Yahoo and Microsoft both managed to increase their share of the American search market last month, according to the latest available figures. Data from comScore suggests websites belonging to Yahoo saw a 0.8 per cent month-on-month increase in search share during … Continue reading
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Yahoo in Google search warning
The chief executive of Yahoo has said Google needs to diversify its business, or risk coming up against “a problem”. In an interview with BBC News, Carol Bartz said the US search giant will have to “do a lot more … Continue reading
Offer of alternative browser choices leads to Microsoft losing European market share
The number of Microsoft Internet Explorer browser users in Europe has dropped since the company made it easier for European consumers to use competing browsers. Microsoft has promised to allow easier access to rival browsers in Windows by the middle … Continue reading
Users get hunting following Facebook redesign
Facebook saw a 10.4 per cent increase in the number of searches carried out by users in the past month, according to data released this week. American data analysis firm comScore, found Facebook had been used to run 395 million … Continue reading
Search engine marketers urged to gear up for change after Yahoo and MSN merger gets approval
With all systems now go on the merger between Yahoo! and MSN after American competition regulators gave the massive transaction the go-ahead, search engine marketers are pondering over whether this will mean major changes to their optimisation strategies. The two … Continue reading
Yahoo CEO not pushing for Google search probe
Yahoo has decided not to join Microsoft in its call for US government regulators to investigate Google’s internet search practices. The company’s Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz said Yahoo’s recent deal to combine parts of its search business with Microsoft … Continue reading
