Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Health Related Searching Debate
Medical experts are debating whether or not search engines are being used to their full potential to find out information on health issues. [HealthCentral]
Ask Jeeves Beefs Up Product Search
Internet search service provider Ask Jeeves is beefing up its product search capabilities for the busy holiday shopping season. [PC World]
Why Spamcop got yanked
Anyone who tried reporting spam to the popular Spamcop service this weekend got a nasty surprise. The site had bizarrely disappeared. And no, it wasn't a server outage. [The Register]
Ireland domain registry CEO resigns
The chief executive of Ireland's domain registry, IEDR, has resigned on the eve of a disciplinary hearing, bringing to a close 13 months of infighting at the company. [The Register]
Web publishers attack BBC Online
BBC Online came under sustained attack from publishers and media experts for damaging the commercial online advertising market at a policy forum yesterday, witnessed by the man who will oversee a wide-ranging review of its services. [Media Week]
Worldpay takes a hit
Leading e-commerce provider WorldPay suffers heavy 'denial-of-service' attack, hitting many high profile clients such as Sony Music and Vodaphone.
Lycos Overture Break-up Scandal
Paid search is hot, but it's getting to be a bit too Sex-and-the-City hot, with promiscuous couplings and high-drama break-ups. [Internet News]
Search Contest Looms Between Microsoft, Google
In a move reminiscent of its hardball assault on Netscape in the browser wars of the mid-1990s, Microsoft is stepping up its effort in search engines--and that means Google could be in the software colossus's sights. [WebTech]
Amazon jams print feature on book search
Amazon.com has stopped allowing users of its "Search Inside the Book" feature to print pages of online books they find via its weeks-old service, after some authors complained that it threatened sales of their works. [ZDNet]
Keeping tabs on Google, Yahoo modifies home page
Yahoo altered its home page this weekend to showcase specialised search features, a bid to drive traffic to the new tools and recapture ground from rival Google. [CNET]
