Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Ask Jeeves divorces Google for Paid Search
Search engine Ask Jeeves is today launching an advertising network in an attempt to rival search engine competitors Google, Yahoo! and MSN
Microsoft's IE7 plays hardball with search rivals
Users testing Microsofts new Internet Explorer have found that their toolbars from search rivals Google and Yahoo mysteriously disappear ... to be replaced by MSN [Register]
Google gets own TV show
Al Gore's Current TV launches tonight, including Google Current, a twice-hourly current events segment based on current Google search data
Google seeks to patent RSS ads
A newly uncovered Google patent attempts to patent adverts on any 'syndicated content' - that includes RSS [The Register]
Canada and Denmark go to war - on Google
Canada and Denmark squabble over sovereignty of an obscure arctic island ... using Google Adwords
Baidu floats
The part-Google-owned Chinese language search engine, Baidu floated on the US stock market today [Silicon]
Microsoft employee bags worlds worst writing award
Not content with dominating every other market, a Microsoft analyst has helped the MS empire scoop another accolade - official home of the Worlds Worst Literature. [Reuters]
Baidu IPO marred by piracy lawsuit
On the eve of its $100m floatation, Baidu has been hit with a lawsuit for allegedly allowing users to illegally download an international hit Chinese movie.
Property search engine launches
Property search engine OnOneMap has launched today, allowing users to view all properties for sale in a desired location within one map. [Netimperative]
Yahoo! tests Audio search engine
Internet giant Yahoo! has launched an Audio search engine to allow users to search different music and audio files on the web. [ZDNet]
