Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Search engines limit drug ads but ease rules on sex
Drugs are out and sex is in, at least when it comes to advertising on Internet search engines.[New York Times]
Up from the Underground
There's no doubt that, search has become just about the hottest topic for online marketers over the past year or so. [Netimperative]
On the Google Deskbar
At the start of November, Google Labs came up with an interesting search feature - the Google Deskbar. We've been trying it out. [The Register]
New media overtakes the old
It looks like new media is catching up with old -and is on course to overtake it. [E-consultancy]
10m Americans paid for music downloads in Q2 of 2003
According to rather surprising study by Ipsos-Insight, 10 million Americans paid for at least some of the songs they downloaded from the Net during the second quarter of 2003. [After Dawn.com]
Wanadoo unveils Euro ad network
Wanadoo in France, Spain, Netherlands and the UK has teamed up with Web.de (Germany) and Libero (Italy) to give advertisers access to some 30 million users. [The Register]
Google relents on pharmaceutical ads
In an apparent reversal, Google has announced it would hire a third-party company to verify online pharmacies before allowing them to advertise on its site. [Seattle Times]
Domain name issues affect 1 in 6
New companies are finding it harder to establish their online brands as first choices of domain names become increasingly scarce. [CPU Review]
Google update angers businesses
Changes to the way Google rates its search results have angered businesses whose rankings have tumbled.[ZDNet UK]
EBay tops Europe's e-shopping sector
EBay has emerged as the popular etailer with more than 22 million people visited an eBay auction site in September 2003.[Netimperative]
