Yahoo!-Overture victims receive compensation

The plaintiffs won a $750,000 settlement from the search giant after arguing the "feature contained certain flaws and inadequate disclosures about how it worked". The error had meant users overspent on their ad services between October 2004 and …

Keyword research for UK sites is a different ball game

… UK market is so Google-focused it is hard for keyword research firms to get the right results. Most keyword research tools use Overture (Yahoo) or Wordtracker to some extent. Yahoo has about a 3% market share in the UK compared to Google's 90% …

Yahoo! sued over ad technology

… Yahoo!'s sales forecasts missed estimates. Many of the company's problems had stemmed from the efficiency of its Overture search marketing platform, over which Google has built a commanding leadership position. One analyst earlier this year told …

Microsoft 'to release' adCenter update

… but you can play with it today at the adCenter Beta site." adCenter was developed after Microsoft dropped its reliance on Overture and Yahoo! search advertising last year, but is still flagged as a beta (pilot) product. Amongst the "cool" …

Wordtracker launches UK keyword tool for search marketers

… detail. There are other keyword research tools out there. Overture's keyword selector tool offers similar results to Wordtracker, … plug gaps, as well as the likes of Wordtracker, Overture's tool, Google Trends, and even Google Suggest. blog@ …

Yahoo! launches Panama in quest for relevance

… Yahoo! first embarked on the Panama project in 2005 after being otherwise content with the software acquired in its purchase of Overture two years earlier. According to the New York Times: "Those who worked on the project described the effort as a …

Simplifying SEO - Five laws of effective search engine optimisation

… performance, so have compiled a list of the best keyphrase analysis tools for SEO. It’s a shame the old-favourite Overture is no longer performing, although it seems Yahoo! will revive it. 3. If you create more quality internal links, …

Will Yahoo!'s half-price sale click with advertisers?

… ’s good news that it has knocked the minimum bids back down to the level they used to be in the days of Overture. It makes sense; as for many low competition keywords, Google’s pricing on AdWords was proving far more cost effective. With Yahoo!'s …

New consortium to allow UK online ad trading

… networks, while five further sales houses are believed to be interested in joining. Ad exchanges aim to replicate what Overture and Google have achieved for paid search advertising, offering advertisers a transparent environment to buy space, and cut …