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Bing to Launch UK Advertising Campaign

Microsoft's Bing plans to run TV advertising campaign in the UK to compete for search engine market share

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 Tags : Industry News

Microsoft knocks Google from top business brand spot

Google drops to 5th position in the most recognised business brands

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 Tags : Industry News

Google faces antitrust investigation in Europe

Google under probe as three European competitors allege Google filters out their results

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 Tags : Industry News

Majority of Europeans (77%) go online daily

Internet use is ingrained in all of us with the majority of Europeans accessing the internet on a daily basis

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 Tags : Industry News | Ecommerce | Media

Google bosses convicted in Italy

Three Google bosses have been convicted for defamation in Italy over the content of a video posted in 2006 on Google Video

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 Tags : Industry News

Yahoo! integrates real time search

Yahoo! adds real time search functionality to search results

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Facebook threatens Google’s ad spend dominance

Facebook opens up direct response advertising opportunities challenging Google's ad dominance

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Google admits Google Buzz has issues and should have been better tested

Google failed to test Google Buzz thoroughly and upsets users over privacy issues

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Windows Phone 7 previews. Could it raise Bing’s market share?

Windows Phone 7 was shown to the world yesterday and the reviews are good. Could this herald the growth of Bing?

Posted: 16 Feb 2010 Tags : Industry News

Google Buzz – less buzz more drone

Google launches into social media but has Google Buzz got what it takes to beat Facebook an Twitter

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Google TV Advertising Succeeds in Social Media

Google's TV advertising succeeds in social media receiving the most mentions and positive sentiment. Traditional media and social media working hand in hand

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

UK mobile users favour Facebook

Mobile internet use is rising daily and Facebook and Google remain the favourite destinations

Posted: 09 Feb 2010 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Google’s annual profit rise by 54%

Google revenues and profit increase year on year with both search and non-search revenues continuing to grow

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 Tags : SEO | Industry News

Yahoo! makes profit while revenue declines

Yahoo! turned previous losses into profits but overall revenue down

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 Tags : SEO | Industry News

Google launches Google Xistence to manage social media life

Google has launched Xistence to take the strain out of your social media demands. Sit back and let Google take control

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Search market grows by 46% in 2009

More and more people are searching the internet. Add to this an exponential growth in the number of websites and search engine optimisation (SEO) is key to online success

Posted: 25 Jan 2010 Tags : SEO | Industry News

Digital Media Sector experiences income growth - WMG do even better

The top 30 digital agencies had great results in 2009 - The WebMarketing Group had excellent results and 2010 promises to be even better

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 Tags : Industry News | Media

Bing continues to steal market share from Yahoo

Bing is creeping up in search engine market share taking from Yahoo but most importantly growing search volumes over Google

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 Tags : SEO | Industry News

Google may pull out of China after Gmail cyber attack

Google to end censorship in China and may potentially stop operations in China

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 Tags : Industry News

Google Launches Nexus One?

Speculation is rife that Google may be ready to launch Nexus One as journalist are invited to press gathering

Posted: 04 Jan 2010 Tags : Industry News

Twitter Taken Over by Iranian Cyber Army

Twitter was hacked and taken down by a group calling themselved the Iranian Cyber Guard

Posted: 18 Dec 2009 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Flyglobespan Collapse: Scotland’s Largest Airline Leaves Thousands Stranded

Flyglobespan collapse creates havoc as thousands are left stranded in the UK and abroad

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 Tags : Industry News | Media

Superbrands not making the most of Twitter

Many brands in the UK are not engaging in Twitter due to various reasons

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

UK LinkedIn Population Reaches 3 million

LinkedIn continues to be an invaluable online marketing and business networking site in the UK and worldwide

Posted: 09 Dec 2009 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Another Highly Successful Financial Year Here at The WebMarketing Group

The WebMarketing Group are pleased to announce another very successful financial year with revenue growth of 28%

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 Tags : Company News | Industry News

Microsoft’s Bing and News Corp look to shake up the internet

Murdoch's empire is holding talks with Bing to push for exclusive right to sites. Google may be forced to de-index content

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 Tags : SEO | Industry News | Media

LinkedIn opens up to developer input

LinkedIn plans to integrate more with other social networks by opening API to developers

Posted: 24 Nov 2009 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Email Marketing Spend to Grow in 2010

Email marketing will grow in 2010 but make sure you follow email marketing best practices and measure ROI

Posted: 23 Nov 2009 Tags : Industry News | Ecommerce

Google Launches New Image Search

Google has launched a new image search functionality called Image Swirl. Hard to explain, have a go for yourself

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 Tags : Industry News

Online Retailers Investing Ahead of Recovery

Online retailers are planning ahead to be well positioned when recovery comes

Posted: 16 Nov 2009 Tags : SEO | Industry News | Ecommerce

Bing Launches Full UK Version

Bing has moved from beta to full UK Bing launch

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 Tags : SEO | Industry News

Google Caffeine to go live after the Holidays

Google Caffeine - now tested will begin to roll out in the New Year. How will Caffeine affect rankings?

Posted: 12 Nov 2009 Tags : SEO | Industry News

Bing Signs Deal with Twitter and Facebook

Bing seals deal with Twitter and Facebook to provide real time social media search facility. Deal non-exclusive so keep an eye on Google

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 Tags : SEO | Industry News

Google signs deal with Twitter

Google joins Bing in signing deal with Twitter. Google to show real time tweet feeds shortly

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Online Ad Spend Drops - SEO/SMO Provides Most Sustainable Path

Online advertising drops as marketers look for more sustainable growth - SEO and SMO offers more sustainable development

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 Tags : Industry News | Media

Google Launches UK Advertising Campaign

In another rare move, Google launches UK advertising campaign to compete for software market share

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 Tags : Industry News

Email marketing increasing - still recipient's preferred marketing channel

Email marketing is still very popular but opt-in and permission based is key

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 Tags : Industry News

Bing and Twitter Close to Deal?

Rumour abounds that Bing and Twitter are close to making a major search deal - truth or speculation

Posted: 09 Oct 2009 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Audi drops Sky TV advertising and goes online

Audi drives away from TV advertising and parks interests online

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 Tags : Industry News | Media

Conservative Party launch new website

It seems everyone is going digital. Tories launch new campaigning website, meanwhile the Labour Party have also been getting geared up on the internet

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 Tags : Industry News | Media | Social Media

Gmail victim of phishing attack

Gmail latest victim of phishing attack - check your account

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 Tags : Industry News

Display ad click-through rates halved over last two years

People are clicking less and less on display ads - SEO and natural search ever more important

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 Tags : Industry News

Has Bing Lost its Badda Bing?

Bing lost market share for the first time - is it all over or will Bing re-emerge

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 Tags : SEO | Industry News

UK broadband not fit for the future

UK broadband is coping with today's demands but look unfit for the future

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 Tags : Industry News

Domino’s sales up after marketing activity

Domino's pizza performing well and online orders providing large slice of revenue

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 Tags : Industry News | Ecommerce | Social Media

Online Advertising Overtakes TV

Marketers are increasingly turning to online advertising as this channel overtakes TV advertising spend

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News

Yahoo Launches TV Advertising Campaign

Yahoo wants Y!ou and starts TV advertising to gain back market share

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google Turns 11 Years Old

Seems like only yesterday but Google has turned eleven years old

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News

August UK Online Sales Hit £3.8bn

E-commerce sales continue to rise, online sales outstripping high street retail

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News | Ecommerce

Yahoo Launches New Search Format

Yahoo has recently updated their search format. Update rolled out to US, UK, France, Spain, Mexico, and India

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google Search add sublink “rich snippets”

Google has added search function to allow sublinking and greater indexing of long pages

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 Tags : SEO | Industry News

Twitter Shares Cause Investor Feeding Frenzy

Twitter has doubled the number of shares available in the latest round of fundraising

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Social media spend to rise to $3.1bn in 2014

Social media spend to rise most aggresively by 2014. Advertising spend to drop as social media is cheaper

Posted: 25 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News | Media | Social Media

Google Loses Market Share and is not the Top Search Engine

Okay, we're talking about not leading in China but imagine if Google was not the leader anymore

Posted: 24 Sep 2009 Tags : SEO | Industry News

Make Your Website Work – advice straight from Google

Google releases pageflip presentation on how to convert visitors into customers

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 Tags : SEO | Industry News | Ecommerce

Official – Google Ignores Keywords Meta Tag

Speculation over - we now know Google does not use keywords meta tag in page ranking

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 Tags : SEO | Industry News

Yahoo Launches Branding Campaign

Yahoo rolls out brand awareness campaign and introduces changes to search

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News

SEO for Bing? - should we optimise for Bing?

Bing is growing, should we carry out dedicated search engine optimisation (SEO) campaigns for Bing?

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News

Asda hits back at chicken licking employee

Asda show good reputation management skills and use social media effectively

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Habitat starts tweeting again - valuable lessons learnt

Having committed a serious social media mistake by jumping on the Iranian elections, Habitat makes a return to Twitter

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News | Ecommerce | Social Media

Bing breaks into double digits

Bing's market share grows but Google is still the king

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News

UK online shopping population growing

The United Kingdom's online shoppers growing but still concerned about security

Posted: 14 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News | Ecommerce

Google Internet Stats

Google launches new statistics resource - good resource for current and future internet trends

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 Tags : SEO | Industry News

Twitter changes terms to allow advertising

Twitter looks to add targeted advertising to its microblogging service

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News | Media | Social Media

Google increases font size of Google search

Rare move by Google to make changes to homepage font size

Posted: 11 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News

Gap Launches UK e-commerce site

Gap e-commerce site to be launched soon in the UK

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News | Ecommerce

e-commerce websites breaking consumer laws

EU report shows many electrical websites are breaking the law. Other sectors also need to pay attention to guidelines

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News | Ecommerce

Google Still King with 67% of Global Search Market Share

Global search volume grows and Google still leading

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 Tags : Industry News

Yahoo and Bing Still Competitors Despite Microsoft Deal

Competition for search engine market share still high, Yahoo to continue battling for exposure

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Continued Online Sales Growth in July – Consumer Confidence Improves

Clothing and electricals are the biggest winners. Online sales still outperforming high street

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News | Ecommerce

Bing And Wolfram Alpha Reach Licensing Deal

Bing rumoured to be adding Wolfram Alpha to its search technology

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Online News – Soon to Become Paid Subscription?

Growing momentum for news to become subscription based - but is there the will to pay?

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google Books Project Challenged By Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo Alliance

Google in battle again - this time its over books

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Compare Caffeine Results - Test Old and New Google Simultaneously

Check out how you rank in the new Google search engine

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

MySpace Confirms Acquisition of iLike and Looks to Compete More in Social Media

MySpace's acquisition may help regain market share

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Google Tops Customer Satisfaction

Google continues to satisfy users more than other search engines

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Advertisers Struggle To Engage Social Media Users

Low click through rate on social media. Engage users and convert is best approach

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Bing Takes US Market Share from Yahoo! and Google

For the second month in a row Bing grows market share but Google still the leader

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Browser Wars: Google Launches Chrome Syncing and Rockmelt Coming Soon

Chrome updates bookmark syncing and Rockmelt possibly aimed at Facebook and social media

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Labour Twitter Tsar Appointed

Twitter is omnipresent. Politics and not just business are realising the potential value of this media stream.

Posted: 17 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Gap Drops Television Advertising in Favour of Social Media

Gap has dropped television advertising and pushes online trying to revive flagging high street sales

Posted: 17 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google - Moving Ad Position Pays Dividends

Closing up the gap closer to organic searches and minimising white space drives click throughs up

Posted: 17 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Caffeine Buzz – Google Update Will (Continue to) Sideline Bing

Google’s Caffeine promises to stimulate with deliver better, faster and more comprehensive results

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google Launches Social Gadgets for iGoogle

Are Social Gadgets Google's quiet entry into social media

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Caffeine Junkies Going Cold Turkey - Caffeine Temporarily Down

Your virtual fix will be coming back soon... meantime get some real coffee

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Test Search Results (Blindly) Against Yahoo!, Google and Bing

Without the brand which results would you choose? Who would be your favourite search engine? Test for yourself

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google Update Search Infrastructure: What Does It Mean to Users?

Google add caffeine to speed up their search skills

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Facebook Buys FriendFeed

Facebook will run FriendFeed as normal but plans on full integration

Posted: 11 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Publicis Buys Microsoft's Razorfish

French advertising giant buys Microsoft's advertising arm

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Internet.com: Most Expensive Domain Name Ever?

Which are the most expensive domain names? You can probably guess the main players but the records have just been broken.

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Majority of Largest US Advertisers use Facebook

The world's largest advertising spenders are turning to Facebook and other social media

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Broadband More Important to Us: An Essential Rather Than Luxury

Continued broadband access more of a luxury than holidays and going out

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Going Google: Gloves Off (again) as Google Launches Major Offensive Against Microsoft

We've lost count of the rounds but the two giants are facing up again

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Bing Jingle Winner Announced

Brace yourselves, Bing announced the winner to their open competition. Genius, stupidity or clever viral marketing?

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

ITV Sells Friends Reunited as Advertising Revenues Continue to Fall

Television advertising still down, Facebook triumphs while Friends Reunited is sold on

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Digital Britain Has New Minister

Lord Carter's replacement has been confirmed. Timms to push recommendations through

Posted: 06 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

UK Online Spending Forecast to Double by the end of 2011

UK online sales are forecast to grow rapidly and continue to outstrip retail sales

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Twitter Continues to grow with 44.5mn Users Globally

The Twitterverse is getting bigger with exponential growth

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

UK Near Top in European Ranking for Broadband Access & e-Commerce

A nation of shopkeepers goes digital

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News | Ecommerce

Google CEO resigns from Google Board of Directors

As competition grows Schmidt exits Apple's Board

Posted: 05 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google AdWords Launches Bid Simulator

AdWords unveils Bid Simulator aiming to help advertisers make better CPC bids

Posted: 04 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Bing Gains Market Share from Google

Bing continues to take from Google

Posted: 04 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Microsoft and Yahoo end speculation and agree on deal

After months of speculation the two companies reach a deal

Posted: 03 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Fox’s Biscuits: Vinnie the Panda Charity Ebay Auction

Brand power: using social networking to increase exposure

Posted: 03 Aug 2009 Tags : Industry News

Online spending continues to grow faster than high street retail

Online spending shows strong year on year growth

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 Tags : Industry News

Microsoft rumoured to be close to acquiring Yahoo!’s search engine business

Microsoft rumoured to be close to acquiring Yahoo! Will rumour become reality

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google’s second quarter revenues up 3% at $5.5 billion

Google second quarter results exceed analyst expectations

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 Tags : Industry News

Cost-per-click rates drop significantly

Cost-per-click rates drop and ROI rises

Posted: 24 Jul 2009 Tags : Industry News

Online advertising continues to grow

Online advertising continues to grow despite downturn

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google receives Fortune Global 500 recognition

Google enters the Fortune Global 500 rankings...

Posted: 19 Jul 2009 Tags : Industry News

Bing: More Popular Than Digg, CNN and Twitter

Bing managed 50m unique visitors in June...

Posted: 14 Jul 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google Looks To The Future And Considers The Impact Of Bing

Just how vulnerable is Google these days?

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 Tags : Industry News

Bing Gains Google Share

Its small, but this could just be the start...

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 Tags : Industry News

The UK Gets Bing Without The Fat, Juicy Bits…

UK users are set to get the full Bing later in the year.

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 Tags : Industry News

Be Aware Of Online Ad Viruses

The Digital Spy forum recently got hit...

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 Tags : Industry News

MySpace Job Cuts

The social networking giant is to shed 30% of its US workforce.

Posted: 18 Jun 2009 Tags : Industry News

European Online Ad Spend Increases

Figures for 2008 show a 20% growth.

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 Tags : Industry News

Firefox 3.0.11 Makes Some Serious Waves…

The popularity of Firefox continues to soar...

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 Tags : Industry News

11 Million Downloads Of Safari 4 In Less Than A Week

Apple's Safari 4 cements its mark in the web browsing world.

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 Tags : Industry News

55% Of Google Users Set To Switch To Bing

Bing is ready to take on Google...

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 Tags : Industry News

Online Display Ad Activity Increases

Jan - April 09 saw a 21% increase.

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 Tags : Industry News

New Google Analytics Feature For Local Businesses

US business users are the first to have access to this new tool.

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 Tags : Industry News

Say Hello To Microsoft’s New Search Platform ‘Bing’

Another Google rival goes for gold...

Posted: 01 Jun 2009 Tags : Industry News

Fox’s Biscuits: Vinnie the Panda Branches Out Online

The power of branding makes the online world your oyster...

Posted: 27 May 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google Set To Launch Online Ad Exchange

More Google developments are announced...

Posted: 21 May 2009 Tags : Industry News

WWF Relaunches Panda.org

See the website's new look very shortly...

Posted: 19 May 2009 Tags : Industry News

Can Firefox Overtake Internet Explorer? Mozilla Says So

...but they reckon it will be 2013 before they have the majority.

Posted: 18 May 2009 Tags : Industry News

Say Hello to Google’s Potential Rival

Wolfram Alpha goes live...

Posted: 18 May 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google Crashes…But Only For A Short Time

Could we ever survive without this search giant?

Posted: 15 May 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google Heads In A New Direction

The leading search engine shows no sign of allowing the competition to catch up...

Posted: 13 May 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google’s New Tools

Google held a briefing of new and upcoming products yesterday, and new tools are in the pipeline.

Posted: 13 May 2009 Tags : Industry News

Tesco Removes Advertising From Facebook Groups

It is hoped this will protect the brand identity.

Posted: 13 May 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google Street View Gets The All Clear

The Google Street View service that has divided opinion in the UK, still goes ahead.

Posted: 05 May 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google AdSense and Analytics Join Forces

Find out what content is doing well and what isn't...

Posted: 05 May 2009 Tags : Industry News

Volvo Comes To The Digital Side…

This year sees an increased spend on natural search.

Posted: 01 May 2009 Tags : Industry News

Yahoo Cutbacks – A Sign Of The Times

5% of the workforce will go...

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 Tags : Industry News

55% Of Companies Plan To Increase Search Budgets

More businesses are realising the importance of search marketing.

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 Tags : Industry News

Expect Regular “Freezes” As More People Join The Online Community

Experts predict problems in the next few years.

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 Tags : Industry News

Google Search Changes For Pictures and News

The search giant continues to improve the user experience.

Posted: 27 Apr 2009 Tags : Industry News

Microsoft Has First Dip In Sales in 23-year History

Sales in the first quarter of 2009 fell by 6%.

Posted: 24 Apr 2009 Tags : Industry News

Windows 7 Is Looking Good!

It's on track for a 2010 launch.

Posted: 24 Apr 2009 Tags : Industry News

12 Hours a Week Spent Online in 2008

This is an increase of 36% over the past 4 years.

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 Tags : Industry News

The Butler’s Back: Ask Jeeves Relaunches

Search users are set to welcome the return of Jeeves.

Posted: 21 Apr 2009 Tags : Industry News