Digital Marketing Blog

What’s happening in the world of digital marketing?

The latest news from the world of digital, along with insights, opinions and practical tips.

  • Google expands AdSense online video ad programme

    Google launches adsense video ads. Beta programme now available to adsense publishers.

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  • Microsoft will not increase its bid for Yahoo

    Microsoft refuses to increase bid for Yahoo! Bill Gates urges the Yahoo! board to have a long hard look at the offer.

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  • Online advertising grows, Google’s share drops

    Google’s market share drops for the first time in two years, but it remains the dominant force in US online marketing.

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  • Yahoo set to reject Microsoft offer

    Yahoo! say no to Microsoft offer. Yahoo! decide that the bid from the US giant undervalues the company and reject the approach. What next in the battle against Google?

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  • Click fraud rises by 15% in 2007

    Click Forensics release new research that indicates a 15% rise in ppc click fraud during 2007. What does this mean for PPC advertisers?

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  • Google launches new UK mobile search service

    As Yahoo! announces job cuts in the UK, Google launches new and improved mobile search service.

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  • Chinese search engines growing in popularity

    Chinese search engines gather momentum. Baidu.com and Alibaba.com are ranked in the top 10 of the world’s most popular search engines.

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  • Yahoo announces fall in profits

    More doom and gloom for Yahoo! Disappointing financial performance mirrors search engine usage.

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  • Demographic targeting with PPC ads

    Google launches demographic targeting through adwords. Only show your PPC ads to specific demographic profiles. Too good to be true?

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  • Chinese search engine launches in Japan

    Baidu launches in Japan and hopes to perform as well as it has done its native China. Google and Yahoo! are likely to feel the pinch.

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  • Yahoo using del.icio.us for search results

    As Yahoo sees market share slip further, it introduces del.icio.us results to its SERPs. Will this improve the quality of the results and help boost the search engine’s market share?

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  • Google is ‘white bread for the mind’

    Is Google to blame for the softening of our brains? Do search engines prevent us from being able to form our own opinions and beliefs? A look into the effect that the internet is having on our students.

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