Industry News

Facebook falls foul of Canadian Law students
Students in Canada have launched a complaint against social networking site, Facebook, amid claims its policies and business practices violate Canadian privacy laws.

Adobe adds to its Webtop arsenal
Monday 2 June sees Adobe releasing two new products: Acrobat.com and Acrobat 9, emphasising the company's intent to become a major provider in the world of Webtop software.

Microsoft strikes deal with HP to become default search engine
Microsoft have secured a deal with the world's largest PC manufacturer to have Live Search installed as the default search engine on all Hewlett Packard PCs in the US and Canada.

Google launches Google Site Search
Google launches Google Site Search and squashes rumours that the Mini is a thing of the past.

Online Retailers turn Facebook Users into Affiliates
Affiliate Window has launched a new Facebook application that will turn the social networking site into an affiliation scheme that could benefit both retailers and users.

Wikia Search throws open its doors
Wikia Search, the new-ish open source search engine from the founder of Wikipedia, has just thrown open its doors for anyone and everyone to join the party.

YouTube releases beta Video Annotations
YouTube has made videos interactive with its new feature, Video Annotations. Video authors can add notes to their uploaded content to include extra or background information, and even create clickable buttons allowing viewers to interact.

Google Analytics - coming to a TV near you?
Google links it's online analytics software to offline TV advertising campaign in an attempt to improve transparency for end users.

Google turns to NASA when the world is not enough
Google's latest expansion plans to further include NASA

The complexity of link trends
A hungry bigmouthmedia newshound investigates the way search engines look at link trends to help them provide accurate SERPs.