Feb. 1, 2007
Tracking the appeal of individual brands across the Yahoo site network
Yahoo said it did not plan to ask permission from the owners before creating the sites,
but would not proceed if the owners objected. Broady said the company would be able to
track the appeal of individual brands across the Yahoo network and share that information
with their owners.
Jan. 31, 2007
Google is expanding its advertising platform beyond the Web
Google is expanding its advertising platform beyond the Web into radio and print, and reports a
very strong fourth-quarter for 2006.
Jan. 31, 2007
Yahoo erasing recent losses
Google had roughly double the market share of Yahoo in 12/04, then 1.4 times the market
share in 12/05, and is now back to double the market share in 12/06. In a sense, Yahoo
has erased recent losses, getting itself at least back to where it was two years ago,
while Google’s growth has slowed.
Jan. 30, 2007
Site administrators can now link the Google Mini search results page
Site administrators can now link the Google Mini search results page with Google
Analytics™ to provide more detailed information about how people use search on their
site in order to improve the overall site experience. The new Google Mini also
automatically generates sitemaps - allowing webmasters to expose more public content
for crawling and indexing by Google.com.