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’s search share continues to rise

    Is there anything that can stop Google? New statistics show that it has increased its market share. Is it possible for a new search engine to survive?

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  • Search improves branding – Google

    New research confirms benefits of appearing at top of both organic and sponsored search results.

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  • Yahoo opens up its search engine to developers

    Yahoo! introduces BOSS – build your own search service

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  • Google/Yahoo ad deal under scrutiny

    Surprise, surprise… The Google / Yahoo! deal is under scrutiny from the Department of Justice

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  • Google and Yahoo to index flash content

    Improvements on the horizon for indexing of flash content. Previously unindexed flash content set for inclusion in search engine results pages.

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  • Microsoft to acquire semantic search engine?

    Microsoft follows other avenues after failed Yahoo! deal and snaps up Powerset, the semantic search engine.

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  • Microsoft unhappy with Google-Yahoo deal

    Microsoft grumble about the Yahoo! / Google deal but acknowledge that they were slow off the blocks in the great search race.

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  • Yahoo signs ad deal with Google

    Yahoo! and Google announce deal that must spell the end of any prospect of a deal with Microsoft. Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang said he expected the deal to be worth around $800m per year for the company.

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  • Google discusses duplicate content

    Google tells us not to worry about scraper sites publishing duplicate versions of our content, but is this really a true reflection of Google’s ability to identify the original content source?

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  • Wikia Search invites user contributions

    Wikia search unveils interesting new features but will it be enough to trouble the likes of Google?

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  • Google’s paid clicks rise

    Google tramples on Yahoo and MSN yet again in latest comScore findings.

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  • US online ad revenues reach £11bn in 2007

    According to the IAB’s full year report, 2007 was another record year for online ad spending, the fourth in a row.

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