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Bing Anniversary Prompts Questions Over Microsoft’s Google Challenge

Bing celebrates its fifth birthday this month, but some question its actual impact on the search engine market

10 years ago

Google Appoints Naughton To Lead UK Sales

Eileen Naughton is to take over as the managing director of UK ad sales, Google's largest market outside the US

10 years ago

Mozilla Reassures Users Over Firefox Ad Programme

Mozilla has said it will test its Directory Tiles programme to ensure it delivers 'user value' before rolling it out…

10 years ago

Yahoo Reverses Position On ‘Do Not Track’

Yahoo will no longer honour browsers' Do Not Track requests, saying an effective standard has not emerged

10 years ago

Google Lambasted For Building ‘Digital Superstate’

A German media boss accuses Google of building a digital superstate and operating a global network monopoly

10 years ago

Google Acquires Spider.io To Take On Ad Fraudsters

Google hopes the acquisition of Spider.io will improve its relationship with advertisers by spotting click fraud and advertising malware

10 years ago

Mozilla To Introduce Advertising Into Firefox

The new feature called ‘Directory Tiles’ will display curated, sponsored content

10 years ago

Google Reaps Financial Rewards From Advertising Demand

Google posts impressive financial results thanks in large part to strong advertising revenue streams

10 years ago

Facebook Is About To Launch Video Advertising

On Thursday, social network users will be treated to an exclusive trailer for ‘Divergent’

10 years ago

Facebook Sales Jump 60 Percent Thanks To Mobile Ads

Facebook is beginning to reap serious financial returns from its growing mobile advertising business

11 years ago

BT Advert Pulled Over Bad Wi-Fi Science

The advertisement implied that a smartphone could interfere with wireless networks

11 years ago

Google User Recommendations To Appear In Adverts

Google has changed its terms of service in order to allow users' recommendations and +1 actions to appear in ads

11 years ago

IT Life: Ads On Automatic

Ruud Wanck wants to make media planning fully automated

11 years ago

Twitter Caught Using Fake Quotes, Real Accounts In A Promotion

The company attributed fake statements to real people in the screenshot for its ‘Amplify’ advertising product

11 years ago

Yahoo To Improve Its Mobile Ads With Admovate Acquisition

Marissa Meyer continues her shopping spree, buys a location-based advertising start-up

11 years ago

Yahoo Recovery Undermined By Sliding Advertising Revenue

Yahoo posts profit in Q2, but advertising revenues fall

11 years ago

Details Emerge For ‘Born In The USA’ Motorola Moto X

Motorola has been heavily promoting its Moto X smartphone, which is due for launch later this year

11 years ago

LeWeb 2013: AdTelligence – Personalising The Internet In Real-Time

Thor Angelo from AdTelligence says the Internet should adapt to the individual user

11 years ago

Yahoo Mail Update Adds Email Scanning

Changes to Yahoo's web-based email include scans of users' emails, in order to allow for better-targeted advertisements

11 years ago

Eminem Suing Facebook For Copyright Infringement

Facebook’s latest advert features music that sounds suspiciously similar to Eminem’s ‘Under the Influence’

11 years ago

Google Could Be Hit By A New Antitrust Investigation

Reports say Google has been accused of foul play in the US advertising market

11 years ago

Microsoft Mocks Apple iPad In Advert

Microsoft's advert pokes fun at the Apple iPad and highlights its shortcomings against Windows 8 tablets

11 years ago

Google Profits Surge Despite Advert Challenges

Google has beaten Wall Street estimates with its Q1 results as it coped with a decline in advertising prices

11 years ago

Twitter Targets Keywords For Promoted Tweets

Twitter to let advertisers target keywords for more relevant promoted tweets

11 years ago

Google Kills Ad-Blocking Apps From Play Store

Developers beware, after Google warned it will pull any Play Store apps that block adverts

11 years ago

Yahoo Inks Google Advertising Deal

Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer, a former Google employee, has signed up to allow Google advertisements to appear on Yahoo…

11 years ago

Netseer Hack Triggers Google Malware Warnings

A compromise of the website of advertising network Netseer led malware alerts to appear on major websites such as The…

11 years ago