by denis | Apr 18, 2005 | Search
Yahoo has officially dropped the Overture brand name from its paid-search products. The company announced plans to drop the Overture name in the North American market at the beginning of March. Yahoo will phase out use of the brand internationally in the coming months...
by denis | Apr 6, 2005 | Search
It was only a matter of time before someone took the problems associated with click-fraud to court. In February, a group of advertisers quietly filed a lawsuit against Google, Yahoo, Time Warner (AOL), Ask Jeeves, Disney, Lycos, LookSmart and FindWhat. Led by...
by denis | Mar 21, 2005 | Search
Ask Jeeves has been sold to Internet media conglomerate InterActiveCorp (IAC) for nearly $2-billion. Rumours about the sale, which started circulating early Sunday with a short story in the Wall St. Journal, were confirmed this morning by both IAC and Ask Jeeves. The...
by denis | Feb 11, 2005 | Search
Search engine watch has printed December 2004 stats from comScore Media Metrix detailing the market share of the major search engines going into the new year. Google continues to dominate, generating 48% of all search results either directly or by providing results to...
by denis | Jan 31, 2005 | Social
Why is it that when one search engine does something, every other search engine jumps on the bandwagon? From the introduction of similar new products and features to the coincidental timing of product introductions, the major search engines frequently tend to trip...
