Archive for the ‘Bing’ Category

We “google” everyday. We “tweet” incessantly. And we might “TiVo” several times a week. Some of us old fogies even “xeroxed” and “videotaped” things once upon a time. In England people still “hoover” the floor. We like “swi…

Advertisers spent 20% more on paid search campaigns in Q2 2011 compared to a year-ago, while click through rates rose 12%, according to new research. But is spend really driving the popularity of the medium, or is it something else? The Paid Search Quarterly Benchmarking Report from Marin Software also reveals an increase in efficiencies [...]

Google and Yahoo! both lost market share in terms of searches in May 2011 as Bing, Ask and other search engines made significant gains. According to the latest Experian Hitwise figures, Google Sites were still responsible for over 90% of UK internet searches in May, accounting for 0.32% fewer searches than in April. Year-on-year, Google [...]

Bing has recently integrated Facebook “likes” within its’ search results.  When a Facebook member uses Bing to search for a product or service, the search results will now include “likes” – showing pages that their friends on Facebook have liked. This demonstrates how Bing is stepping up the game, attempting to increase usage of its’ [...]

Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, is gaining market share in the world of search engines and gaining ground on Google. Bing aims to provide a ‘search experience’, helping online users find what they’re looking for quickly and easily. With its’ new look and through through its’ visual search functions and other unique and innovative features, Bing [...]

Remember that company from the last century whom many consider to be the inventors of personal computing? Older than Google, and even older than Apple (just). To jog your memory, here are some of their products:Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outloo…

If you know all about Pay-Per-Click advertising (PPC) you might want to sit this post out (or better, please read and comment; this is Web 2.0 after all.)Today’s big news in the world of tech/digital marketing is the Microsoft-Yahoo search deal, which …

Anyone remember WebCrawler? Infoseek? HotBot? AltaVista? Lycos? As long as we’ve had search engines, we’ve had SEO (= search engine optimisation). And as Microsoft announces a UK roadshow to launch its new search platform, Bing, as a serious rival …