Blog - May/2009

After flirting with the possibility of buying Twitter due to their ability to offer real time search, Google is now thinking long and hard about their own ability to provide the same service. Google co-founder Larry Page spoke recently about how...
Posted 2 years 11 months ago by Sarah
  • Google
  • Search Engines
With the arrival of Microsoft’s new search engine now imminent it seems as though it is anyone’s guess what the service will be called. The latest rumours coming out of Microsoft have the word “Bing” bounding around as the potential new name....
Posted 2 years 11 months ago by Sarah
  • Industry News
  • Microsoft
  • Search Engines
If you’re looking to start up a new website to revamp your company’s image there are several factors that you should consider from the outset. You obviously want to get the design right so that it stays in people’s minds and attracts them to stay...
Posted 3 years 3 days ago by Sarah
  • SEO
  • Web Design
A report from Neilson Online says that out of all the website traffic in the UK nearly 50% of it is divided between only ten sites. The major winner in all this was Facebook where it is said that one in every eight minutes online is spent on the...
Posted 3 years 3 days ago by Sarah
  • Industry News
  • Social Media
Going against everything they have preached in the past, Google is placing adverts on television for the first time to promote one of its services. The new Google Chrome internet browser that was launched last year has seen Google place ads...
Posted 3 years 5 days ago by Sarah
  • Google
  • Search Engines
More than a few months down the line a merger between Microsoft and Yahoo now seems to be on the cards, for definite this time. Industry blogger, Kara Swisher has reported one of her sources informed her that “the deal had now become a case of the...
Posted 3 years 5 days ago by Sarah
  • Industry News
  • Microsoft
  • Search Engines
  • Yahoo
The Chinese search engine Baidu is expected to increase its lead over Google within China in the upcoming months according to the China Daily newspaper. This news should have an impact on how people view their multi lingual search engine...
Posted 3 years 1 week ago by Sarah
  • Google
  • Search Engines
  • SEO
Another day and another takeover bid for Twitter emerges, this time a $700million approach by Apple. Following on from the Facebook bid and the reported interest of Google and Microsoft, Apple are reported to be in late stage negotiations by...
Posted 3 years 1 week ago by Sarah
  • Industry News
  • Social Media
  • Twitter
  • Twitter related
It seems as though Google can be beaten in search related queries after all. � Search Engine Land did some playing around with the search engines by inputting “Who won the Kentucky Derby?”, and they discovered that LiveSearch and Ask.com were the...
Posted 3 years 1 week ago by Sarah
  • Google
  • Search Engines