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February was a quiet month for the search market; we're not going to suggest any companies either break out the champagne or fire their CEOs as a result of the small changes that took place. Still, for those who are curious, comScore believes it was Google and Bing that came out looking like winners. Google managed to increase its share of the U.S. search market to 65.5 percent, up from 65.4 percent in January, according to comScore's data. Bing, meanwhile, accomplished a more impressive...
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While we normally don't comment on market share fluctuations that occur in places other than America, some recent changes in the UK may bear mentioning. According to the AT Internet Institute, Google's share of the search market slipped by 1.6 percent between January and February. That's a significant amount. Indeed, as the slightly upsized figure below shows (sorry for any blurriness), if Ask and AOL had suffered similar losses, they'd have been wiped out, hitting zero. Of course...
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Update: After some delay, Microsoft is reportedly now rolling out the new MSN home page design over the next couple weeks. Original Article: MSN.com gets about 85 million unique monthly visitors in the US alone, according to Compete . That's significantly more than AOL.com. So now that Microsoft has unveiled a redesign to it, it stands to reason that a lot of people are going to be affected by it. Microsoft calls the new design MSN's most significant home page redesign in over a decade. "Now...
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Microsoft is rolling out the largest imagery update to Bing Maps to date, adding 6.7 million square kilometers of new imagery, a representative for Bing tells WebProNews. The update includes new aerial imagery for the Russian Federation, Australia, Mexico and most places in the US where there is existing black and white imagery. "There is also a notable addition of Bird’s Eye Imagery for Sweden," the rep says. Here's a list as mentioned on the Bing Maps Blog : Aerial Australia...
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As you know, Microsoft and Yahoo were recently granted regulatory approval on their search and advertising deal, and we've discussed what this might mean for search engine optimization . WebProNews stopped by the Yahoo Headquarters in Sunnyvale before heading to SMX West in Santa Clara this week, and talked with Shashi Seth, Sr. VP of Yahoo Search Products about the deal, how it will be integrated, and timing, among other things. Seth says that the integration of Bing results into Yahoo Search...
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More people have the web in the palm of their hands than ever before. Smartphone usage isn't exactly slowing down, and for that reason, the search market might get shaken up considerably in the coming months. Google has long dominated the search market, and to this day continues to do so. There is nothing indicating that will change in the near future, but the rise of smartphones and deals among different players could conceivably shake things up, and make things a bit more competitive. AT&T...
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In case you missed it, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke at SMX West in Santa Clara yesterday, addressing the search marketing industry for the first time (you can watch that at our new site live.webpronews.com ). Obviously, much of the conversation was centered around Bing. A little bit later in the day, WebProNews caught up with Miiko Ollila, Senior Product Manager on Bing Local to talk a little bit about Bing's efforts in local search. As Ballmer noted in his keynote, Google "did search...
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Microsoft announced today that Bing is just now supporting query history in its Autosuggest feature. In other words, if you have your search history enabled, Bing will incorporate past queries you've made into the suggestions. "You are in full control of your query history," the Bing Team stresses . "We know your privacy is very important to you. You can turn History on or off at any time or selectively remove any portion of your search history using the Manage History option....
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Although Google's undoubtedly best known for dominating the traditional search market, the company's no slouch when it comes to mobile. New stats from Opera indicate that Google has a huge lead over its closest rival, and that its other well-funded competitor barely enters the equation. According to the latest Opera State of the Mobile Report, Google's search portal accounts "for more than 9% of all page views on the mobile Web." Obviously, that's impressive. Moving on,...
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Yahoo said early Wednesday it has entered into a partnership with Twitter that will integrate real-time tweets across the Yahoo network. Users will be able to access their personal Twitter feeds on the Yahoo homepage, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Sports, and other areas. Yahoo users will also be able to update their Twitter status from Yahoo and share content in their Twitter feed. "The information in one single tweet can travel light-years farther with this Yahoo! integration," said Twitter cofounder...
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There is an interesting discussion going on in our WebProWorld forum about search engine optimization post Microsoft-Yahoo deal. For those unfamiliar with the topic, Microsoft and Yahoo recently gained regulatory approval on a search and advertising deal announced last year, which will see Yahoo using Bing's algorithm in its search results. The discussion is about whether or not this means businesses and webmasters will only have to worry about optimizing for 2 search engines (Google/Bing) rather...
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Microsoft has spent a lot of money promoting Bing since its launch, and Bing's usage has grown by millions of people since then, but it still has a long way to go to reach the top of the search market share mountain. Google is still sitting comfortably atop that mountain of course, but Google doesn't really have to lose for Bing to win. Microsoft has been putting things in motion that have the potential to increase Bing usage by an enormous amount. Let's Start with the Yahoo Deal The...
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Update: Google has posted its entire press conference from British Columbia so anybody can see it. In it, Google shows off the different ways it is involved in the Olympics experience: If you don't want to watch the entire thing, but would rather see the gist of it, they have also uploaded the highlights: Original Article: As the Olympics get underway, fans have a lot of options to engage online. Many popular sites on the web are involved in a variety of ways. Google Google allows you to take...
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Microsoft has unveiled its Windows Phone 7 Series, a new mobile platform. The phones will bring Microsoft's XBox Live service and its Zune music and video experience together on phones. Perhaps more interesting, at least to enthusiasts of the search industry, is that Windows Phone 7 devices will come with "a dedicated hardware button for Bing." Microsoft says this will provide one-click access to search from anywhere on the phone. A special implementation of Bing search also provides...
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Google said today it views its relationship with Apple as valuable and does not see any reason for that to change, even with the rumors Microsoft's Bing may replace Google search on the iPhone. "Apple is a very close and valuable partner and we're very excited about the relationship we have with them today. We have no reason to believe that's going to change," said Vic Gundortra, Vice President, Engineering, Google, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. "We don't...
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