Archive for May, 2006

Yahoo and Ebay Join Forces

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

If you can’t beat em’ (Google) join up and try and get bigger!  Then beat em’!
This morning Ebay and Yahoo announced they would be working together on a few key projects in 2007.  We can expect to see Yahoo using Paypal for it’s Yahoo Wallet and all it’s third party payment processing.  While Ebay is […]

Sneak Peek at Windows Vista Box

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vista Retail Box Art.

Bart Goes Googling…

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

 
 
 
 
 
 
Results about 880,000 for the exact phrase “eat my shorts”

Write for Content, Not Keywords

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

If there is one thing in the world of small business SEO and website creation that gets under my skin, it’s people thinking that they are going to get rich off of a Made for AdSense mesothelioma website.  Look through any webmaster forum, and you’ll be sure to find plenty of naive ‘webmasters’ who think […]

Microsoft treads carefully, gets JD approval

Monday, May 15th, 2006

The US Justice Department confirms it is dropping the investigation into the integration of the Windows Live Search Box across the new Microsoft browser.  They state “it does not threaten Google to the point of further investigation.”
Google has been complaining that Microsoft is using it’s monopoly on operating systems to give itself an unfair market advantage […]

Micrsoft Is Ready to Take On the Big Boys?

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

Two years ago Chief Executive Steve Ballmer of Microsoft Corp. admitted that he made a serious mistake in not being more proactive in spending resources developing their search engine.  But he says things have changed.
Microsoft now has it’s own advertising and search engine platform but the real work it yet to come.  Will they be able […]

Microsoft and Yahoo in Secret Talks?

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

The Wall Street Journal has reported that Microsoft and Yahoo have held talks to discuss their favourite competitor, Google. 
With Google holding onto the number one search spot without any signs of weakening it is not surprising that these two industry giants have decided that grouping and conquering might be their only option.  With the funding […]

MSN Search is a Thorn In Microsoft’s Side

Monday, May 1st, 2006

TheStreet.com reports that Microsoft’s share fell as much as 13% on Friday. this downturn was directly blamed on to Microsoft’s search engine, MSN Search.
Microsoft was not prepared for “the rising cost of competing with the better-positioned Net players, notably Google,” TheStreet.com reports. Bloomberg reports that Microsoft may be “investing too much at the expense of […]

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