Search engine marketing industry news stories gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.
Christmas e-commerce soars in UK and France
Over the festive period, online shopping in the UK and France rose sharply, while e-commerce in Germany "lagged behind", new research indicates.
EC starts legal proceedings against Microsoft
The European commission (EC) has begun legal action against software and internet firm Microsoft, it has been revealed.
Google upgrades iPhone applications
Internet giant Google has released a new and improved version of the suite of internet applications it offers on Apple's iPhone handset.
FCC announces permission for Google to bid in spectrum auction
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it is allowing search engine provider Google to bid in the upcoming auction of wireless airwaves.
Google signs deal with Clearwire
Google has signed a deal with wireless broadband provider Clearwire, it has been revealed.
Proximic deal with Yahoo! could challenge Google's AdSense
Start-up company Proximic may be set to challenge Google's AdSense service after announcing it has signed an agreement with Yahoo! Shopping Network and eBay's Shopping.com.
Google's InStedd project involving Facebook 'set to launch'
Today (January 17th), a Google-funded global humanitarian technology project involving Facebook is set to launch, CNET News.com reports.
Facebook users unite in attempt to save Scrabulous
Following the recent announcement that social networking firm Facebook has been ordered to remove the Scrabulous game from its site, fans of the application have joined together to mount a defence campaign.
Yahoo! to support OpenID
Reinforcing the current trend towards greater openness across the internet, search engine Yahoo! has announced it is to support OpenID.
Challenge announced to pioneer next generation search engine
A challenge has just been announced by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) to develop technologies for a new rich media search engine.
