Posts tagged with 'Microsoft'
A study by
ComScore
, focusing on the US, has shown an increase of over 40% in the number of users performing local searches online in the last year.
According to the research, 63% of US internet users (around 109 million people) performed a local search during July, a 43% increase over the same month in 2005.
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by Richard Maven
29 September 2006 15:52pm
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Microsoft
has struck a blow in its online ad war with Google with the launch of a set of services that firms can use to target consumers via PCs, game consoles, mobiles and PDAs.
Announced at Advertising Week, ‘Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions’ brings the company’s ad products and services under a single umbrella, assisting firms that want to reach customers across different digital platforms at a time when media continues to fragment.
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by Richard Maven
26 September 2006 11:57am
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Research firm eMarketer has forecast that growth in US online ad spending will slow slightly this year as due to weaker consumer spending and as the market matures.
A report by the firm predicted internet ad revenues would rise 26.8% to $15.9bn this year – a move that may calm some fears in the industry after Yahoo!’s warning sent shares tumbling last week.
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by Richard Maven
26 September 2006 11:56am
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WebSideStory
has released an interesting study that indicates paid search is only slightly more effective than optimisation when it comes to conversion rates.
The research, which focused on 20 major B2C sites over the first eight months of this year, basically suggests that neither paid or organic search advocates are right to claim their methods are better.
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by Richard Maven
25 September 2006 14:27pm
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Newspaper and book publishers have announced a new tagging system which they hope will wrestle back control over content distribution from news aggregators and search engines.
The Automated Content Access Protocol (ACAP) technology, launched by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and various other groups, aims to calm publishers’ fears that they are getting a bad deal when their content is indexed online.
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by Richard Maven
25 September 2006 14:26pm
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Speculation is growing that Yahoo! is close to a $1bn deal for social networking site Facebook.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook is in "serious discussions" to sell itself to the search engine and portal, following months of reported takeover bids from big media players.
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by Richard Maven
22 September 2006 10:04am
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Over at Ajaxian yesterday, Michael Mahemoff gives a heads up on the latest Web 2.0 move by MSN, which sees them offer pretty much as yet unheard of Ajax driven user features for their image search.
It’s great, but it’s also gimmicky – KISS.
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by Gareth Knight
18 September 2006 20:57pm
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Google has added interactive content from the Discovery Channel and other providers to popular geospatial software Google Earth.
The overlays can be accessed by clicking a box in the software's sidebar, and support videos, photos, RSS feeds and blogs.
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by Richard Maven
14 September 2006 10:21am
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eMusic
has announced plans to launch in all 25 EU countries in a bid to become Europe’s number two music downloading site behind iTunes.
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by Richard Maven
12 September 2006 15:25pm
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Recent moves by social networking sites into the digital music business have been backed by a new report.
The 2006 Digital Music Survey, carried out by Entertainment Media Research, shows the likes of Bebo and Myspace have a strong influence over the way listeners’ discover and purchase music online.
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by Richard Maven
04 September 2006 14:51pm
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