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Google, Bing & The Dance Of The iPhone

Written on August 24, 2010 by admin

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The iPhone may have been outsold last quarter by Android, but Apple’s phone remains at least for the time being the “it device” in the smartphone market. Google and Microsoft are both, let’s say, “ambivalent” about the iPhone. And, in some ways, Google and Microsoft/Bing have changed places vis-a-vis the handset.
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Yahoo-Microsoft Organic Transition Happening, Site Explorer, Search Monkey Holding For Now

Written on August 17, 2010 by admin

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The Yahoo-Microsoft search transition is picking up momentum. Yahoo announced a number of things today relevant to the change over. They concern the organic search transition, SearchMonkey and Site Explorer.
Yahoo announced that later this week the organic transition will commence for PC and mobile results in North America:
This is an important step toward our [...]



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Bing Shopping Now Free To Merchants

Written on August 2, 2010 by admin

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Brian Smith reports that Bing Shopping is now free for merchants to submit their product feeds and obtain traffic from Bing. I tried to find information from Bing on this, but I guess it is not published yet.
We know Microsoft officially dropped the Cashback as of July 30, 2010. Brian said dropping Cashback [...]



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DoubleClick Founder Launches Structured “Decision Engine” FindTheBest.com

Written on August 2, 2010 by admin

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At first blush it wasn’t impressive to me. FindTheBest seemed just like a collection of links and “best of” lists. It thus seemed strange that DoubleClick founder Kevin O’Connor would come out of quasi-retirement to launch a basic directory site. But as we got into it a bit more it was clear there was a [...]



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Report: Bing Generates More Clicks Than Google

Written on July 27, 2010 by admin

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Chitika, a veritable fountain of data lately, has generated some new interesting findings from activity on its search-based advertising network. The company compared ad click behavior on Google and Bing and found that Bing generated about 50% more clicks:
Across the sample of nearly 15 million impressions used for this study, Google users clicked on [...]



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SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 21, 2010

Written on July 21, 2010 by admin

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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:

All New Microsoft Bing Webmaster Tools
Today, Microsoft launched a revamp of their Bing Webmaster Tools. I talked to them back in June, when they previewed the tools at SMX Advanced, and they told [...]



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All New Microsoft Bing Webmaster Tools

Written on July 21, 2010 by admin

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Today, Microsoft launched a revamp of their Bing Webmaster Tools. I talked to them back in June, when they previewed the tools at SMX Advanced, and they told me that they were starting from scratch and rebuilding the tool from the group up. So how are things different? They say they are focused on three key [...]



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Up To 25% Of Yahoo’s Search Results Now Powered By Bing

Written on July 20, 2010 by admin

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Right now, up to 25% of the Yahoo Search results are powered by Bing. Yahoo began testing Bing search results this month, currently there are live bucket tests underway on both the organic and paid side.
Mark Morrissey, Senior Vice President of Product Management at Yahoo, told me that while only 3.5% of [...]



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Foursquare In Discussions With “Everyone” To Enhance Search With Its Data

Written on July 19, 2010 by admin

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Twitter did it; now Foursquare is reportedly in discussions with Google, Yahoo and Bing to supply (or license) its check-in data as a search-enhancer. According to the UK’s Telegraph:
Our data generates hugely interesting trends which would enrich search,” [Foursquare co-founder and CEO Dennis] Crowley said.
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Yahoo Begins Testing Bing Powered Results This Month

Written on July 15, 2010 by admin

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Yahoo sent out an email discussing some of the organic Yahoo-to-Bing transition topics that are on the mind of their advertisers. The email goes over typical questions and tips but adds some additional insight into launch and testing dates.
Yahoo confirmed they are testing Bing powered results “offline,” which we already know. But today, I [...]



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