Bigmouthmedia search engine news: seoSearch engine optimisation, marketing and online search industry news stories, gathered constantly by the bigmouthmedia team.VideoSurf: Better video search on its way- September 10, 2008 As internet connections have become faster over the last few years, video on the internet has become huge. Services like YouTube and the BBC's iPlayer have been phenomenally successful and watching video on the internet has taken a dent out of regular TV ratings. What hasn't kept up with this change is the way we search for video online. Until now. VideoSurf is a video search engine whose technology looks set to revolutionise video search. Currently the search facility on YouTube relies..http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/videosurf-better-video-search-on-its-way.asp/51... AOL adds third party email providers to its homepage- September 10, 2008 Two years after AOL replaced its subscription service with an ad-based model, the web veteran has redesigned its homepage to incorporate competing services, in a bid to attract lost consumers to its site. The internet portal will now allow integration with third party email features, including Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail, from AOL.com. The change marks a shift in the way AOL wants its users to interact with its homepage, which - according to comScore - currently attracts 105 million...http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/aol-adds-third-party-email-providers-to-its-hom... Yahoo! claims advertising network reaches 80% of UK users- September 9, 2008 Yahoo! has announced the relaunch of its advertising network - rebranded as Yahoo! Network. The Guardian reports that the search engine has signed up several new partners and claims to give advertisers access to 80% of users in the UK and Ireland. The network serves 29 million unique users per month across search, display and mobile sites and therefore gives advertisers the opportunity to reach a wide audience across several channels. Mark Rabe, Vice President and Managing Director of Sales.http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/yahoo-claims-advertising-network-reaches-80-of-... Yahoo! with little to shout about- September 5, 2008 Yahoo! has been in and out the news with astonishing frequency this year. Especially after Microsoft's takeover bid was announced and rejected - for a while it seemed like the dance between the two digital powerhouses would never end. But end it did. Or it seemed to anyway. However, the real question now is: what affect did all this tooing and froing have on Yahoo!'s value When the bid was announced at the start of February Yahoo!'s stock price saw a large increase in value, yet the price per.http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/yahoo-with-little-to-shout-about-.asp/5120/ Android taking on a Chrome tint- September 4, 2008 Only a few days after the launch of Google Chrome, the open source browser released was in beta this week, it has now been announced that Android will be adopting much of Chrome's inner workings. With the browser becoming an overnight sensation, it seems that Google hopes to have the same effect on the mobile market.At the Chrome launch event. Google co-founder Sergey Brin said that he expects that much of the Chrome technology will make its way into Android. One improvement that he hinted at..http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/android-taking-on-a-chrome-tint.asp/5114/ Google Chrome - a decorative development or a brilliant new browser- September 2, 2008 Google has announced the launch of a free open source web browser called Google Chrome. The browser will see Google compete directly with Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and Mozilla's Firefox. Internet Explorer currently dominates the browser market with a 73% share (according to research firm Net Applications), with Firefox climbing to 19%. Just recently, Google renewed its deal with Mozilla which will see Google Search as the default home page and search toolbar on the Firefox browser until.http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/google-chrome--a-decorative-development-or-a-br... Branding - the importance of making a name for yourself online- September 1, 2008 Staking your claims in the online world can be easier said than done. The exponential growth of the internet - and the technological advancements responsible for its widespread availability - has opened up a treasure chest of new advertising opportunities for marketing companies. It's also a chest that never seems to empty, as the constant evolution of the medium ensures that new opportunities arise for innovative advertisers looking to fill their pockets with gold. However, ensuring that your.http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/branding--the-importance-of-making-a-name-for-y... Would Google benefit from buying an in-text contextual link network- September 1, 2008 Google loves to be perceived as an innovative organisation; if Google spots an emerging company or technology that it deems exciting or potentially revolutionary it's quick to snap it up and add new services to an already substantial portfolio.One form of advertising that is seen occasionally, but has never fully taken off, is in-text contextual advertisements. Google already offers contextual advertisements in the form of AdSense. Through this service, Google looks at the contents of a page...http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/would-google-benefit-from-buying-an-intext-cont... |