Industry News

Comic Relief Online Donations Soar
Results from Red Nose Day 2003, reveal that new media channels raked in £4.3m. Bigmouthmedia were delighted to be on board, providing search engine marketing to the charity.

Freeserve Drop Google Results
The UK's biggest ISP no longer uses Google as its default search engine.

Yahoo! Results to Show Sign of Recovery
This week Yahoo! will report its second-quarter earnings, which analysts expect will confirm that an Internet ad recovery is well underway.
[Boston Internet]

LookSmart Inks Search Deal with Lycos
LookSmart have announced a multiyear search agreement with Terra Lycos to provide Web search and paid inclusion on the Lycos portal.[Boston Internet]

Online Ad Spending to Reach $6.3B in 2003
Online ad spending is to hit $6.3 billion in the US this year, up from $6 billion in 2002, according to a report by eMarketer. [DM News]

Dancing With the Google Devil
Google's announcement of AdSense, a new programme that enables publishers to serve text-based Google AdWords ads on their sites, is positioned as a grand opportunity for publishers to share in revenue generated by these ads. (from Editor and Publishe

Microsoft brains take on Google
Microsoft has hired top scientists in its quest for search algorithms that will allow it to compete directly with Google. (from Business Standards)

Yahoo! Profits Soar
Fuelled in part by a comeback in online advertising, Yahoo yesterday reported higher profits and revised its business outlook upward. [DM News]

Bad News for Yahoo! Investors
Since posting quarterly earnings raised guidance for 2003, Yahoo's stock has plummeted. [USA Today]

Google cache raises copyright concerns
Like other online publishers, The New York Times charges readers to access articles on its Web site. But why pay when you can use Google instead? (from news.com)