Microsoft washed its hands of pursuing Yahoo, and the executive responsible for chasing and failing to catch Yahoo has a new job. There is a sense that Microsoft could be back.
Hot Or Not, Market Pulls Web Interest
MSN Money drew nearly 16 million unique visitors in May 2008, a site record, showing how even the roughest of times can’t stem an interest in money.
Microsoft’s Yahoo Interest: Patently Paid Search
Way back in the pre-publicly traded days of Google, the search advertising company settled a patent case with Yahoo. Four years later, that settlement may be key to Microsoft’s interest in Yahoo’s paid search business.
UK Interest In Blogs Stronger Than Ever
It’s a great time to run a UK-oriented blog. UK traffic levels to blogs and personal sites have taken a couple of deep dips over the past few years, but according to new Hitwise data, visits have now risen and reached a record high.
Newspaper Sites Losing Users’ Interest
Visitors to newspaper sites tend to rank above average in terms of wealth, influence, and political awareness, according to the Newspaper Association of America. There are also more of them than ever before. Trouble is, they’re not that dedicated.
Digital Photo Frames Pique Searcher Interest
This holiday season, an unexpected gadget is high on the wish list, if a spate of searches in the United Kingdom is any indication. Searches for digital photo frames outpaced searches for digital cameras there last week.
Journalists Show Strong Interest In Internet
A new survey from the Arketi Group finds that 84 percent of journalists say they would or already have used blogs as a main source or secondary source for articles.
eBay Expresses Interest In Southeast Asia
Like Google and Yahoo before it, eBay is eyeing Asia and the best ways to succeed in that region. And although eBay is focusing on a slightly different group of countries, it, like Google, intends to concentrate on the mobile market.
Interest, Suspicion Surround Facebook App’s Sale
Some strange stuff occurs on eBay, and in the latest example of this, a Facebook application called “I am Hungry” was auctioned off for over $20,000. Was this a sign that the app market is red hot or were there shill bids placed in the auction? (As speculated in an article at Valleywag.)
Google, Yahoo Interest In Rediff Dismissed
A rumor reported at the Hindustan Times about India’s Rediff portal being a takeover target appears to be more of a leap of faith than a hot tip.