James Dix, CFA of Wedbush in a new report notes that trends are Solid for Global Media Spending. He sees positive signs for large marketer spending with Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Video. Per Wedbush ad agency checks, the 2013 global ad spending growth outlook seems at least as high as at the beginning of the year, and media spending as a share of GDP could be on the rebound. The current global...
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) should consider selling its Bing and Xbox businesses units, according to one of the prominent analysts on Wall Street. Nomura Equity Research analyst Rick Sherlund cited that two businesses of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) are not material to the long-term profitability of the software giant. He also emphasized that there is an increasing demand for change in the company. “There may be a shift in the wind upcoming for Microsoft, with shareholders potentially...
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In 2009, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) forged an alliance with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Bing search engine to power its search results and monetize the traffic on Yahoo properties more effectively. However, since January 2012, Yahoo’s search market share in the U.S. has declined from 14.1% to 11.8% in March 2013, as web browsers prefer Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) search engine over Bing. According to our estimates, the search ads segment is the biggest of Yahoo! Inc....
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The world of Search Engine Optimization is always changing and growing. Businesses compete every day to show up on the coveted first page of search engines like Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Bing. You know that your business should take advantage of this growing marketing trend, but where to start? If you need an SEO company that is professional and gets results, then look no further than Prestige Marketing Inc. Prestige Marketing prides itself on staying...
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In an effort to separate themselves from other search engines while enhancing their user experience, Bing is adding more Facebook features to their search engine. Starting on Thursday, registered Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) users who have connected accounts can view comments from the social media website on the sidebar as well as adding their own comments and “like” pages without leaving Bing. Nektarios Ioannides (program manage for Bing) reported, “Now you can see what your friends...
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s PC search in the United States improved month over month from 3.6 percent to 11 percent and quarter over quarter from 2.3 percent to 10.8 percent, and from -2.1 to 10.8 percent, year-over-year, based on data released by digital research firm, comScore. The current search query data for the search engine giant is the first positive result since August, last year. The search query data for January does not include mobile...
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is one of the most successful Internet companies that ever existed, and has earned a $226B valuation. Google enjoys an overriding market share in search and is present in many other markets. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s unimpressive fourth quarter can be attributed to a number of reasons, like algorithmic preferences for product listing Ads over more expensive AdWord clicks, aided by prominent placement of PLA above AdWord links, the advent of specialized and...
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Bing is a superb alternative search engine, and one of its features is that it displays a stunning new background image everyday. Many people visit Bing just to see the new background image and to get information related to it. If you are on Windows 8 and want to set Bing’s home page image as your lock screen background, then here’s how you can do it. Set Bing Homepage Picture as Lock Screen Background...
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Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, John D. Rockefeller, dispatched letters to the major search engine companies late Tuesday, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), asking them to examine how some moving services are using “bait-and-switch” tactics on customers who find them through search results. The senator informed the companies, due to their search engines affected consumers lose personal possessions and pay thousands of dollars...
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is ready to battle search giant Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG). The tech company officially launched their “Bing It On” campaign on Thursday. This campaign allows users to vote for the search results you think are better: either Google or Bing. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) summed up the reason why they launched the campaign in a blog post, “Our mission is to show people it’s time to break the ‘Google habit’ and that Bing has...
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Bing wants to make it easier for their users to search photos on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB). The new tool is called Friends Photos, and it allows users to search the website for specific photos that their friends posted. Users can easily search for photos by clicking on the photo to the right of the sidebar, as it shows images that are relevant to your search and it will move you to the new search...
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