International markets made up $3.5 billion, or 52% of Google’s revenue, in the last calendar quarter of 2009. However, their international presence is not without its detractors. According to BusinessWeek.com: The European Union said it is examining complaints from companies that accuse Google of demoting links to their sites in search results. The same day, [...]
Yahoo Answers Overhaul
February 25th, 2010The wildly popular Yahoo Answers has gotten a bit more than a facelift. According to the Yahoo Answers blog, the revamp is pretty intense and in depth. The homepage and navigation have been entirely redone. On top of the the Answers banner, there are four new, navigation tabs: Home, Browse Categories, My Activity, and About. [...]
Google Changes Ad Serving
February 24th, 2010According to Google, the not quite 2 year old Ad Manager is being retired. Instead Doubleclick (acquired in 2008) will be carrying the load. From the Google Blog: The upgraded DFP includes a wide variety of features that will help publishers to get the most value out of their online content: A new interface that [...]
Xerox Sues for Patent ‘Copy’right…
February 24th, 2010Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. are now being sued by Xerox. You read that right – Xerox. The company most people associate with copy machines is suing the two biggest search giants over patent-infringement claims. The suit, which is about patents related to search queries and data integration, was filed Feb. 19 in federal court [...]
Twitter gets a Boost from Google
February 21st, 2010Stats show Twitter gaining in hits since Google started funneling traffic their way. Not long ago Google announced their partnership with Twitter: In the past few years, an entirely new type of data has emerged — real-time updates like those on Twitter have appeared not only as a way for people to communicate their thoughts [...]
