Search Engine Optimization News

• MSN acquires VoIP company, Teleo in order to integrate VoIP technology into MSN Messenger and other products and services.
• Google rolls out Google Talk, which has instant messenger and VoIP capabilites. Skype and Vonage take notice.
• Yahoo has enhanced its My Web personal search service to enable users to share their personal Web index of pages and links. A new Social Search Engine is born.
• T-Mobile, Europe's second-largest mobile operator, announced Wednesday that it will provide a full internet service for it's customers by teaming up with Search Leader Google.
• A Pittsburgh search engine company, Vivisimo, has donated its service to the city's Web site.
• FatLens announced its consumer launch as the Web's most powerful shopping search engine designed to make shopping for online tickets easy and fast.
• Google rolls out new Desktop Search for Enterprise which helps workers search their corporate Intranets, their desktops, email and the Internet.
• The New York Times is now charging an online fee for services to the ire of many.
• Billionaire and founder of Dell, Inc., Michael S. Dell is infusing $99.5 million into Red Hat Linux.
• New York Attorney General sues spyware maker, Intermix
• Google files for TrustRank trademark
• Double-Click has been sold for $1.1 billion to a group of private equity investors.
• Google AdWords is test piloting site targeting where customers can pick which websites their ads appear on.
• Not to be outdone by Google, Yahoo! has applied for their own patent application
• The European Union says that .eu Internet addresses will be available starting in 2006
• Google rolls out a beta of My Search History that lets users view and manage their search histories from any computer
• Yahoo! is giving away free small business websites as part of its Local Search program.
• Adobe buys Macromedia for $3.4 billion. The future of DreamWeaver and Freehand is uncertain.
• Yahoo! and Google both talk with TiVO in regards to expansion opportunities.
• Google's Froogle.com loses trademark suit to Froogles.com in ICANN hearing.
• Pay-per-click class action lawsuits is filed against Google, Yahoo!, FindWhat, Ask Jeeves, America Online and Look Smart in charges of both click fraud and price fixing among competitors.
• Google acquires Zipdash, which gives real time traffic statistics to mobile phone users.
• ICANN officially gives the nod to .jobs and .travel top level domain extensions opening new markets.
• Google has filed a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark office regarding the use of historical data in determining how websites are ranked on their results pages.
• Yahoo has announed that it is in the process of updating its algorithm right before April Fool's Day.
• Google has purchased web analytics software maker, Urchin for an undisclosed sum. Competitor WebTrends was also purchased by a large, technology-focused private equity fund named Francisco Partners.
• Peer to Peer sharing lawsuit goes before the Supreme Court. MGM and the whole entertainment industry is anxiously watching this copyright lawsuit.
• Google back off lawsuit by Agence France Presse and give them what they want: to be de-listed.
• Apple iTunes is hacked by a bunch of programmers under the guidance of DVD Jon. This hack allows users to download music for free and play on any device they want.
• Topix acquired by Gannett, Knight-Ridder and Tribune Company. Financial terms were undisclosed. Topix figures to rival top news portals such as Google News and Yahoo! News.
• Yahoo! buys Flickr, a photo sharing company.
• French flog Google with another lawsuit. Agence France Presse has sued the search giant for $17.5 million claiming copyright violations.
• One million "Zombie" PC's on the web used by Spammers according to the BBC.
• MSN announces Search Champ v2 invitations hoping the public will help them make their product better.

SEO News 2004

SEO News 2003

SEO News 2002