Yahoo Japan’s E-Commerce Revolution: No Fees Model
Yahoo Japan announced today at their Store Conference 2013 that they would remove fees from Yahoo Shopping and Yahoo Auctions services. According to the announcement, they are hoping to increase the number of merchants and the available products sold and offered through its services by removing the obstacles = fees. With this huge change in […]
Obviously, the French only go to French websites
Knowing the French you will likely expect the top sites visited by the French to be French websites, right? Wrong. According to the latest data from (French) Mediametrie* from April 2013, you have to go all the way down to the 7th most visited site to find French ownership. Where you are of course right […]
Top 5 global search properties: How did they perform in 2012?
In an article published last week here on the site, Graeme Sewell of Webcertain alluded that 2013 could signal the beginning of the end of the PC and the end of the beginning of the tablet. The reasoning behind his statement was that global PC shipments saw a year-on-year decline in Q4 2012 for the […]
Google the search engine and why IP is so important when it comes to the algorithm
As a board member of SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Association and a multilingual internet marketer, I need to weigh in on many things when I consult my clients and one of them is what search engine to choose to market through. As a SEMPO board member, I also need to be aware of things […]
Yahoo-Microsoft Search Alliance Reaches Europe
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 & Canada, Australia & New Zealand as well as some Latin American markets. Despite Bing technology […]
Yahoo, Alibaba and Softbank have reached the agreement on Alipay
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 relationship between Taobao and Alipay in order to preserve the value within Taobao, which provides […]
Yahoo! And Microsoft Take Search Alliance Global
The Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance is finally coming to fruition with marketers and advertisers in Europe beginning to feel the effects of the partnership in early 2010. In advance of his session at the International Search Summit Munich on April 4th, Microsoft’s Cedric Chambaz, gives an insight into the development of the alliance and […]
2010 USA Search Engine War: Google is King!
Search Engine Marketing industry web statistics key reference comScore’s recently issued its ‘2010 U.S. Digital Year in Review’ report comScore chairman Gian Fulgoni says ‘2010 was a very positive year for the digital media industry, highlighted by a strong rebound in e-commerce spending , significant innovation and increased demand for online advertising, and an explosion […]