Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Yahoo developing a search engine for music
Sources reveal web giant Yahoo! is developing a search engine for finding downloadable songs and music data from across the internet. [ZDNet]
Google DNS glitch sparks hacking fears
Some surfers were rerouted to SoGoSearch.com during the short "outage" - sparking rumours that Google had become the victim of a hacking attack. [The Register]
Google gets set for Operation China
Internet search engine Google has secured a licence to operate in China, enabling it to compete more effectively with rivals such as Yahoo! in the world's second-largest internet market. [BBC News]
Google Mini drives into Europe
Search giant Google has launched Google Mini into the European market. The Google Mini is designed for SME's to let employees and Web site visitors search up to 100,000 documents, including blog and wiki entries. [ZDNet]
Google stops web accelerator tool
Google has brought downloads of its Accelerator software to a grinding halt following speculation that the tool to speed up web searches breaches security. [Webuser]
Jury Fails to Determine Validity of Yahoo! Ad Tech Patent
The patent dispute over bid-for-placement technology between Yahoo! Search Marketing and FindWhat.com resulted in a mistrial late Wednesday. Parts of the case could still be decided by a judge next month. [ClickZ]
AnooX Challenges Google, Yahoo
AnooX, the new search engine that claims to deliver the most accurate search results has challenged Google and Yahoo! to a contest to see who actually delivers more accurate search results. [Techtree]
Google shareholders meet for first time
Mom and pop investors got a rare opportunity to question Google Inc. 's top executives Thursday, but most chose generally upbeat topics of inquiry at the search engine's first shareholder meeting. [SFGate]
Google buys social network firm
Google has made further inroads into the social networking market, buying SMS-based community network Dodgeball.com, for an undisclosed sum. [Netimperative]
Reuters Links Up with AOL's Singingfish Video Search Engine
Singingfish video and audio search engine will have access to Reuters extensive video content.
