Yahoo: General

Google’s Mother’s Day & Peter Pan Logos

Today is Mother’s Day in the U.S. and in many other countries, but it is also Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie’s 150th birthday. To...

Barry Schwartz | May 9, 2010 at 8:03 am ET

Yahoo Should Put Ad Budget Into Products

Last night the WSJ reported that Yahoo will spend an estimated $75 million to $85 million on a campaign to promote itself and its homepage. The...

Greg Sterling | May 6, 2010 at 10:31 am ET

Google’s 2010 Earth Day Logo Impresses

Google posted their Earth Day doodle today and the overall impression from most people I see talking about it (via Twitter, forums and so on) is...

Barry Schwartz | Apr 22, 2010 at 8:56 am ET

Yahoo Hires Ex-MSFT Blake Irving For ‘Product Vision’

One could argue that Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz cut lots of fat at Yahoo and stabilized the organization after a period of takeover turbulence and...

Greg Sterling | Apr 19, 2010 at 1:34 pm ET

Google’s St. Patrick’s Day Doodle & Logos From Others

If you visit Google.com today you may see a Google Doodle (logo) for St. Patrick’s Day. Here is a picture of the special St....

Barry Schwartz | Mar 17, 2010 at 9:06 am ET

Happy Birthday, Yahoo: 15 Years Old Today

Although its web site launched in 1994, Yahoo is celebrating its 15th birthday today — that’s in honor of the company being...

Matt McGee | Mar 1, 2010 at 11:05 pm ET

Vancouver Olympics Logos From Google & Others

The Olympics are just around the corner and Google has their widest ever logo on their home page this morning, for the special event that kicks...

Barry Schwartz | Feb 12, 2010 at 9:34 am ET

Yahoo Search: This Is The “Dark Time” But We’ll Be Back

Yesterday Yahoo hosted a press event called SearchSpeak that sought to dispel the “misconception,” in the words of new Search...

Greg Sterling | Feb 11, 2010 at 9:11 am ET

Yahoo Sells “Non-Core” Asset HotJobs For $225 Million

The HotJobs for sale rumor has been around for some time. Yesterday a deal with Monster was finally announced. It is being widely hailed as a...

Greg Sterling | Feb 4, 2010 at 9:06 am ET

Microsoft Complies With EU Demand, First To Cut Data Retention To Six Months

Microsoft is the first of the major search engines to agree to the European Union’s demand that data retention be cut to six months. The...

Greg Sterling | Jan 19, 2010 at 8:40 am ET

Martin Luther King Day Logos From Google & Others

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr day and the search engines are showing off their logos and themes for the special day. Below you can see logos...

Barry Schwartz | Jan 18, 2010 at 9:54 am ET

Happy New Years 2010 Search Logos & Google’s Surprise

Happy New Years! The Search Engine Land team would like to wish everyone a happy, healthy and successful 2010. Just for fun, I wanted to share...

Barry Schwartz | Dec 31, 2009 at 5:22 pm ET

Christmas ’09 Logos From Google & Others

As many of you know, Google started their holiday logo blitz earlier this week. Google has now posted four of (I believe) five logos they have...

Barry Schwartz | Dec 24, 2009 at 9:47 am ET

Yahoo Paying Luggage Fees At Two Bay Area Airports

Peace on earth, good will toward holiday travelers. That seems to be Yahoo’s modus operandi today: The company is paying the baggage fees...

Matt McGee | Dec 23, 2009 at 4:29 pm ET

Here Comes Google’s 2009 Holiday Logos

It is that time of the year again, the Google Holiday logo blitz is on for 2009. Google posted their first logo today, and will be archiving...

Barry Schwartz | Dec 21, 2009 at 9:36 am ET

Yahoo Readying For Bing Integration By “Identifying” Engineers Who Will Become Part Of Microsoft

According to a report on Wednesday, Yahoo is in the process of identifying as many as 400 engineers who may be headed to Microsoft after US...

Greg Sterling | Dec 11, 2009 at 10:01 am ET

Yahoo Engaged In Effort To Remove “Spying Guide” From Public View

Telecoms, cable companies and search engines are fairly routinely asked to divulge information about their users’ activities (and even...

Greg Sterling | Dec 8, 2009 at 12:52 pm ET

Yahoo To Integrate Properties With Facebook Connect

Yahoo announced on their blog and press area that Yahoo will integrate their properties with Facebook Connect at a pretty massive level. The...

Barry Schwartz | Dec 2, 2009 at 9:36 am ET

World AIDS Day, Google Asks Us To Tweet #RED

Today is World AIDS Day and Google, Yahoo and Ask.com all have the red bow on their home pages. In addition, Google has a blog post showing how...

Barry Schwartz | Dec 1, 2009 at 9:06 am ET

Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal On Track For Completion

According to AllThingsD the MicroHoo search deal is nearing completion and “definitive agreement” status. Speculation that the deal...

Greg Sterling | Nov 19, 2009 at 6:53 am ET