Tag Archives: Microsoft

+1 – Google’s Answer to Facebook’s Like Button

Today we received the announcement from Google about the release of “+1”.  At the tail end of 2010, I wrote a post highlighting the inclusion of social data into the search mix, in which I stated that Google, while behind … Continue reading

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Spy Games: Search Engine Wars Go Public

Search advertising has always had a little 007 to it. The space talks of white hat and black hat tacticians. Cloaking is a common practice, as is conquesting. Clearly, the space fancies itself to be more covert than most. Never … Continue reading

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Are You Ready For App Optimization?

Are you ready for the coming year and all the innovations in the search space that we are bound to see along the way?  We have all seen, and hopefully reacted to, the changes across the Search Engine Results Pages … Continue reading

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Harnessing Social Data for Personalized Search

The Oscars, Google’s search algorithm, the Eurovision Song Contest– they all famously choose the “best” answer to their questions by finding out who recommends whom -or what. The Oscars poll members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences … Continue reading

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Bing and Facebook Personalize Search

Earlier this week, Microsoft and Facebook held a press event to announce a new module coming to Bing. In essence, Bing is now a true social search engine, using your own Facebook social graph to inform and expand your decision-making … Continue reading

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GroupM Search Study Reveals Advertisers Could See CPC Increase Up To 78% With Yahoo & Microsoft Search Alliance Transition

Download the White Paper Financial Implications of the Yahoo and Microsoft Search Alliance The analysts in our Predictive Insights unit here at GroupM Search have been busy researching the financial implications the Yahoo and Microsoft Search Alliance will have on … Continue reading

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Microsoft's End to Bing Cashback Takes Differentiation With It

POV from GroupM Search on the implications of Microsoft’s announcement to end the Bing Cashback program. Continue reading

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Be Not Afraid of Greatness: The Search Aspirations of Yahoo and Bing

This post was written by Chris Copeland, CEO, GroupM Search – The Americas, and published in MediaPost’s Search Insider, Friday, April 2, 2010 Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them — Shakespeare, “Twelfth … Continue reading

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Go To OMMA Mobile On Us! Free VIP Pass Through @SearchFuel Twitter Giveaway

GroupM Search and the search marketing blog SearchFuel are giving away free VIP passes to MediaPost’s OMMA Mobible through Twitter. Continue reading

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Convenience Vs. Destination

This post was written by Chris Copeland, CEO, GroupM Search – The Americas, and published in MediaPost’s Search Insider, Friday, September 25, 2009 Every summer, millions of people take time off for the annual family vacation. Families take to planes, trains … Continue reading

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