So this week has seen one of the biggest news stories for our industry that you are likely to see. The Microhoo deal has been a subject of speculation and interest for some time fuelled by the fact that Microsoft made it no secret that they wanted to buy Yahoo. Well it is now officially happened so this week we present a list of articles/posts from the aftermath… (more…)

Firefox is about to reach a very impressive 1 billion downloads within the next 24 hours. On top of that Firefox have stated that it now has almost on third of the browser market with 31%. (more…)

Microsoft and Yahoo! have finally officially announced the search deal that has been heavily anticipated for the past few years. (more…)

The government is urging government departments to use Twitter as it releases a document on Twitter strategy. The 20 page document, a very detailed 5,382 words long, outlines how to use Twitter in an effort to get government departments to Tweet on upcoming events and relevant issues. The document is said to have been published to prevent government departments from tweeting pointless and irrelevant content. (more…)

Google have announced a new way to run local ads in the form of location extensions. According to Google the location extension allows you to “expand your AdWords campaigns by dynamically attaching your business address to your ads”. (more…)

Yet another week in search (this is our 6th one) and as always time seems to fly by….anyway here is what we have been reading this week. (more…)

The number of businesses utilising Twitter to promote their brand is constantly increasing. Twitter has clearly taken note of this and so has released a guide informing businesses on how to use Twitter to the best of their abilities.

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It would appear that Yahoo are making all the headlines this week. Firstly they have reported profit increases for the 2nd quarter of 2009 making $141 million for the three months up to June. This was reported to be an increase of 8% compared with the previous year. Much like Google this is further evidence that online has been the way forward for companies during the economic downturn. (more…)