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Bing-powered search manufactured some small gains in the U.S. through October, based on the newest Hitwise numbers. Bing gained 3% involving September and October, heading from 12.8% current market share to 13.23%, even though Yahoo also rose somewhat from 15.27% to 15.39%. Blended, that boosted Bing-powered share to 28.62% … nevertheless a far cry from [...]

There wasn’t significantly transform in U.S. lookup motor market place share all through Oct based upon the most recent quantities that comScore is reporting for your major/general search engines. The figures have not been posted on comScore’s web-site but, however they are dispersed to market analysts previously. Here’s what comScore said: Google: current market share [...]

Ever encountered an ad-heavy page, wherever you wrestle to search out the actual subject matter on that web page? Google’s on the lookout at penalizing all those in its searches. The head of Google’s Spam Team, Matt Cutts, shared the news when talking on the Pubcon conference yesterday. Cutts mentioned Google is testing algorithms that [...]

Google has confirmed that it is testing a brand new content module in its search final results that is (currently) called “Sources.” The module appears to happen to be spotted very first by Cyrus Shepard, who shared screenshots of the new display which includes this one from a search for pop singer Rihanna. As you’ll [...]

IBM’s Coremetrics Benchmark is releasing data about vacation buying trends we can expect over the next few months. Big Blue says that mobile retail site visitors will more than double this holiday season. For the duration of this year’s November holiday season, an unprecedented 15 percent of people within the U.S. logging onto a retailer’s [...]

Yahoo cofounder Jerry Yang is looking to set up a non-public equity offer for Yahoo that might take the organization off the general public markets. Reuters reviews that non-public equity companies are possibly enthusiastic about the offer (Bain Richesse, Silver Lake Companions, and Hellman and Friedman). Microsoft was reviewing if they should be investing in [...]

Google has confirmed that the latest iteration of its Panda algorithm update is now live. Based on our tracking of the algorithm changes, this is Panda Update 2.5. Google declined to share any specifics about what types of sites, pages or content this update targeted, instead they only are only sharing the company’s default statement: [...]

Google Wallet is finally online. Which means you can begin spending for things at collaborating merchants, but you will need to update your Nexus S 4G. Google Wallet is available for the Nexus S 4G on Sprint ONLY for now. Engadget located this assistance web page from Samsung that states how to proceed:  Open up [...]

Google has acquired DailyDeal, Berlin, a Germany-based day-to-day bargains site for  between $150 million and $200 million. This is the 3rd acquisition inside a two-month span aimed toward strengthening Google’s day-to-day bargains service, Google Offers. Basically, DailyDeal is a German clone of Groupon, supplying digital coupon codes for nearby dining establishments, journeys, enjoyment and retail. [...]

A quarter of the time people in America invest on the Internet is passed on social networks, according to Nielsen’s Social Networking Report. Whether it’s a brand icon inviting customers to connect with a company on LinkedIn, a news ticker promoting an anchor’s Twitter handle or an advertisement asking a consumer to ‘Like’ a product [...]