May 26, 2009 at 9:38am ET by Greg Sterling

Call it Microsoft Week (or weeks as the case may be). We'll likely hear the name of the new search engine this week from the AllThingsD conference and next week, to coincide with SMX Advanced, the public will get a chance to actually use it. While everyone who reads this blog will no doubt test drive the new engine (now called Kumo/Kiev) and form his or her own conclusions about how it compares to Google and Yahoo the larger question is whether it will make inroads with the broader public. To notify that public about the new engine Microsoft will reportedly be spending lots of money (Ad [...]

Happy Mother’s Day Logos From Google & Other Search Engines

May 10, 2009 at 8:52am ET by Barry Schwartz

The Search Engine Land team would like to wish you a Happy Mother's Day today. As tradition, I like to post the various logos from the search industry, to help celebrate the day. Here are the Mother's Day logos. Google: Yahoo (animated): AOL (animated): Live.com: Ask.com: Google Maps changed the Street Views guy to a mom and son: Search Engine Roundtable: [...]

Microsoft Earnings: The Morning After

Apr 24, 2009 at 10:29am ET by Greg Sterling

Yesterday Microsoft announced earnings. Though the company had $13.65 billion in revenue, it saw its first YoY revenue decline since becoming a public company. The bruising headline is: Microsoft Profit Falls for First Time in 23 Years. Below are two charts of interest, the first showing division revenues and the second focused on online business services in particular. Regarding the latter, there was an overall 14 percent decline in online business services revenue, while online ad revenues dropped 16 percent -- hit by weakness in online display advertising. There are a millio [...]

Earth Day Logos From Google, Yahoo & Others

Apr 22, 2009 at 9:57am ET by Barry Schwartz

Happy Earth Day everyone! Like last year we wanted to post a collection of the logos created by the search engines for today. Here they are: For the animated versions of Yahoo and AOL's logo, see my post at the Search Engine Roundtable and for past years, see 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004. [...]

“Heard” Mentality: Twitter In Acquisition Talks Or Not?

Apr 3, 2009 at 9:43am ET by Greg Sterling

TechCrunch reported late last night that Twitter was in late stage talks to be acquired by Google. That sent what used to be called the "blogosphere" into a frenzy. Kara Swisher, of AllThingsD, striking back against what she believes was sloppy journalism (and TechCrunch more generally), said no: In fact, Twitter and Google have simply been engaged in "some product-related discussions," according to one source, around real-time search and the search giant better crawling the microblogging service. Said a source close to Twitter: "There was a discussion with [Google executive Marissa Mayer' [...]

Searching For Healthcare Solutions: Electronic Health Records Initiative Faces Significant Obstacles

Mar 26, 2009 at 10:01am ET by Greg Sterling

When the long rumored Google Health was announced in early 2008, it appeared to be a very ambitious initiative that had a mountain to climb. That mountain was participation: getting individuals, doctors and hospitals to digitize their records. Then there are the myriad privacy and data security issues. But Google isn't the only one in the electronic health records and "health search" game. So is Microsoft. There are scores of others in the segment, as well as billions spent annually in advertising. Despite the money and involvement of companies like Microsoft and Google, digitizing the nati [...]

Google Joins EU Anti-Trust Case Against Microsoft Browser

Feb 25, 2009 at 2:34pm ET by Greg Sterling

Over the past couple of years Microsoft and Google have become increasingly intense (maybe even bitter) rivals. Most recently the two companies used Yahoo as something of a pawn their game. It may be somewhat unfair to all involved to characterize Yahoo as a "pawn." But Microsoft tried to buy Yahoo primarily as a way to better compete against Google in search and online advertising. And Google offered Yahoo a paid search deal in part to help Yahoo develop a credible alternative to Microsoft's offer and keep the property away from Redmond. When the Microsoft offer/acquisition failed, it succ [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day From Google & Others

Feb 14, 2009 at 7:34pm ET by Barry Schwartz

Valentine’s Day is being celebrated around the world and today, Google had not one, but two different logos, depending on where in the world you accessed Google. Plus, search engines like Yahoo, Live, Ask and others had their special logos. Below is a compilation of logos that I collected throughout the day, the special day. Happy Valentine’s Day to you all! Google's Two Logos: Yahoo: AOL: [...]

No Surprise: Google Is No. 1 Internet Property Worldwide

Jan 23, 2009 at 4:18pm ET by Matt McGee

Not that we needed any confirmation of Google's popularity, but comScore has put it into numbers with today's release of data about worldwide Internet usage. comScore says Google is the most popular Internet property in the world, with its sites reaching 77% of the online population that's 15-years-old and up in December, 2008. Microsoft and Yahoo are second and third, respectively, while Facebook is the top social networking site in the world and the seventh most popular property overall. It's also worth mentioning that comScore says the global Internet audience surpassed one billio [...]

Microsoft Announces Q2 Results, 5,000 Layoffs

Jan 22, 2009 at 11:05am ET by Greg Sterling

Microsoft announced its fiscal second quarter results today, as well as 5,000 layoffs over the course of the next 18 months with 1,400 immediately. The rumors were true, though the numbers are less than anticipated. From the press release: As part of this plan, Microsoft will eliminate up to 5,000 jobs in R&D, marketing, sales, finance, legal, HR, and IT over the next 18 months, including 1,400 jobs today. These initiatives will reduce the company’s annual operating expense run rate by approximately $1.5 billion and reduce fiscal year 2009 capital expenditures by $700 million. Other hi [...]

Layoffs At Microsoft Widely Expected To Be Announced This Week

Jan 21, 2009 at 12:05pm ET by Greg Sterling

A year ago this would have seemed impossible: layoffs at Microsoft. Until relatively recently Redmond was saying that it would be able to weather the recession without significant disruption. However cost cutting is now the order of the day and no one appears immune. The layoff rumors first appeared in December and have steadily resurfaced. One of the early rumors was that as many as 15,000 jobs at Microsoft would be eliminated. However Reuters quotes financial analysts who assert the number will probably half or less than half that figure: Microsoft Corp is expected to post a quarterly pr [...]

Google & Others Martin Luther King Jr.’s Logos

Jan 19, 2009 at 9:04am ET by Barry Schwartz

Like last year, today, the search engines are commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I attached a collage of logos and themes from the various search engines, including Google, Yahoo, AOL, Live.com, Ask.com and Dogpile. To see them all in greater detail, you can visit their respective home pages today or go to the Search Engine Roundtable, where I posted each logo individually. Like I said in my other post, I suspect these search engines will all have special logos tomorrow, for Inauguration Day, in the US. [...]

2009 New Years Day Logos from Google & Others

Jan 1, 2009 at 9:25am ET by Barry Schwartz

Happy New Years everyone! Below is a collection of logos for the special day from the search industry, reposted from my other search blog, here for everyone to see. On behalf of the Search Engine Land team, we would like to wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2009! Google's Logo: Yahoo's Animated Logo: Seems like Yahoo had a calendar that said December 31, but on New Years itself, they have nothing. Update, they had a logo for a few hours, a reader sent it to me, here it is: Live.com's Theme: AOL's Animated Logo: [...]

Tough Love For Microsoft Search

Dec 30, 2008 at 5:11am ET by Danny Sullivan

Back in June, I spoke at Microsoft as part of a regular series for those involved with its webmaster tools group and anyone generally interested in search. My talk was called "Tough Love For Microsoft Search," and I covered various reasons why I felt the company has generally failed to make headway in the space. The core premise is that Microsoft as a company isn't succeeding at search because it views search as a task it has to do, rather than one it really wants to do. The article below is an adaptation of that presentation. There's even a movie. Let me say from the outset that ther [...]

Christmas Logos From Google & Others For 2008

Dec 25, 2008 at 9:34am ET by Barry Schwartz

Happy Holidays from Search Engine Land! Below is a listing of special logos from Google and the search industry for the holidays. I also posted this at the Search Engine Roundtable, with links to the past five years of logos from our industry. Everyone, have a happy holidays and thank you all for reading! Google: Yahoo: Live.com: DogPile: Ask.com: AOL.com: Baidu: FriendFeed: Quintura: BruceClay: Hitwise: Marketing Pilgrim: PPC Heros: Cre8asite Forums: Search Engine Ro [...]

Happy Thanksgiving & Programming Note

Nov 27, 2008 at 7:47am ET by Barry Schwartz

Happy Thanksgiving Search Engine Land readers! Today, in observance of the holiday, we hope to not write here today. So make sure to tune in tomorrow for today's search news and tomorrows. To give you something fun to look at, I'll post what I did at the Search Engine Roundtable, a collection of special Thanksgiving logos from across the search industry. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Google's Logo: Yahoo's flash logo: [...]

Tech Companies Win ‘White Spaces’ Airwaves Decision

Nov 5, 2008 at 10:21am ET by Greg Sterling

The US Federal Communications Commission approved a plan to allow unlicensed broadcast TV spectrum to be used by companies to create wireless broadband services that amount to "WiFi on steroids." This was a hotly contested issue, with tech and electronics companies like Google, HP, Microsoft, Intel, Dell and Motorola, among a number of others, lining up in favor and a coalition of sports teams, theater producers, musicians and broadcasters, among others, opposing the plan. The opponents and detractors unsuccessfully argued that new uses of the white spaces "radio spectrum," existing "betwe [...]

AdAge: Microsoft Likely To Sell Avenue A To WPP

Aug 26, 2008 at 6:33pm ET by Greg Sterling

AdAge reported that Microsoft and mega-agency WPP have restarted talks that may result in the sale of Interactive agency Avenue A to the latter. Avenue A was part of the $6 billion deal for aQuantive that also included Atlas and the DrivePM ad network. According to the AdAge article: Here's how a deal could unfold, according to people familiar with the discussions: Microsoft unloads the agency in exchange for a WPP package that includes 24/7's Open AdStream publisher ad-serving tool plus cash. While Avenue A's price would be higher than most agency deals, very few interactive agencies with [...]

Happy Independence Day & Search Logos

Jul 4, 2008 at 9:56am ET by Barry Schwartz

Happy July 4th everyone! I wanted to share with you some of the logos from across the industry and let everyone know that we won't be posting much here today. So see you all Monday and enjoy the day! Here is a collection of logos from the search industry for July 4th: I have more details and history at the Search Engine Roundtable on the July 4th logos from past years. [...]

Kaiser Chooses Microsoft Over Google For Personal Health Records Initiative

Jun 9, 2008 at 11:58am ET by Greg Sterling

Kaiser Permanente, with the largest HMO in the US, has selected Microsoft's Health Vault personal health records initiative over Google in a big new test with Kaiser employees, according to the NY Times. If successful, the offering could be extended to all of Kaiser's almost 9 million members. According to the article: The partnership, announced Monday, will begin with a pilot project open to Kaiser’s 156,000 employees, which will run until November. If successful, the product linking Kaiser’s patient information with Microsoft’s Health Vault personal health-record service will be o [...]

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