Global Marketing News – 27th July 2016 Verizon buys Yahoo’s search advertising arm Verizon Communications has bought Yahoo’s search advertising operations for 5 billion US dollars. Marissa Mayer, chief executive of Yahoo, said that Yahoo had changed the world and … Read More
Global Marketing News – 22nd July 2016 Baidu investigated for sneaking in gambling ads Baidu is facing an investigation into overnight gambling promotions. Regulators in China are looking into the search engine company, after online gambling sites allegedly registered corporate … Read More
Global Marketing News – 19th July 2016 Burberry is a mobile success story Burberry has announced that nearly 60% of all its online traffic comes through mobile devices. The luxury fashion retailer said that visitors from tablets and mobile phones … Read More
Global Marketing News – 14th July 2016 Baidu to withdraw some ad types Alibaba and Baidu are expecting a cut in earnings, due to increased taxes on search advertising in China. New rules to regulate paid searches from September were … Read More
Global Marketing News – 11th July 2016 Internet users consider ccTLD domains to be trustworthy Findings from a survey by ICANN have shown that 95% of internet users consider ccTLDs a trustworthy format, in regions where they are regularly used. … Read More
Global Marketing News – 6th July 2016 Baidu sets its sights beyond Asia Robin Li, the CEO of China’s most popular search engine Baidu, has said that the company intends to enter the US and European markets. Its rival Google … Read More
Global Marketing News – 1st July 2016 New data surveillance laws approved in Russia New data surveillance legislation has been approved by the Russian government. The new legislation states that online services, such as email and social network companies, need … Read More
Global Marketing News – 28th June 2016 Instagram to embrace translation technology Instagram is due to implement translation technology into its service in the coming months. The feature will be available in the options tab under each image, and will … Read More
Global Marketing News – 23rd June 2016 Amazon Invests 600 Million Dollars In Indonesia It has been reported that Amazon is due to invest 600 million US dollars in Indonesia, within one year. What had previously been a rumour was … Read More
Global Marketing News – 20th June 2016 Baidu Announces Cut In Quarterly Projection Baidu has announced a cut in its quarterly revenue projection, apparently due to the recent scrutiny it has come under regarding its paid search results. In the … Read More
Global Marketing News – 15th June 2016 Yandex Makes Changes To Browser And Search Engine Yandex has announced a change to its browser that it claims makes it the first of its kind. The company’s Zen technology, which allows for … Read More
Global Marketing News – 10th June 2016 Amazon invests $3 billion in Indian market Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, has announced that the company has made a 3 billion US dollar investment in the Indian market. Launched only 3 years ago, … Read More
Global Marketing News – 7th June 2016 Putin’s chef launches attack against search engines Vladimir Putin’s personal chef, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has filed lawsuits against the internet companies Google, Yandex and Mail.ru. He alleges that the companies have refused to remove … Read More
Global Marketing News – 2nd June 2016 US Privacy Shield agreement rejected by the EU An agreement designed to protect EU citizens’ data in the US, dubbed the Privacy Shield, has been rejected on the grounds that it needs “significant … Read More
Global Marketing News – 27th May 2016 Baidu Tieba to close down due to piracy fears Baidu is due to close its literature forum website, Baidu Tieba, due to ongoing concerns of online piracy. The move has come as a reaction to … Read More
