This interesting posts comes from SEOChat. With news coming hard and fast about the popularity of social networks lately, it’s not surprising that Google and Yahoo want a piece of the pie. Both search engines already have social networks in their stables, but they are lackluster performers. In this article, we’ll take a quick look at Google’s Orkut and Yahoo 360 and consider what both companies have in the works.First, let’s take a look at Google’s Orkut. To all accounts, it only became really popular in Brazil and India. For a very long time, you could only join if someone invited you, which may have hampered its growth. Now, all you need is a Google account, which is available for free; anyone who has Gmail has a Google account, for instance. But this change was not very well-publicized. Click here to read the rest of this article. Have a great weekend too!
Google, Yahoo and Bing June 2010 market share was just announced by Comscore.com this week. According to them, “Google Sites led the U.S. core search market in June with 62.6 percent of the searches conducted, followed by Yahoo! Sites (up 0.6 percentage points to 18.9 percent), and Microsoft Sites (up 0.6 percentage points to 12.7 [...]
According to the LA Times, “Irvine-based Internet search engine Local.com Corp. said Thursday that it had acquired Octane360, a Los Angeles technology start-up that specializes in online marketing for small businesses and Web domain owners. Local.com said it paid $5 million in cash and stock for Octane360, with up to $5.9 million in additional cash [...]