Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Social networking? Don't you mean social advertising?
With MySpace reaching the second phase of its HyperTargeting campaign, and Facebook announcing its advertising plans, social networking sites show us how advertising is done. Oh, and you can do a little social networking on the sites too.
Alibaba shares almost double
Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba.com saw its share price more than double on its first day after an initial public offering (IPO).
Yahoo! execs in Congress spotlight
Chief executive officer of Yahoo! Jerry Yang has apologised to the relatives of Chinese dissidents who were jailed in the country three years ago.
Yahoo! to introduce Fireeagle
Search engine provider Yahoo! is planning to release a service - currently codenamed Fireeagle - later this month for obtaining geo-location information.
Google to give directions at petrol pumps
Under a partnership due to be announced today, internet giant Google is set to provide drivers with directions at petrol pumps, the Associated Press reports.
AOL to buy online ad company Quigo
AOL has announced it has entered into an agreement to buy online advertising firm Quigo.
Microsoft CEO 'not fazed' by Google's phone plans
Microsoft's chief executive officer (CEO) Steve Ballmer has said that so far Google's phone plans are just "a press release", IDG News Service reports.
Jakob Nielsen sees parallels between ethical SEO and usability
Jakob Nielsen, the usability guru, delivers an enlightening keynote speech at this year's User Experience conference in Barcelona.
Google 'to launch in-game ad initiative this month'
Google may be set to release its in-game advertising initiative this month, according to reports.
Google sued by university
Internet giant Google is being sued by Northeastern University over alleged patent infringement concerning searching databases.
