Category: Microsoft

comScore Releases March 2010 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

Otilia Otlacan | April 26, 2010 | 0 Comments

RESTON, VA – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In March 2010, Americans conducted 15.4 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.1 percent search market share.

Paid Search Spend Increases in Q1, Indicating a Strong Year Ahead for the Search Marketing Industry

Otilia Otlacan | April 19, 2010 | 0 Comments

SearchIgnite issues Q1 report evaluating the state of U.S. search marketing ATLANTA – U.S. paid search spend increased 11% in Q1 2010 from Q1 2009, marking the strongest quarter for paid search since the fourth quarter of 2008. In addition, search marketing was flat quarter-over-quarter (-0.5%), a metric that typically shows declines in Q1 due [...]

Yahoo and Microsoft to Implement Search Alliance

Otilia Otlacan | February 25, 2010 | 0 Comments

Completion of U.S., European Review Clears Way for Agreement to Move Forward SUNNYVALE, Calif. & REDMOND, Wash. – Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) and Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO) announced that they have received clearance for their search agreement, without restrictions, from both the U.S. Department of Justice and the European Commission, and will now turn their attention to beginning the [...]

Search Marketing Sector Rebounds After Positive Holiday Season Led By Retail

Otilia Otlacan | January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment

Spend Expected to Grow by More Than 15 Percent in 2010; Data Based on Efficient Frontier’s Q4 2009 U.S. Search Engine Performance Report SUNNYVALE, Calif. – The Search Engine Marketing (SEM) industry posted solid sequential and year on year growth for the fourth quarter of 2009. Marketers, especially in the retail category, took advantage of [...]

comScore Releases December 2009 US Search Engine Rankings

Otilia Otlacan | January 26, 2010 | 0 Comments

RESTON, VA – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In December 2009, Americans conducted 14.7 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.7 percent search market share, virtually unchanged from 65.6 percent in November. Microsoft Sites grabbed 10.7 [...]

Microsoft Online Ad Vet David Coburn Joins MediaTrust as Head of Product

Otilia Otlacan | December 21, 2009 | 1 Comment

Will Handle Product Roadmap, Best Practices and Customer Satisfaction For Performance Marketing Platform NEW YORK – MediaTrust (www.mediatrust.com), the digital performance marketing company, has named Microsoft veteran David Coburn to the new position of Head of Product. In addition to driving the roadmap for future MediaTrust product releases, Coburn’s responsibilities include implementing best practices for [...]

Yahoo! and Microsoft Finalize Search Agreement

Otilia Otlacan | December 9, 2009 | 1 Comment

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & REDMOND, Wash. – Yahoo! Inc. and Microsoft Corporation announced that the companies have finalized and executed the definitive Search and Advertising Services and Sales Agreement and License Agreement in accordance with the letter agreement announced in July. The companies released the following joint statement:

comScore Releases October 2009 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

Otilia Otlacan | December 7, 2009 | 2 Comments

RESTON, VA – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world,released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In October 2009, Americans conducted 14.3 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.4 percent search market share, up from 64.9 percent in September. Microsoft Sites grabbed 9.9 percent market [...]

LeWeb Conference: Program Announcement

Otilia Otlacan | December 3, 2009 | 5 Comments

9 and 10 December – at 104 – Paris 19th District; LeWeb’09 PARIS – -The 2009 LeWeb conference, organised by Géraldine and Loïc Le Meur, will be held on 9 and 10 December at the 104 venue in Paris. www.leweb.net The real-time web is this year’s true revolution. The meteoric success of Twitter has ushered [...]

Massive Inc., comScore Announce Breakthrough In-game Advertising Research Methodology

Otilia Otlacan | December 3, 2009 | 1 Comment

Ad Effx Action Lift for Gaming measures effectiveness of in-game advertising on online consumer behavior REDMOND, Wash. and RESTON, Va. — For the first time ever, advertisers will now be able to see the direct impact that in-game advertisements have on consumer online behavior, thanks to a new research partnership between Massive Inc., a wholly [...]

Microsoft Sites Captures Largest Share of Time Spent Online Worldwide

Otilia Otlacan | November 13, 2009 | 2 Comments

Facebook and YouTube Combined Account for Nearly 10 Percent of Time Spent Online Globally RESTON, VA – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, released a study of online engagement at the top worldwide properties based on data from its comScore World Metrix service. The study found that Microsoft Sites captured [...]

Asia Pacific Search Volume Reaches Record Level in September

Otilia Otlacan | November 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

Local Players and Global Brands Compete for Top Spots across Markets Singapore City, Singapore – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, released its latest report on search activity in the Asia-Pacific region based on data from its qSearch service. The study found that 38.6 billion searches were conducted in the [...]