After years of users having to type city names, zip codes, and far more information than anyone should have to in order to retrieve maps and directions in search results, Yahoo is finally offering a more streamlined service. The company announced today it has improved its local business search result pages, allowing users to locate [...]
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Yahoo Finally Integrates Local Listings and Maps into Search Results
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009Yahoo and Microsoft still flirting?
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009It has been a difficult time as of late for many companies, Microsoft and Yahoo included. It is reported that the two online entities have resumed talks regarding a wide-ranging advertising partnership. Talks of an outright merger or sale of Yahoo’s search business to Microsoft have not resumed thus far.
Investors have long been chattering over [...]
Google offering behavioral targeted advertising
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009Google is set to start displaying advertisements today to users based on their interests, which are determined using their previous online activities. This form of advertising is known collectively as behavioral targeting, and has been adopted by most of Google’s competitors, drawing criticism from privacy advocates and some Congress members.
Google announced that it plans to [...]
Cell phones are the future of search
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009Cell phones have certainly evolved since the first cellular call was placed on April 3, 1973 by Martin Cooper,who is now chairman, CEO and co-founder of ArrayComm, Inc. At the time of the call, Martin Cooper was general manager of Motorola’s Communications Systems Division.
That first call was placed to Cooper’s rival at AT&T’s Bell Labs [...]
Google-Yahoo advertising deal creates stir
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) posted on Monday a detailed communiqué regarding its position against the potential advertising partnership between online giants Google and Yahoo. Feelings about the partnership remain strong on both sides of the issue. No matter which side you are on, neither can argue the newsworthiness of the debate.
The picture most [...]