Yahoo has today officially announced a raft of site changes, highlighting the importance businesses are now placing on social media. The California firm said in a statement that from this week it will expand its relationship with social networking site … 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
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
Yahoo's head of mobile in Europe packs bags
The managing director of Yahoo's European mobile operation has left the company after four-and-a-half years. Mitch Lazar, who joined the company in 2005, is not believed to have taken up another offer of employment. A report by New Media Age … Continue reading
Photocopier giant takes Yahoo and Google to court
Photocopier and document management company Xerox is suing Google and Yahoo for patent infringement. The Connecticut-based company has accused the search firms of using patented Xerox technologies in relation to search queries and the management of documents on the internet, … Continue reading
EU and US regulators wave through Microsoft/Yahoo! deal
Microsoft and Yahoo! have received approval from both the US Department of Justice and the European Commission for their search deal announced last summer, Search Engine Watch has reported. Yahoo! will begin to rebrand its search facility under the … Continue reading
Regulators give thumbs up to Microsoft-Yahoo search deal
The European Union has given its approval to a deal that will see Microsoft take over Yahoo's search business. The 10-year arrangement, which will see Microsoft’s Bing search engine power Yahoo’s search page, has also been given the green light … Continue reading
Yahoo addresses search "misconceptions"
Yahoo has insisted it is still a player in the search engine business, in spite of its deal with Microsoft. The company, which is waiting for the US Regulator to approve a deal which will see Microsoft’s Bing search engine … Continue reading
Bing can turn a profit says Microsoft executive
Bing, the search engine launched by Microsoft last June, is capable of making a profit, according to a top Microsoft Executive. Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of Microsoft’s online audience business, said finalising the deal with Yahoo and increasing its … Continue reading
