Happy 13th Birthday Google!

October 7, 2011

It’s hard to think of a world without search engines. From the moment I wake up, search engines let me check whether my trains are running on time or not, allowing me to forgo breakfast or treat myself to something nice before my morning commute. As soon as I’ve stepped into work, I’ve got emails [...]

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10 Years Past: Remembering 9/11

September 12, 2011

Today is the opening day of the 9/11 memorial in New York City. Two simple, dignified footprints where the Twin Towers once stood. I grew up some thousands of miles away from the epicentre of the attacks, but even in Colorado, the middle of America, the fear rippled through the country as we watched our [...]

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Bing’s New Business Portal, Better than Google Places?

May 19, 2011

Bing has released the Bing Business Portal in beta in the US last month and is touted as Bing’s answer to Google or Facebook places (with a less catchy name). Much like Google places it allows business’ to build an online listing with contact information, photos, payment types, offers and promotions. The Bing Business Portal [...]

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Search Overload – Coming to a TV near you

June 5, 2009

Bing TV ads have started to show in the USA. While the UK campaign is apparently at least a few months away, it’s interesting to see the approach that they are taking to challenging consumer behaviour.

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Bing – The Sound of Found?

May 31, 2009

And so it’s official. Live search is in for yet another re-branding and will shortly be known as ‘Bing’. The tagline for the new engine is ‘Bing – The Sound of Found’ but, to steal an old Friends joke, it could easily end up being ‘Bing – Thy Turkey’s done’. Realistically, this is probably Microsoft’s [...]

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Exciting news in the world’s of Google & Yahoo

May 19, 2009

Today we’ve had two announcements that are set to have an impact on search and the control that we get to enjoy over our campaigns.. Typically Yahoo have frustrated those of us in the search team, with their ‘glass floor’ on how low your bids can go for keywords – which typically have been much [...]

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