Microsoft has acquired comparison shopping engine Jellyfish, and it actually looks like a cool company!
Microsoft Reels In Jellyfish
Microsoft has acquired Jellyfish.com, a shopping search engine that shares its revenue from referred purchases with its users.
Microsoft Tweaks adCenter Quality Ranking
In an acknowledgment of how relevance in search advertising has been so successful, Microsoft moved to give higher quality ranked ads a better shot at appearing.
Microsoft Backs New Postal Technology
Depending on how much you trust the current government that likes to tap phones and secretly search your houses, an electronic form of paper mail that you can receive anywhere, anytime might be a good thing. At least you won’t to worry about anthrax.
The Facebook/Microsoft Plot Thickens
Monday, it looked like Microsoft was interested in buying 5% of Facebook for a sum of $300-500 million. The following day, the plot thickened as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited Seattle—and Microsoft—according to CNNMoney.com.
Google, Microsoft Testify About DoubleClick
This is the Internet age. We don’t have to wait for general counsels to drop their bon mots before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, because they are already posted online.
What’s Missing from the New Microsoft Live Search?
Marketing Pilgrim readers had a heads-up yesterday to expect a new interface and index from Microsoft’s Live Search.
Microsoft Rolling Out New Live Search
There are a mass of search folks gathering at Microsoft’s Mountain View campus today to learn about the roll out of the new Live Search.
Google v. Microsoft: DoubleClaws Come Out
Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick is a complicated issue, and a contentious one. The Antitrust Subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee meets later this week to get a better look at the online advertising space, and as that approaches, both sides of this debate are getting testy.
Facebook: Microsoft Love, New York Hate
Microsoft may be ready to exchange up to $500 million for a 5 percent stake in Facebook, while New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo wants the site held accountable for the actions of sexual predators.