Global Search Engine Marketing & Social Media News And Analysis

New York: 

South Korea has long been one of the most advanced web markets, with high internet penetration and fast connectivity.  It is also one of the few markets where Google has failed to make an impact, with local search engine Naver [...]

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The beginning of August saw Google announcing that Google+ now has more than 25 million users (though the activity declines). It is too soon to tell whether Google+ will be a serious contender, but since it is a Google product, it has a good chance of succeeding.
In light of Google’s success, it is interesting to see how the other players are doing. And in particular, how is Facebook doing in The Netherlands?

London: 

Today sees the start of the Yahoo-Microsoft Search Alliance roll-out into Europe, with Yahoo! organic search results in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and Ireland being powered by Bing. This change has already been implemented in the US & [...]

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Yahoo!, SoftBank and Alibaba Group jointly announced that they have reached an agreement on Alipay. Under the agreement, Alibaba Group will continue participating in Alipay’s future financial performance, including a future IPO or other liquidity events. The agreement structures the [...]

Mountain View: 

Google has officially launched AdWords Express, a new, easy Pay Per Click service for local businesses.

Initially launched as Google Boost in October 2010, AdWords Express is an faster and easier way to start advertising online via [...]

Beijing: 

Baidu has announced that its Q2 net profit has almost doubled compared to the same period last year and is predicting a further increase in Q3. Baidu is benefiting from the increasing number of advertisers investing heavily in the world’s [...]

Tokyo: 

Yahoo Japan announced that their year on year net profit rose 7.69% in last quarter (April-June) in advertising revenue.
When Yahoo Japan decided to adopt Google’s technology in its web searches in last December, many expressed their concern that it [...]

Jakarta: 

Google plans to open offices in Jakarta, Indonesia by the end of 2011 according to spokesman Yopie Hidayat after talks between Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google and Indonesia’s Vice President Boediono . Indonesia is the largest online market in [...]

London: 

There has been a flurry of news surrounding both Microsoft’s Bing and the UK’s Yell organisation in the last two weeks. Firstly, at the end of last week, Microsoft’ Bing and the Yell organisation announced that they were doing [...]

Beijing: 

According to DCCI, Data Center of Chinese Internet, China reached 500 million internet users in the first half of 2011. They also estimated [...]