Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Search Engine Operators Battle Over Advertising
All search engine operators will be holding their breath until June 24th. That's when the next round of the law suit over paid advertising patents is expected. [Turks]
Google CEO defends privacy policies
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt acknowledged that his company's search engine can ruffle privacy feathers, but said the company's technology doesn't violate the company's founding motto, "Don't be evil." [ZDNet]
Lookout, France! Google hires neo-con headbanger
The company that prides itself on "Doing No Evil" isn't taking any chances with its latest executive appointment. [The Register]
Microsoft previews geo-mapping service
Seeking an edge on Google Inc. in localized online search, Microsoft Corp. previewed on Monday a layered, geo-mapping service featuring aerial photographs and satellite images that it promised for later this year. [WWMT]
Google gets hijacked!
Google's own adwords homepage falls victim to the now infamous back-link and PageRank hijacking trick.
Do You Love Your Mamma?
Time to throw Mamma.com from the train? The company's prospects continue to dim after the search-engine specialist posted a loss last night for its long-awaited December quarter. [Fool]
Google's book plan comes under fire
A US publishing organisation has accused search engine Google of breaching copyright rules through a plan to put university libraries online. [BBC News]
Ask Jeeves revving up search engine
Question: What well-known Internet search engine continues to lag behind the industry leaders no matter how smart it becomes? [The Desert Sun]
BitTorrent Creator Opens Online Search
BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen has launched an online search that links to torrent files, which are used to download content via the protocol. [BetaNews]
Yahoo! embarks on Euro marketing push
Yahoo! Europe has selected online marketing firm TradeDoubler to manage its affiliate marketing, campaigns, ad-serving and site tracking. [Netimperative]
