350 million mobile users, 300,000 mobile apps and 12 countries to AdWords’ reach. AdWords currently reaches two...
May 28, 2012 | Search engine marketing
Google has been warned about manipulating search results for its own gain by the European Competition Commissioner and given a matter of weeks to find remedies for the problems outlined in the large anti-trust inquiry into the search company’s business. In a letter to...
May 25, 2012 | Search engine marketing
Yahoo has launched a search tool that its claims will offer users a better way to search the internet on their iPhone or iPad or on a desktop browser. Yahoo Axis displays search results without users having to leave their current web page, and provides a preview of...
May 25, 2012 | Search engine marketing
Digital marketing budgets continue to rise in tough times while a lack of in-house expertise leaves business relying on agency insights, according to the results of a new UK survey looking at the search marketing industry. The report, from Netbooster and Econsultancy,...
May 21, 2012 | Search engine marketing
Google has increased its dominant position in the UK search market, accounting for more than 9 in 10 of all searches, according to the latest data. The research, from ComScore, indicates that UK Internet users made 2.2 billion visits to search engines in April 2012,...
May 16, 2012 | Search engine marketing
In the digitally advanced markets, social is moving ahead of directories as the main way small businesses get new customers. Latest research in the UK shows the scale of the channel shift, with more than a third of small firms are using Facebook for marketing (vs 27%...
Apr 30, 2012 | Search engine marketing
The co-founder of Russia’s Yandex search engine has claimed Google is ‘semi-open’, criticising its Android smartphone platform and Chrome web browser. Speaking to the Guardian Ilya Segalovich Yandex co-founder described Android, as a “strange...
Apr 24, 2012 | Search engine marketing
Google has dropped its publishing payments platform ‘One Pass’ and its Blackberry sync tool as the internet giant continues to focus on core products in its battle against the likes of Facebook, Apple and Microsoft. The move forms part of as part of CEO Larry...
Apr 18, 2012 | Search engine marketing
Commercial property firm Land Securities has launched a new Google search service for visitors to the White Rose shopping centre, Leeds. Debenhams, Topshop, Warehouse and Oasis are the first retailers to sign up to the scheme. The firm is partnering with...
Apr 17, 2012 | Search engine marketing
Google is to split its stock for the first time, making its sky-high shares easier for the average person to buy. The move comes as a response from investor concerns, and also acts as a way of preserving power for the company’s co-founders. The stock split was...
Mar 30, 2012 | Search engine marketing
Google has launched a new tool that lets users see the internet giant’s records of where they have been and what they searched for. The tool keeps people posted on patterns at Gmail, YouTube, online search and other Google venues visited while signed into their user...
Mar 29, 2012 | Search engine marketing
Google has been accused of manipulating search results for its own commercial advantage. A number of consumer groups have claimed that users are being directed to Google’s own shopping price comparison services, maps, books and its YouTube website at the expense of...
Mar 27, 2012 | Search engine marketing
Google has been ordered to disable part of its autocomplete function in Japan after complaints it violates privacy. The Tokyo District Court approved a petition by the man, who claimed typing his name into the search engine generated a suggestion linking him to crimes...
Mar 26, 2012 | Search engine marketing
Google has claimed it has halved the number of so-called “bad ads” being displayed across its services, after boosting its detection methods and technology. The internet giant announced it has shut down about 800,000 advertisers and blocked over 130...
Mar 23, 2012 | Search engine marketing
Over half of visitors to the car brand websites were exposed to online activity such as display and search, with one in 10 subsequently converting, according to new research. The study, from the IAB, also indicated there is a ‘positive latent brand effect’ of display...
Mar 19, 2012 | Search engine marketing
There were 2.2 billion visits to search engines in January 2012 in the UK, with Google accounting for 9 in 10 searches, according to new data. The study, from Experian Hitwise, indicates that visits to search engines were up 174 million year-on-year.The increase in...
Mar 16, 2012 | Search engine marketing
Just over half (51%) of all website traffic originates from automated software programs, rather than humans, according to a new study. The research, from cloud-based service Incapsula, found that 31% of all traffic can actually harm businesses. Incapsula provided a...
