Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Google snubs CNET in privacy fury
Internet search engine Google has thrown a hissy fit and blacklisted tech news site CNET's News.com - vowing not to provide quotes or statements to the site for a year. [The Register]
Google partners with China Enterprise
China Enterprise has been authorised to sell the Google AdWord service in China. [CRI]
Google urged to censor satellite images
Nuclear reactor chiefs in Australia are calling on Google to censor its satellite images to prevent terrorists using them. [ABC]
Yahoo! expands search engine index
In a major expansion internet search giant Yahoo! has revealed that its online search engine now spans more than 20 million web documents - nearly double the number scanned by search engine rival Google. [Business Week]
Google provides RSS/Atom feeds for News
Demand has paid off and Google News has now added RSS feeds to its news sections and Google News search results. New Google news feeds can also be customised based on a users' personalised Google News page. [Macworld]
MIVA signs exclusive deal with Express Newspapers
The search marketing network MIVA (once espotting and FindWhat) has won the exclusive rights to be Express Newspapers' search engine partner.
Search marketing surging
Search marketing leads the way in a $9.3bn online marketing boom. [ZDNet]
Yahoo considers Alibaba
Portal and search engine Yahoo is considering buying a stake in the major Chinese commerice site, Alibaba.com, for up to $1bn. [CBS]
Football on TV search engine? Genius!
TV Genius, a search engine for UK television, has released its first figures for the keywords searches following its launch last month. [Netimperative]
Yahoo! launches pay-per-call service
Internet giant Yahoo! is to launch a pay-per-call search advertising service across its retail channels. Pay-Per-Call is billed as an alternative to traditional pay-per-click search marketing. [Netimperative]
