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Conroy's internet censorship agenda slammed by tech giants
Sydney Morning Herald, 32 March 2010
Australia's biggest technology companies, communications academics and many lobby groups have delivered a withering critique of the government's plans to censor the internet.
US online ad spend to overtake print
Financial Times, 9 March 2010
US online advertising and marketing spending will overtake print this year as traditional media spending continues to decline, according to a study.
Google Real-Time Search Provides Fresh Results
PC World, 8 December 2009
Google Real-Time Search gives users the very latest results for search queries, including results that are mere seconds old.
2009 Year-End Google Zeitgeist
Google, 1 December 2009
Each year, Google examines the billions of queries that people around the world have typed into Google search to discover the zeitgeist—the spirit of the times.
Yahoo! Annual Year In Review: 2009
Yahoo!, 1 December 2009
The annual release of the Yahoo! Year in Review for 2009 includes in-depth pictorials and a slew of popular topics to sort through.
Online retailers must improve their sites to stand out this Christmas, Google warns
SmartCompany, 24 November 2009
Online retailers must include as much information as possible on their sites in order to increase traffic and record higher sales, the head of Google's retail division in Australia has warned.
Introducing Google Chrome OS
The Official Google Blog, 7 July, 2009
We're announcing a new project that's a natural extension of Google Chrome - the Google Chrome Operating System. It's our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be...
Top Twenty Five Social Networking Sites - May 2009
Social Media Optimization, 22 June, 2009
More bad news for MySpace as Facebook finally passed it last month to become the most popular US social networking site...
Inside the new Google search - how you need to adapt
Tuesday 19 May, 2009
Internet giant Google has just introduced changes to its searching process that will allow users to refine search terms into narrow categories...
Yahoo! Conducting Search for New CEO
Yahoo! Press Release, November 17, 2008
Co-Founder Jerry Yang to step down following appointment of new CEO and return to former role as Chief Yahoo! and Board Member...
Google Approaching 70% Market Share
Search Engine News, July 16, 2008
In the Australia market, Google search accounted for 88 percent of all AU searches in June 2008 representing a 12 percent increase compared to June 2007. MSN search accounted for 7 percent and Yahoo! search accounted for 4.00 percent of AU searches in June 2008...
Rule changes to spark domain name goldrush
The Age, June 27, 2008
Web regulators have voted to allow the creation of thousands of new domain names, from .paris to .Pepsi, in one of the biggest shake-ups in internet history...
Search Engine Marketers Sticking to Basics but Eyeing Video
SEMPO 2007 State of the Market Survey, June 19, 2008
The search engine marketing (SEM) industry is beginning to mature, as year-to-year figures show marketers consistently have direct sales, branding and leads as their primary objectives...
Google's agrees to provide ad technology to Yahoo!
The Official Google Blog, June 12, 2008
Google announced a non-exclusive advertising agreement that will provide Yahoo! with access to our AdSense for search and AdSense for content advertising programs on their U.S. and Canadian web properties....
Google says Microsoft's Yahoo buy might hurt Internet
Reuters, March 17, 2008
Google Inc, the world's leading search engine, said it was concerned about the free flow of information on the Internet if Microsoft Corp were to succeed in acquiring Yahoo Inc.
Microsoft Statement on Proposed Acquisition of DoubleClick by Google
Microsoft, March 15, 2008
Microsoft has released a statement from Senior Vice President and General Counsel Brad Smith on the proposed acquisition of DoubleClick by Google...
Video: Interview with Adam Lasnik of Google
By Lee Odden, February 20, 2008
Google Search Evangelist Adam Lasnik answers questions about Google compliant Flash and JavaScript, duplicate content - especially with press releases and suggested uses of internal site nofollow other than for "PageRank sculpting"...
Microsoft Targets Web With Yahoo or Alone
Reuters, February 19, 2008
Microsoft Corp plans to invest heavily in Web search to compete against Google Inc, even if it fails to acquire Yahoo Inc...
Yahoo board plans to turn down Microsoft bid
Reuters, February 9, 2008
Yahoo Inc's board believes Microsoft Corp's unsolicited bid of $44.6-billion to acquire Yahoo "massively undervalues" the company and directors are set to reject the offer...
Real estate agents launch defamation action against Google
ABC, February 8, 2008
Two Victorian real estate agents have launched a defamation action against the search engine company Google...
Yahoo may consider Google alliance
Reuters, February 5, 2008
Yahoo Inc would consider a business alliance with Google Inc as one way to rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft...
Microsoft bids to buy Yahoo
Reuters, February 2, 2008
Microsoft Corp offered to buy Yahoo Inc for $44.6 billion, in a bold bid to transform two ailing Internet businesses into a worthy competitor for market leader Google Inc...
'Most' Search Ranking Firms Unethical
The Age, May 15, 2007
The search engine optimisation (SEO) trade is littered with companies engaging in unethical tactics designed to unfairly manipulate search rankings, industry executives say....
Sensis marketing arm turns Yellow
The Age, September 21, 2006
The Yellow Pages brand is no more in Australia, but people will still be able to let their fingers do the walking after a rebranding of Sensis' flagship business directory...
Aussies' online spending tops $11 billion
ACNielsen, September 18, 2006
Annual online spending reached a record high with total online spending in Australia totalling $11.35 billion in the 12 months to June 2006, or around $1,900 annually per shopper...
