Search Engines News - Google, Yahoo & MSN

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 Formally Rejects Microsoft Bid
The Associated Press, February 11, 2008
Yahoo Inc.'s rejection of Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid left investors guessing the next move in a tense mating dance that may hatch a more imposing challenger to Google Inc. or disintegrate into a bruising brawl...

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...