Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Google releases homepage API
Search engine Google has released a software tool that developers can use to create modules, or "widgets," that people can then use to spice up their personalized home pages on Google. [CNET News]
Google launches Music search command
Search engine Google has launched a service known as Google Music which lets users search lyrics, music artists and CD titles on a search page. It works similar to the 'Film' command it launched earlier this year. [CNET]
AOL Coaxes Google to Try Busier Ads
Users of Google's search engine will soon see something they are not used to on the notoriously spare site: advertising with logos and graphics. [NYTimes]
GUS Buys PriceGrabber.com for $485 Million to Expand Experian
GUS Plc, Britain's second-largest retailer by market value, said it acquired PriceGrabber.com for $485 million. [Bloomberg.com]
Jingle bells or alarm bells for retailers?
'Tis the perfect Christmas for Scrooge to embrace the joys of shopping as retailers slash their prices in a last-minute bid to bolster sales. [BBC News]
Why Google will falter in 2006
8 predictions for tech, including why Yahoo's expansion of search will hurt Google. [CNN.com]
Tokyo search for a rival to Google
THE Japanese Government has marshalled a coalition of technological and corporate firepower in an attempt to break the global stranglehold of Yahoo! and Google. [The Times]
Microsoft considering sharing search revenues with users
Bill Gates speaking about a possible revenue sharing model with the users of their MSN Search Engine from the funds they get through advertisement on the service. [TechWhack.com]
Time to search for alternative to Google?
Search engine Google seems to be ruffling a few feathers with its dominance of the search engine market, and critics believe this dominance could work against the search giant. [The Times]
Jews for Jesus sue Google
Evangelical Christian group Jews for Jesus has filed a trademark infringment suit against search engine Google after taking exception to a blog post hosted on the search monolith's Blogspot. [The Register]
