Industry News

Even Google struggles in the search playground
Search engine listings tend to play hopscotch - even when they're being served by the big boys.

German professors warn of Google supremacy
In light of recent claims that Google has become too powerful in Europe, we take a look at whether there's any substance in the notion that search engines now need greater regulation from government.

New Charity Fundraising Search Engine, donate while you search!
Donate to your favourite charity while you search? Sounds like a strange concept but icaresearch.com have made this a reality for online searchers.

Google fears that their popularity may cause problems with their trademarking in the future
Google is afraid that as its name becomes more and more synonymous with search that its trademark may be weakened in the future as more people use it in association with other things.

Google Desktop vs Corporate Philosophy?
Google Desktop v4's launch back in May has prompted dialogue over the pros and cons of a corporate philosophy.

Tour de France goes 3D with Google Earth
Google is giving cycling fans a treat with 3D footage of the most exciting cycle race in history on Google Earth.

MySpace seen as ideal target by spammers
Following on from last week's news concerning the plans for the "US Congress to go 'Big Brother' on social networking sites", it seems that sites like MySpace are receiving even more unwanted attention.

Yahoo Answers 'Ask the Planet 2006' Campaign ends with Bono
The Yahoo! Answers campaign that kicked off with the World's Biggest Brain in Times Square ends today with the World's Biggest Question, asked by Bono: What can we do to make poverty history?

Do search engines owe you a favour?
There has been some pretty heated discussion of late as to the accountability of search engines if an online business fails due to lack of exposure by not having a listing in the index due to either black hat SEO or dumb luck.

Yahoo! Launches Trip Planner
Over the last nine months Yahoo! has been fine tuning its Trip Planner services with the help of its beta users and is now ready to unveil this new and exciting technology to the general public.