Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Bigmouthmedia finalist for "Best Use of Search"
Bigmouthmedia have made it through to the finals of The Imperatives' 2005 "Best Use of Search". The big brand and multilingual SEO specialists are nominated alongside Ask Jeeves and the Teoma search engine.
Google now offers film reviews and showtime search
Google has said movie showtimes are now available on its search engine. The new feature provides information such as theatre locations and reviews, and enables users to search for movies by title, plot or genre. [Reuters UK]
Google promotes new digital marketing qualification
Google has been named as the exclusive partner for the IDM's newly launched qualifications in digital marketing. [Netimperative]
Google keeping the wolf from Firefox' door
The Mozilla Foundation's deal with Google is playing a crucial role in helping the non-profit organisation challenge Microsoft with its Firefox browser. [ZDNet UK]
Espotting/FindWhat responds to Yahoo!
"By bringing Overture under the Yahoo! brand, Yahoo! is further highlighting the manner in which it directly competes with many of Overture's major distribution partners" said Craig Pisaris-Henderson, chairman of FindWhat.com, Inc.
Yahoo to drop Overture name
Search giant Yahoo has announced it plans to stop using the name of Overture, the sponsored-search company it bought 17 months ago. [NetImperative]
Lycos selects Ask Jeeves to power search on Lycos.com
Ask Jeeves and Lycos, today announced that Lycos has selected Ask Jeeves' algorithmic search technology to power search on Lycos.com. Effective immediately, the syndication agreement will bring Ask Jeeves search to millions of Lycos users.
AltaVista, Tiscali given click-through appraisal
Research has found that better search results could be gained from smaller search engines as AltaVista and Tiscali were ranked third and fourth for click-through success behind Google and Yahoo. [Vnunet]
Yahoo celebrates a decade online
Yahoo, one of the net's most iconic companies, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week. [BBC News]
Yahoo opens search developer program
Yahoo wants developers to know that its search engine welcomes them. [Publish]
