Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Google and Sun Microsystems tie the knot
Sun Microsystems and search engine Google announced a multi-year partnership on Tuesday to help spread and develop each other's software in an attempt, some say, to rival Microsoft's Office products. [Silicom.com UK]
Yahoo! to follow Google into print minefield
Yahoo!'s own book scanning plans went public today with the announcement of the Open Content Alliance, of which it is a founding member. [The Register]
Yahoo! acquires Upcoming.org
Search giant Yahoo! has acquired social calendar site Upcoming.org to spruce up Yahoo! Local and integrate Upcoming.org's technology into a wide range of Yahoo! sites. [CNET News]
Blinkx to carry paid search ads
Blinkx, the search engine which has specialised in online video and desktop search, is to carry paid-search adverts supplied by MIVA. [Netimperative]
AOL confirms Weblogs buyout
AOL has confirmed it is to acquire blog network outfit Weblogs, Inc as part of a plan to keep subscribers and advertisers locked into its content. [The Register]
Blog bid to save Jeeves
Batmans butler would have a tear in his eye, as search firm Ask is coming under pressure to keep its Jeeves character. A campaign centred around the a blog hopes to demonstrate the depth of feeling about the iconic valet character. [BBC News]
Google reveals its 300-year plan
Internet search engine Google's chief exec Eric Schmidt estimates that Google won't manage to index all the world's information until around the 24th century. [ZDNet UK]
Google powers 7 in 10 UK searches
The top four search engines currently power 94% of all UK searches, with Google taking the lion's share, according to new research. [Netimperative]
Bird Flu fears spark searches for symptoms
The growing threat of bird flu across Europe has resulted in a dramatic increase in searches online in the UK, according to Web monitoring firm Hitwise. [Netimperative]
Au revoir Gmail, hello GoogleMail
Due to onging trademark wrangles, Google has decided to change its name in the UK to Googlemail.com, and will no longer issue Gmail addresses to UK residents.
