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Bing, the new search engine launched by Microsoft earlier this month, is showing an impressive growth in market share, according to data analysts comScore.

Just two weeks after launch, Bing is accounting for 12.1 percent of search results in the United States; up 3 percent from its launch share.
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Today saw the official launch of Wolfram Alpha - a search engine designed to revolutionise search by intelligently answering questions rather than just directing users to appropriate web pages.

The experimental website, named after its British-born inventor Stephen Wolfram, has been hyped as a potential rival for leading search engine Google. Read the rest of this entry »

The blogosphere has gone into virtual meltdown over rumours that Google could be set to buy popular micro-blogging platform Twitter.

On Thursday night technology startup blog Techcrunch reported that Google, which has previously denied all speculation they might be interested in Twitter, was on the verge of a sealing a deal worth well in excess of $250 million. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite the impact of recession hitting marketing budgets this year, 53% of businesses are set to increase spending on social media, says a Forrester Research survey.

However, although spending is increasing, the study of 145 marketing professionals found that most had still set aside a budget of less than $100,000 for their social media activities. Read the rest of this entry »

Despite Google Latitude having only just been released, it has already come in for a wave of criticism from privacy campaigners.

Critics say that Latitude, which tracks users’ locations via their mobile phone signal, could in theory be abused by employers, suspicious partners or even paedophiles. Read the rest of this entry »

Yahoo has named Carol Bartz, current Chairperson of CAD software provider Autodesk, as its next Chief Executive.

Bartz will be tasked with transforming the fortunes of the beleaguered search giant, whose long-standing CEO Jerry Yang stepped down in November in the fallout of Microsoft’s failed takeover bid. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the most worrying things for any website owner is the thought that it could get hijacked and have Malware installed. This can severely affect visitor numbers as search results get labeled as not being safe due to Malware, which is one form known as Badware.

The most common methods of Badware infecting a site is through a security breach, for example through the attack of a website database, web server or website itself.
Once badware is detected and then removed from a site, the labels will now get removed within 24 hours in most cases, this is a marked improvement and comes as welcome news to webmasters.
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Chinese search giant Baidu.cn is fighting to save its reputation after state media accused it of selling high rankings to unlicensed medical services; to the detriment of public health.

Several unlicensed providers have taken advantage of Baidu’s ‘Pay for Performance’ (P4P) scheme to buy their way into the rankings for popular search terms, putting the search engine’s users at risk from expensive and often useless medical products and procedures. Read the rest of this entry »

Google has revealed that the company’s search frequency service, Google Trends, can detect flu outbreaks up to two weeks faster than traditional surveillance methods.

For those who have never heard of Google Trends, this is a free facility that allows people to view search trends by keywords or phrases. Read the rest of this entry »

A serious security flaw has been found in Google’s T-Mobile G1 phone - less than a week after launch.

The vulnerability, discovered by security experts at Baltimore firm Independent Security Evaluators, could potentially allow hackers to direct G1 users to malicious websites. Read the rest of this entry »