search engine marketing

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (17 May, 2010) - Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Global IP Solutions (GIPS) Holding AB (publ) (OSE:GIPS) today announced that they have entered into a transaction agreement under which Google Acquisition Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Google, will make a recommended voluntary public cash offer to acquire all the issued and to be issued shares of GIPS for NOK 13.0 (USD 2.12) in cash per share, or an aggregate price of approximately NOK 421 million (USD 68.2 million) based on the currently issued and outstanding share capital of GIPS.

Matches Searchers Turning to Big Engines with Local Service and Product Providers

Sherman Oaks, Calif. – March 23 2010 –To broaden local advertisers' opportunities while delivering the most targeted audience available, Advertise.com, a platform for search and display advertising, announced today it now offers fully managed local search marketing on the web's large search engines.

LAS VEGAS, Mar 23, 2010 -- Today at CTIA Wireless 2010, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) launched two new innovative applications for Apple iPhone(R) and iPod touch(R) -- Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search and Yahoo! Search -- providing consumers with fun, entertaining, and engaging search experiences that deliver powerful information in a fast, locally aware, and elegant manner.

Both apps are available beginning today from the iTunes(R) Store at http://itunes.com/apps/yahoosearch and http://itunes.com/apps/yahoosketchasearch.

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 18, 2010 -- LookSmart, Ltd. (Nasdaq:LOOK), an online search advertising network solutions company, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009.

Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 were $12.8 million, compared to $14.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 and a 2% increase from $12.5 million in the third quarter of 2009.

Raises $2.2 Million from Foundry Group and Angel Investors to Boost Search Ad Results in Google and Yahoo

March 18, 2010 -- BOULDER, Colo. -- Trada commercially launched today the first online marketplace allowing small and medium businesses and agencies to leverage the skills of hundreds of paid search experts, who in turn earn money by generating low-cost clicks and conversions for advertisers.

Trada entered private beta in January 2009 and has more than 70 advertisers and 280 experts to date.

Yahoo! Continues to Extend Mobile Presence by Providing Telefónica Customers Across Spain With Mobile Search

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & MADRID, Mar 18, 2010 -- Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO) and Telefónica España, Spain's largest operator network, announced that Yahoo! is powering the mobile Internet search experience and sponsored search advertising on Telefónica's emocion portal.

To Relaunch City's Best in 2010; Consumers Will Benefit from Geo-Targeted Local Content on AOL.com

NEW YORK, NY – March 17, 2010 – AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) today announced a significant expansion of its focus on local content that will complement its hyper-local offerings with the relaunch of City’s Best to major U.S. metro areas.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada – March 17, 2010 -- GenieKnows Inc. (formerly IT Interactive Services Inc.), a privately held, Halifax-based Canadian search company today announced the release of its new social local community website: http://www.GenieKnows.com

The company provides local business owners with the ability to connect and engage customers who are searching and commenting on local businesses via the community element of GenieKnows.com.

March 16, 2010 -- NEW YORK -- WPP [NASDAQ: WPPGY] and Google [NASDAQ: GOOG] have announced that their jointly funded award program, which supports research into how online media influences consumer behavior, attitudes and decision making, has recognized 11 projects for its second round of grants.

In 2009, WPP and Google had agreed to dedicate up to $4.6 million over three years to fund the Google and WPP Marketing Research Awards Program.

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 12, 2010 -- LookSmart, Ltd. (Nasdaq:LOOK), an online search advertising solutions company, today announced that on March 9, 2010 it received a notice from the NASDAQ staff stating that the Company has failed to comply with the $1.00 minimum bid price required for continued listing of its common stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market set forth in Listing Rule 5450(a).

The letter also states that the Company has a grace period of 180 days to regain compliance as set forth in Listing Rule 5810(c).