| Nov. 18 |  Yahoo Co-Founder Jerry Yang To Leave Chief Executive Post And Resume Former Role Posted in Yahoo by Lane_R_Ellis
Yahoo, led since June 2007 by co-founder Jerry Yang, has begun the search for his successor as the Sunnyvale, California-based Web pioneer announced Monday that Yang would step down as chief executive and return to his previous role as chief Yahoo. |
| Nov. 17 |  PubCon Concludes Successful 2008 Las Vegas Conference Posted in Tech News by Lane_R_Ellis
WebmasterWorld's PubCon conference successfully wrapped up Friday in Las Vegas after four days of more than 85 sessions. SearchEngineWorld presents a selection of links to a variety of PubCon 2008 coverage. |
| Nov. 6 |  New Contact Information Top Level Domain .TEL Begins Taking Applications Posted in Domain General by Lane_R_Ellis
More than 100 Internet domain name registrars have begun processing early applications for a new type of advertising-free top level domain, called .tel, that acts as a global contact information system operated within the domain name system. |
| Nov. 5 |  PubCon Conference To Take Place November 11 Through 14 In Las Vegas Posted in Tech News by Lane_R_Ellis
WebmasterWorld's PubCon, the historic grand-daddy of all webmaster conferences stands poised to kick off its biggest grand celebration yet of all things search-related beginning next Tuesday, November 11. |
| Nov. 5 |  Google Abandons Proposed Yahoo Search Advertising Partnership Posted in Google Search Engine by Lane_R_Ellis
Six months after it was first proposed, Mountain View, California-based Google has abandoned a search advertising partnership with Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo, citing the risk of a lengthy legal battle with United States Justice Department antitrust regulators. |
| Nov. 4 | Yahoo And Google Make Deal Concessions Ahead Of Regulator Decision Posted in Yahoo by Lane_R_Ellis
Both Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo and Mountain View, California-based Google have offered to revise the terms of their proposed search advertising partnership in order to increase the likelihood that the United States Justice Department will approve the deal. |
| Nov. 3 |  New AOL Event Listing Site When.com Powered By Zvents Search Engine Posted in SEO Industry News by Lane_R_Ellis
AOL has launched a new online event listing service called When.com, aimed at giving its users a way to find out about local live performances, family activities and other happenings, driven by event-based search technology from San Mateo, California-based company Zvents. |
| Oct. 31 | Google Now Indexing Text Within Scanned Adobe PDF Files Posted in Google Search Engine by Lane_R_Ellis
Google has launched a system that will open up millions of additional pages of new information to its leading Internet search engine, by starting to index the writing contained within scanned documents placed on the Web in Adobe Systems' popular PDF file format. |
| Oct. 30 | Google Joins Microsoft And Yahoo In Testing OpenID Single Sign-on System Posted in Google General by Lane_R_Ellis
Mountain View, California-based Google has begun allowing developers to make it easier to log in to non-Google Web sites, with a test program using the open source universal Web identification system called OpenID, the Internet giant announced Wednesday. |
| Oct. 29 | Open Strategy Initiative Launch Aims To Expand Yahoo's Embrace Of Web Posted in Yahoo by Lane_R_Ellis
Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo has launched a major initiative to unify its myriad online services and create a new more social network-like environment for consumers, with Tuesday's release of Yahoo Open Strategy for developers. |
| Oct. 28 |  Google Turns Another Page In Book Scanning Program With $125 Million Settlement Posted in Google Search Engine by Lane_R_Ellis
Google turned another page in its ambitious book scanning program Tuesday when it announced a $125 million legal settlement with authors and major publishers that included the formation of a unique book rights holder registry in the U.S. and money to compensate some authors. |
| Oct. 27 |  Microsoft Live Image Search Taps Virtual Earth Satellite Views Posted in Microsoft by Lane_R_Ellis
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft has added satellite images from its Virtual Earth online mapping service to the software giant's search engine Live Search, as a new feature of its image searching system, the company announced late Friday. |
| Oct. 24 |  Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang Sees Glimpses of Strength Despite Layoffs, Economy Posted in Yahoo by Lane_R_Ellis
In the wake of announcing that it will lay off about 1,500 of its workers earlier this week, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang has expressed optimism that the company can be transformed by the continuing strength of its online advertising business under his leadership even as the economic downturn continues to worsen. |
| Oct. 23 |  China's Top Search Engine Firm Baidu Reports Large Quarterly Profit Posted in SEO Industry News by Lane_R_Ellis
Baidu.com, one of the most used search Web sites in the world, has reported strong revenue growth for the third quarter of 2008 with net income rising by 91 percent and profits topping estimates, despite a decrease in usage during the Olympic games held in Beijing. |
| Oct. 22 | Yahoo Says It Will Lay Off Some 1,500 Workers As Profit Tumbles Posted in Yahoo by Lane_R_Ellis
Yahoo released third quarter financial results Tuesday showing a slight 1 percent rise in revenue but a sizable 64 percent earnings tumble, and said that over the next several months it would lay off 10 percent of its workers, about 1,500 people. |
| Oct. 21 |  Google Mobile Operating System Android Released As Open Source Posted in Google General by Lane_R_Ellis
Internet search giant Google has released the source code to its ambitious mobile computer operating system Android, fulfilling a promise made in November 2007 when the Mountain View, California-based company launched the smartphone OS. |
| Oct. 20 |  Microsoft Tests Search Sharing And Customization Tool With New "U Rank" Posted in Microsoft by Lane_R_Ellis
Redmond, Washington-based software maker Microsoft has begun a public test of a new online tool for customizing search results and sharing them with social networks Web sites, with the announcement of "U Rank." |
| Oct. 17 | Google Shares Rise After Strong Third Quarter Results Posted in Google General by Lane_R_Ellis
Mountain View, California-based Google announced strong third quarter financial results Thursday, with overall profit up 26 percent and revenue that climbed by 31 percent, which led to Friday stock price gains for the Internet search leader. |
| Oct. 15 |  Google Saw Strong September Query Growth Despite Slight Market Share Drop Posted in SEO Industry News by Lane_R_Ellis
Google saw strong September search query volume with in increase of 35 percent from the previous quarter and 38.6 percent from the same month in 2007, according to new figures due to be released by Web traffic analysis company comScore. |
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