Search Marketing News

Keeping you up to date with the latest developments in digital marketing, the team at iCrossing are pleased to provide you with coverage of the key issues and stories on natural search, paid search, social media and digital marketing in general. If you have any queries or comments about any of the articles below, feel free to contact us on +44 (0)1273 828100 or results@icrossing.co.uk.

BigNews for Ask

07.02.2008

Ask has become the latest internet search engine to launch a news service, with the release of Ask BigNews.

The site displays stories gathered from 'more than 10,000 sources', allowing users to view breaking stories and track...

Category: Online journalism, Search engines, Social media, Video sharing

Google takes aim at Microsoft's Yahoo move

04.02.2008

Policymakers around the world should examine Microsoft's proposed buyout of Yahoo, search rival Google has said.

In a message on the company's official blog, Google's chief legal officer David Drummond wrote that "Microsoft's...

Category: Google, MSN, Natural search, Search engines, Yahoo

Microsoft bids for Yahoo

01.02.2008

Microsoft is attempting to buy Yahoo with an unsolicited offer worth $44.6 billion.

The proposal, valued at 62% more than Yahoo's closing share price yesterday, comes after Yahoo revealed a 23% decline in profits for the last...

Category: Google, MSN, Search engines, Yahoo

MySpace to ape Facebook application support

30.01.2008

Social network MySpace is to introduce a developer platform next month, in a bid to arrest the rate at which rival Facebook has been eroding its market lead.

The news, reported by Reuters, will see the network open itself to...

Category: Search engines, Social media