The latest news from the world of digital, along with insights, opinions and practical tips.
This Nielsen//NetRatings study shows web users may actually use two or three search engines. But Google is still top with 79% retention rate.
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Google News tests allowing comments on news items. Another step forward in user generated content (UGC) but one that may be restricted by the vetting process.
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Google deletes its own blog after mistaking it for spam.
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More evidence to show how quickly Google updates its search results these days. Even Matt Cutts is surprised.
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A new search engine is launched which will help perform searches on people. Spock aims to fill a need for the 30% of searches that are related to individuals.
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Wikipedia founder acquires Grub, a distributed crawling service, and readies for launch of an open source, human assisted, search engine.
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Google and Yahoo disappoint investors with latest set of results.
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How long does it take to rank in the organic search engine results pages? Evidence showing that it can happen in minutes.
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ask.com makes inroads in the competitive world of search engine usage – the combination of a new service and agressive marketing campaign increases market share.
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New report shows that Google makes more money from its users than rivals MSN and Yahoo
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UK growth in online advertising spend is outstripping US and many other nations. Half of total advertising spend to be online in Western Europe by 2010.
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Ebay resumes ad on Google Adwords, albeit at a lower level. Does Ebay need Adwords and how much does Google earn from the PPC ads? What does the future hold for this relationship?
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