Yandex has just released its financial figures for 2010 and the number one Russian search engine managed to achieve a whopping 43% growth in revenue taking them to $410 million — 88% of this increased revenue related to pure search ads as opposed to the other advertising products offered by
Alibaba has leapt ahead of Google in terms of the share of online advertising revenue it earns in China – its home market. According to Analysys International, Alibaba’s Taoboa keyword advertising and the further development of its interactive advertising offer in China are the root cause of this development –
Leading Russian search engine Yandex, has introduced a new method of predicting user intent in order to improve the quality of its results and thereby improve relevancy. The Yandex team advise that the system, known as “Spectrum” is based on analysing user queries statistically, categorising them — and then making
Combining the capabilities of Google Translate with Google Search has long been a feature of international search experiences – but somewhat in the background. Not anymore. Google this week rolled out a feature across the non-English speaking world, which gives users the option to extend their search to other languages
This week for the 6th time in London, the International Search Summit takes place at The British Library in London. Previewing this particular event is, for once, almost impossible to do because the quality of the speakers and agendas has widely surpassed the expectations of the organising team at WebCertain.
The FT reports today that Alibaba, the Chinese business-to-business search giant, has made its first move to acquire a serious foothold in the US following years of sabre rattling, by buying Vendio.com – an e-commerce platform which allows you to share your inventory with Ebay, Google, Shopzilla and Amazon. Figures
Since the 24th November last year, European country governments are required to legislate for better electronic privacy — which includes bringing in much more transparency over the use of the “Cookie”. The way European Union law develops is designed to work as an effective compromise between having one consistent law
Russian market-leading search engine Yandex, has opened up access to a Latin-alphabet index it has been compiling for the last two years with most content in the English language. A statement from Yandex explained that the principle objective is to provide Latin-alphabet results to Russian searchers, “web users in Russia
The Financial Times reports today that David Wei, Chief Executive of Alibaba.com, has revealed that George Soros has become one of the organisation’s largest shareholders. Mr. Wei also told the FT that Alibaba intends to buy out Yahoo’s stake in the Alibaba parent company. The Financial Times makes the common
Greg Jarboe’s status as a great public speaker was confirmed yesterday when the International Search Summit audience voted Greg as its very first ‘Medallion Speaker Award’. WebCertain, which hosts the Summit, introduced the Medallion Award to give audiences more influence over the quality of speakers they wish to see. The