Paid Search Market Sees Over 40% Growth, Per Adspend Study03/05/2007 — According to a recent Online Adspend Study, the Paid Search market in the UK and Europe has grown over 40 percent between 2005 and 2006. Although official figures for the current year have not been published, some estimate the total bill for UK paid search in 2006 to top $2.2 billion, an increase of 65 percent over the previous year.
Adwords for Canada, Qualified by Google03/02/2007 — Google Adwords has reversed its policy concerning allowing Canadian companies to become Google Adwords qualified. The decision reversal was accomplished after phone calls, emails, protestations and inquires, including a phone call from Andrew Wahl of Canadian Business Magazine.
Reportlinker Open Access Search Engine Debuts03/02/2007 — Vertical search engine, Reportlinker, has been developed to gather more than 1.2 million reports, published by trusted sources, such as governments, embassies, national statistics agencies and trade unions, to facilitate accessing relevant information using general public tools.
CRMforGoogle, Released by Etelos, for Web 2.0 Hosting03/01/2007 — Google Integrates with New Etelos CRM Tool integrated with Google’s personalized home page and business suite.
Discovery Mining Search Firm, Unveils Review Search Engine03/01/2007 — The new Discovery Mining Review Engine 8.0, features streamlined user interface, native and imaged file, simultaneous display, and free Tiff imaging, was recently unveiled to thousands of legal professionals at the LegalTech conference in New York.
Google Engaged for Apps SMB Solution, by DirectPointe02/27/2007 — DirectPointes Small Office Solution, will be enhanced by the Google Enterprise Professional program, through the Google Apps Premier Edition application.
Vertical Search Engine, Become.com, Integrated by Info.com02/27/2007 — In an effort to facilitate the research of products, Info.com, has entered into a partnership with online shopping website, Become.com. Info.com users may access more than four billion pages of relevant product research to help them during the shopping process.
Yahoo, Google, MSN, Top com Score Market Report02/26/2007 — Google has reportedly captured 47.5 percent of the U.S. search market, while Yahoo! sites maintained its second place ranking with 28.1 percent of U.S. searches, followed by Microsoft Sites (10.6 percent), Ask Network (5.2 percent) and Time Warner Network (5.0 percent), according to digital age measurement service, comScore Networks, in January 2007.
WikiAnswers Integrates with Answers.com02/26/2007 — The first stage of integrating content from search engine, Answers.coms latest acquisition, community-based WikiAnswers (formerly FAQ Farm), has been finalized.
Search Win Merch Engine, Unveiled by Prodege02/23/2007 — A new search engine has been created, that allows for the ability to win tickets to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, with official merchandise from AFI, Green Day, Tool, Beck, and NIN, as well as many others.
NASCAR Product, Featured by Search Firm E-Commerce02/23/2007 — Search and online selling solutions firm, Infopia, has joined Franchise Capital Corporation, in an agreement featuring a National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) Performance product, for packaging and related media, headlined by
NASCAR legend Rusty Wallace as official spokesperson.
Google, CBS, Disney, Attend Bear Stearns Media Conference02/22/2007 — Search engine, Google, along with other entertainment luminaries, will attend The Bear Stearns 2007 Media Conference, scheduled for Monday, March 5, in Palm Beach, Florida.