Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Yahoo readies desktop search tools
Search engine may take on Microsoft with expanded search, including personal files stored online. [PCWorld]
Google may delay its $3.3 billion IPO
Google may delay its $3.3 billion IPO by about a week as the search engine waits for more fund managers to bid on the shares, a source familiar with the offering said last night. [RTE]
Yahoo toolbar makes false spyware links
Yahoo has confirmed that its recently released toolbar has mistakenly linked an alleged spyware program with a product that has nothing to do with the application in question. [Silicon]
Yahoo! and Google resolve disputes
Yahoo! Inc. and Google Inc. today announced that the companies have resolved two disputes that have been pending between the companies.
Yahoo acquires travel vendor FareChase
Yahoo has acquired FareChase, a travel search-engine vendor. [InternetWeek]
Online advertising to reach high
A new report by eMarketer predicts that online advertising expenditure is set to reach an all time high by the end of this year.
Registry closes today for long-awaited Google IPO
Prospective investors have a deadline to register for Google Inc.'s $3 billion share auction, moving the search giant one step closer to the largest Internet stock offering ever. [QCTimes]
Mamma cashes in - and goes shopping
Beleagered search engine turns last year's half million dollar loss into a tidy second quarter profit for 2004 and gets ready for a buying spree.
Lycos heads East
Once bought for $12bn, now just sold for just 1% of that, Spains Terra Networks sells Lycos to South Korean Daum Comms at a very hefty loss.
UK Government buys your clicks
Pay per click fever hits the government, as its flagship directgov website begins paying Google, Overture and Espotting to promote the site - the first time it has ever done so [BBC]
