Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Yahoo! in Dublin
Yahoo!, the company behind one of the world's most visited website has decided to create 400 jobs in Dublin. [Silicon Republic]
Google, VNU in targeted ad deal
Google's contextual search adverts will now appear on VNU-owned publications. [ZDNet]
Yahoo, Google add new services
Yahoo adds to its map service a one-click option that sends driving directions to mobile phones. In addition, search engine Google launched a beta test version of its toolbar. New features include spell check and a word translator. [Internet Week]
Ask Jeeves offers celebrity profiles
Hello magazine has teamed up with search engine Ask Jeeves to provide celebrity profiles to users of the search engine's Famous People Smart Search tool. [Netimperative]
Yahoo 'in talks' over Indian deal
Yahoo is in talks about buying a stake in Indiatimes, the internet business of India's largest media company, the FT has reported. [BBC]
Google Gmail launch edges closer
The email service to be offered by search engine Google has edged closer to its launch. The Google service is currently still under development in its beta phase. [BBC News]
NY Times buys About.com for $410m cash
Google, Times Warner, Yahoo! and Jeeves also reportedly expressed interest in buying About.com, which goes to show how paid-for search advertising has transformed the dotcom landscape. [The Register]
Google under fire over autolinking
Comparisons with Microsofts long-dead and much-maligned 'Smart Tags' technology have cast a shadow over Google's latest toolbar. [ZDNet]
Search engine to present at Goldman Sachs event
Ask Jeeves, Inc. announced that it will present at the Goldman Sachs Technology Investment Symposium 2005.
Picsearch announces collaboration with MSN
Picsearch announced today that it has entered into an agreement to supply the new MSN Search service with image search services.
