Bigmouthmedia search engine news: Main HeadlinesSearch engine optimisation, marketing and online search industry news stories, gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.Google's Street View technology to be investigated- July 4, 2008 Google is back on the news front again, as it prepares to launch its famous Street View mapping tool in the UK. It is already causing a stir, however, as UK privacy group Privacy International has voiced concerns over the mapping system, which aims to capture photographic images of locations in the UK that can be then matched to their location on a map. What's more, this isn't the first time the search engine has had a run in with the watchdog - last year, it published its concerns over...http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/googles-street-view-technology-to-be-investigat... Firefox - a world record breaking open source project- July 4, 2008 After many years of championing standards compliance, the icing on the cake for the volunteer developers at Mozilla has to be the fact that they can now rightly claim to be the most popular browser amongst the digirati. Why The release of Firefox 3 on June 17 2008 generated slightly over 8,000,000 downloads over a 24 hour period, propelling the browser into the Guinness World Records as the single most popular one day download ever."Mobilizing over 8 million internet users within 24 hours is an.http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/firefox--a-world-record-breaking-open-source-pr... SGAE vs bloggers: the effects of Google bombing continue in Spain- July 4, 2008 The effect of the Google Bomb has been covered on 1.1 million websites and blogs around the world, and it's not surprising to see comments about its effects and the people or organisations which have been targeted in the past. In an astonishing series of events, a renowned Spanish blogger, Julio Alonso, has pleaded guilty for comments made by others on his personal blog, Merodeando.com, back in 2004, that linked to Spanish piracy watchdog, SGAE, with the anchor text 'ladrones' (thieves in...http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/sgae-vs-bloggers-the-effects-of-google-bombing-... Viacom wins first battle against Google- July 4, 2008 A federal court has ruled that Google must divulge the viewing history of all YouTube users. The ruling comes from the ongoing legal case with media giants Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement. Google has been ordered to release viewing logs, log-in IDs, IP addresses and video clip details - not only for US users but globally. This ruling has raised fears that the viewing histories of millions of YouTube users could be inadvertently exposed. Google was also instructed to disclose..http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/viacom-wins-first-battle-against-google.asp/491... 3 cheers for Yahoo!- July 3, 2008 Internet giant Yahoo! Has struck a deal with mobile operator 3 UK to sell display ads and sponsored links on the company's Planet 3 portal site. Yahoo! will exclusively manage and sell mobile ad inventory on the portal, enabling it to offer mobile advertisers access to 3 UK's customer base of three million.Neil Andrews, 3 UK's head of portal advertising, stated: "By combining Yahoo!'s expertise in mobile advertising with 3's inventory, we can help big brands target their advertising with...http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/3-cheers-for-yahoo.asp/4907/ Google StreetView travels to the UK- July 3, 2008 How would you feel if a picture of your home suddenly popped up on Google Well that could soon become a reality with Google's StreetView camera cars being spotted snapping photos around the UK recently in places such as Cardiff, Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Leeds and Edinburgh.A Google spokesperson told The Telegraph: "We're taking photos to bring the StreetView product to Europe, including driving in the UK, ... Our users have been asking for the service ever since we launched in the US and...http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/google-streetview-travels-to-the-uk.asp/4905/ Microsoft aquires Powerset- July 2, 2008 Bigmouthmedia reported two days ago that there were strong rumours that Microsoft was in talks about the purchase of Search Engine start-up Powerset. This takeover moved far more rapidly than their stalled attempts to aquire Yahoo! and Microsoft have now completed the deal.We wrote about Powerset back in May, identifying it as one of several new search engines which could eventually become big players. It's interesting to see that Microsoft thought the same. What could be even more...http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/microsoft-aquires-powerset-.asp/4902/ Google making more inroads into mobile maps with Tele Atlas- July 2, 2008 Google has signed a five-year deal with mapping company Tele Atlas that will see mapping data from almost 200 countries shared on Google's online and mobile applications.Google's main mapping programs, Google Maps and Google Earth, have fascinated online users for years now. However, it's the enhancement that Tele Atlas will make to Google's mobile mapping capabilities that is proving the most captivating for mobile web fans.The deal, which was announced on Monday, could see Google and its...http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/google-making-more-inroads-into-mobile-maps-wit... AOL undergoing a Platform A reshuffle- July 1, 2008 AOL announced this week that it would restructure its commercial operations to revolve around its ad-targeting business Platform A. Created last year to house ad sales for all its sites, ad network properties and supporting technologies, Platform A integrates sales for Advertising.com, AOL-run sites, Third Screen Media, AdTech and Tacoda. The most high-profile reshuffle of staff sees Platform A's UK business headed by Michael Steckler, currently managing director of AOL UK. All of AOL UK's ad.http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/aol-undergoing-a-platform-a-reshuffle.asp/4897/ Adobe opens up Flash indexing- July 1, 2008 Adobe has unveiled its plans to help enhance users' search experience by allowing search engines to crawl and index dynamic web content and rich internet applications. Michelle Turner, VP of Marketing at Adobe explained "we are releasing technology to Google and Yahoo! that enables them to crawl and index SWF files. They are now searchable. This will open up millions of flash files to search". Adobe has created an optimised Flash player which acts as a virtual user running through each...http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/adobe-opens-up-flash-indexing.asp/4896/ |