Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Is Yahoo! wooing MarketWatch?
When Terry Semel was hired to turn around Yahoo!, he believed it was critical to operate on simple principles. [Motley Fool]
MSN search engine
MSN prepares major pre-Christmas online ad campaign to promote search engine launch. [newmediazero]
Amazon's A9 releases toolbar for Firefox
The search arm of the e-commerce company has made a version of its toolbar available for the open-source browser. [ZDNet]
Google and Reed call ceasefire
Publisher Reed Elsevier, which owns paid-for search engine LexisNexis, has called a truce with free arch-rival Google. [This is London]
Time Warner bail out AOL Europe
Time Warner has said it will restate its accounts relating to AOL Europe's operations before 2002 and that it has set aside $500m (£270.6m) for a legal fund pending US government investigation [Revolution]
AOL widens the search
Web searches are now at the forefront of AOL's strategy, with the company laying plans to improve and expand its services and move into personalised search. [ComputerWeekly]
Yahoo! Korea gets a face-lift
Yahoo! Korea introduced an upgraded version of its Gugi search service yesterday, giving users the option of sorting information by ratings and allowing greater use of natural language in search words. [The Korea Herald]
Topix, Citysearch Team for Local Content
In a partnership of two local service providers, Citysearch will feature local news headlines from Topix.net on its local guides, and Topix.net will in turn feature advertising from Citysearch's ad network throughout its local news pages. [Clickz]
Yahoo wades in content waters
The former ABC executive, who was ousted in a management shakeup at the network in April, has been appointed to oversee Yahoo's media and entertainment properties. [CNet]
Tide of migrant BNP PR menaces Google News
Google News, which last year accepted that press releases counted as news, now apparently thinks press releases from the far-right British National Party count too. [The Register]
