Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Less than 10% of Fortune 100 use search engine optimization effectively
Despite their high-profile market presence, less than 10% of Fortune 100 companies use search engine optimisation effectively, according to a new study. [InternetRetailer]
Jupitermedia Sues EMarketer Over Proprietary Data
Jupitermedia Corp. sent cease-and-desist letters alleging Internet information company eMarketer Inc. is improperly republishing Jupitermedia products, infringing on its rights in France and the U.K. [iwon]
A New Player in Desktop Search
Copernic, a well-known developer of web search tools, is entering the desktop search marketplace with the release of a new product today. [SearchEngineWatch]
Wotbox Launches 8 New Localised Search Engines
Wotbox.com, the Search Engine upstart of last year is back with 8 new local search sites - Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Spain & United States. [PRWeb]
Google's IPO auction registration ends
Google Inc. will close the registration process for its IPO auction Today, Thursday 2nd September 2004. [CNN.com]
Internet ads will face trademark lawsuit
Search engines Google and Overture can be sued for selling trademark-linked advertisements, a US judge has ruled. [ZDNet]
Overture Shifting To Default Broad Match
Within the next few weeks, Overture will make a major switch to matching terms on a broad basis, rather than the traditional exact match default it has followed since the company's launch. [SearchEngineWatch]
Yahoo sponsors 2004 TopCoder Open
Yahoo has signed on as a sponsor of the 2004 TopCoder Open. Part of their reasoning for doing this? To find fresh minds for engineering [The Unofficial Yahoo! Weblog]
Wide charter for Google in India
Google, the search engine major, which opened its R&D unit in Bangalore, has stated that the centre's charter is to innovate, implement and launch new Google technologies and products for a global audience. [rediff.com]
Move over boring text only search engines...
Get ready for the next level in online communications and portals with Hello World. [eMediaWire]
