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China net users outnumber US

21.04.2008

The number of internet users in China has outstripped the US for the first time, according to research from Beijing.

USA Today reports figures from analysts BDA China, which show that the country had over 220 million internet...

Category: Google, Search engines

'Green' search engine turns ads into offsets

16.04.2008

A new search engine that aims to "make a difference for climate change" has been launched across 14 countries.

The Sydney-based firm behind Ecocho promises to plant trees according to how many searches are made through it.

The...

Category: Google, Search engines, Yahoo

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and News Corp in 'epic fight'

10.04.2008

Microsoft's pursuit of Yahoo has become more complex, with the appearance yesterday of a series of announcements and leaks.

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Yahoo and AOL are close to a deal that would see...

Category: Google, Natural search, Online marketing, Paid search, Search engines, Yahoo

Microsoft ups Yahoo pressure

07.04.2008

Microsoft chief executive Steve Balmer has written to Yahoo's board of directors, ratcheting up the pressure for a response to Microsoft's takeover bid.

In an email sent over the weekend, Balmer set a three-week deadline for...

Category: Online marketing, Search engines, Yahoo

Google to sell DoubleClick's search marketing unit

04.04.2008

Google has confirmed details of how it will divest the search marketing business it acquired when it bought DoubleClick last month.

Category: Google, Online marketing, Paid search, Search engines