Matt Cutts, Hitwise Check In On Google Chrome

Like its metallic namesake, Google's browser named Chrome attracted a lot of attention at first, then seemed to lose its shine and fall out of favor.  Still, Hitwise found a surprising side effect of Chrome's introduction, and Matt Cutts believes that it's solid in most fundamental senses.

SMX East: The iPhone’s Effect On Search

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL are all at very different stages of corporate life, and often don't focus on the same things.  All of the companies have expressed an interest in the mobile market, however, and so as marketers consider matching this, a session at SMX East was called "Search and the iPhone."

Watch Sports And Stocks Through OneSeason

 If you enjoy investing in the stock market and are also a big sports buff then you might get a kick out of a new service by OneSeason which allows users to purchase shares in their favorite professional athletes and ma

eBay Cuts Staff, Buys Bill Me Later

eBay said today it is purchasing U.S. based online payments business Bill Me Later for approximately $820 million in cash and $125 million in outstanding options.The company is also buying Denmark based online classified site dba.dk and vehicles site bilbasen.dk for $390 million in cash.

Ask Unveils Rebuilt Site

Ask's share of the search market is lacking, to say the least; deficiencies in both the tech and PR departments have long kept it fundamentally distinct from Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft.  But an overhaul and ad campaign seek to fix all that.