Industry News

Microsoft anti-trust a cliffhanger
It's been the court-case du jour for some time now, but it's all hanging in the balance and no-one wants to call the result.
[BBC]

Social search and online branding - pay the gatekeeper?
How to build a global brand through word of mouth marketing online. Or: optimise your peer pressure.
[Forever Geek]

Does Google profit from clumsy fingers?
We've all come across them, but Google advert-only pages lead back to a surprising source...
[Seattle Times]

Google Video expands – is there no stopping the titan of search?
Hosting video not the limit for Google Video, just a necessity says Jennifer Feikin.

Live Messenger beta from Microsoft is...live
Yes indeed, and Microsoft's VoIP service will cover 11 countries, ramping up the heat in the VoIP marketplace.
[The Register]

Yahoo! helps local businesses attract new customers through paid search
Yahoo! local featured listings present offline advertisers with an easy route to online advertising.

Clash of the search titans
What with one court case and another, Microsoft has been racking up its time in the European courts. Most recently the claimant has turned out to be...Google.

Google sets out to recruit the best programmers in Europe
'Code Jam' launches and offers young European programmers the chance of top jobs at Google. Oh, and a shot at a £21,000 prize fund.

Time for the BBC to jazz things up for the younger generation
There's something 2.0 about the BBC's decision to update the online brand and appeal to the social search scene. Has social search hit the mainstream?

ABC building blocks for Google Suggest
Google News trials the Google Suggest technology, but what's the long-term impact for search engine optimisation?