June 2007

Yahoo Combining Search And Display
(June 25, 2007 - Clickz)

Yahoo has announced it is combining search and display under one department. Heading up this newly formed division of North American Sales is David Karnstedt - presently senior vice president of Yahoo!'s Search sales business. He will report directly to Gregory Coleman, Yahoo!'s EVP of Global Sales.

Bebo Partners with Yahoo Search: Acquisition Imminent?
(June 21, 2007 - Mashable)

Bebo, which was recently in speculation about a $1 billion acquisition by Yahoo, has just added Yahoo search, Mashable reader Stan noticed today. Bebo was famously without a search function until now, leaving room for Bebo search engines like Bigulo.

Top 10 Search Providers, April 2007
(June 19, 2007 - Search Engine Watch)

Google served almost 3.8 billion searches in April 2007, according to data from Nielsen//NetRatings.

Yahoo! Turns to Yang
(June 19, 2007 - Business Week)

Except for the sudden timing, Yahoo!'s announcement June 18 that Terry Semel is leaving as chief executive was remarkable only for how few people were surprised. After all, the Internet pioneer had turned in one disappointingly slow quarter after another recently.

Google and Utility to Test Hybrids That Sell Back Power
(June 19, 2007 - NY Times)

Google and Pacific Gas & Electric have unveiled their vision of a future in which cars and trucks are partly powered by the country’s electric grids, and vice versa.

Latin American Market Poised for Growth
(June 18, 2007 - Search Engine Watch)

Speaking at Search Engine Strategies Latino today in Miami, Gonzalo Alonso, Google's general manager for Spanish-speaking Latin America, said that Google sees huge potential in the Latin American market.

Search engine with a human touch
(June 11, 2007 - Business Standard)

A human-powered search engine was recently launched, the latest of a series of innovations to help users cope with the overwhelming amount of information, images and video available on the web.

How private is that Google search?
(June 10, 2007 - Chicago Sun Times)

Google's privacy practices are the worst among the Internet's top destinations, according to a watchdog group scrutinizing how the online search leader handles its users' personal information.

Distilling Universal Search
(June 6, 2007 - Clickz)

Google announces universal search. Once again, we are treated to another paradigm-shifting, earth-shattering, mind-blowing, “OMG – have you seen this!!!” Google announcement. In fact, Google’s new product releases appear at such a rate that the pundits are barely able to keep up. Worse yet, the race to be the first to publish frequently leaves us with coverage that carries no sense of history and scant analysis of the significance.

Ask.com Launches Major Updates
(June 5, 2007 - Clickz)

Ask.com has stepped up its game, launching a new multi-faceted search interface that sets it apart from other search engines, and giving Google users a legitimate reason to give Ask.com a try.

Yahoo! Opens Access to Search Marketing Platform APIs
(June 4, 2007 - Yahoo Media Relations)

Yahoo! Search Marketing Commercial API Program, which provides businesses and developers of all sizes free, open access to the "Panama" search marketing application program interfaces (APIs). Through this program, advertisers, developers and commercial partners including ad agencies and technology providers can easily build upon Yahoo!'s core search marketing technologies to enhance their existing business offerings or create brand new search marketing tools and applications.

Data Collection: Google's Biggest Competitive Advantage.
(June 01, 2007 - Google Blog)

Today Google bought Feedburner, which (along with AdSense, AdWords, the Toolbar, Analytics, user accounts, Google Feed Reader, Google Checkout, Youtube, etc) is yet another source of data acquisition for them.