Industry News

Could Apple and Google be joining forces to create...GoogleVision?
Bigmouthmedia news has already given us an account of Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, and his acceptance of a seat on Apple's board of directors. This topic has sparked plenty of speculation in blog sites and online forums worldwide.

Ask adds smileys and emoticons to its search results
Smiling faces have been popular on the Web and in text messages for years. Now search engine Ask likes and uses them too. A search for :-/ on Ask reveals that the emoticon typically means sceptical, uncertain or wry.

Microsoft accuses Sina of theft
Sina, the popular Chinese portal, has been accused by Microsoft of copying its web page design and stealing images.

Yu, Yahoo, YouTube
YouTube has recruited Yahoo treasurer and senior vice president of finance Gideon Yu as the online video database's first CFO.

Yahoo! adds their Answers to Britain's social search.
A multimillion-pound promotion for Yahoo! Answers. "This is the biggest campaign that Yahoo! have mounted for five or six years," said the head of search and search marketing at Yahoo! Europe.

MySpace set to 'rock' online music
As MySpace begins to test music sales on its site, it seems set to rock the world of online digital music sales.

China's internet addiction: a friendly 'invasion' gone bad?
With recent contradictions and controversies regarding China's usage of the Web, there is a question as to where the industry is driving Chinese users - or, more accurately, where they are allowing themselves to be taken.

Measurability is the key
Are the traditional measures of SEM becoming dated? Is there a need for new and different measurements to judge the effectiveness of campaigns? Knowing how and what to measure in SEM could prove vital when keeping on top of the Search Engine Market.

Google operators - search operators, search syntax and search commands for Google
Google have long provided search syntax operators to provide greater direct access to commonly requested search queries. Google Advanced Operators cover specialized information queries, and here is our top 5!

Corel aims Snapfire at Google and Yahoo
Corel is to take on Google with a new web-based audio and video management system supported by adverts.