The popularity of Second Life continues to see solid growth and has established a major global presence. The virtual world game has now become more popular in Europe than it is in the U.S. according to a study released by comScore.
Yahoo oneSearch Packs Bags For Canada, Europe
This past week, The Today Show has been running its annual “Where in the World is Matt Lauer?” segment. Matt traveled to five different countries (including the U.S., which seems like cheating), but Yahoo’s got him beat: Yahoo oneSearch just went “live in beta” in six.
Google Looks For Lobbyists In Europe
Lobbyists, on the whole, have a pretty bad reputation. They’re regarded as a rather shady group of people; one of the main headings in a Wikipedia article is “corruption concerns.” Draw your own conclusions, then, about this bit of news: Google wants to hire lobbyists throughout Europe.
Yahoo Europe Revises Minimum Bid Pricing
It may be a cliche, but it remains true: There’s no such thing as a bad sale. And one search engine company just initiated a heck of a sale – more like a permanent price cut, actually – on its minimum bid prices. Americans may want to get out their currency calculators, though, because these bargains are only available through Yahoo Europe.
Europe and Web Analytics
I caught up with Lars Johansson earlier this week to discuss Web Analytics in Europe.
SEMPO Brings SEM Survey to Europe
The Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) is a group focused on better understanding the role of search in the marketing landscape, as well as developing best practices for search engine marketing professionals employed throughout the industry.
Europe Embraces Holiday Shopping Online
This week, comScore Networks released the first in its latest series of studies geared at examining the online shopping activity of European citizens throughout the holiday season.
Ask Drives RSS Smart Answers To Europe
As part of their drive to rollout new features beyond the United States as quickly as possible, Ask.com has placed RSS Smart Answers on its European sites.
Europe: PriceRunner Makes Deal With MSN
Comparison shopping results delivered by MSN in France and the United Kingdom will arrive from PriceRunner, which is part of online advertising firm ValueClick.
Europe: VARs Win With Software, Services
Solution VARs in Europe have found a bounty of over $22 billion in sales last year through services and software.