Beijing — Popular online social networking site Facebook.com has announced a simplified Chinese version of its website targeting mainland Chinese Web surfers in an attempt to compete with local and overseas rivals in the world’s largest Internet market. Facebook and Chinese IM (instant messaging) admirer Tencent appear ready to join the battle for China’s social […]

San Francisco — Anyone having a website knows how important their Google search rankings are. However, many sites maintain that these measurement services have incorrect data for them, and that has not helped by the fact that all of the services seem to have different data.

“Latest search figure shows further decline for Redmond.” Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. both gained the edge on Microsoft in the battle moderately expanded their share of the U.S. online search market in May, spelling more bad news for Microsoft after the Yahoo deal breakdown: according to forecasts released by ComScore Inc. Thursday.

“Fine less than expected — Colorado firm to pay damages, legal fees.” After a long drawn legal battle that started in January 2007, between self-styled “Spam King” Scott Richter and News Corp.’s social networking property MySpace, has finally reached an agreement to receive its claimed retributions.

Exodus At Yahoo Continues As Reorganization Impending Los Angeles – For more than two years, executives and other senior employees have been leaving Yahoo at a steady, unrelenting trickle. The executive exodus is an unspoken rejection of the current leadership and the board.

San Francisco — For the first time, as the pioneering Internet firm strives to reclaim its faded glory and eroded revenues, Yahoo Inc., the Sunnyvale-based top provider of Web-based e-mail, with more than 260 million subscribers worldwide, is offering free e-mail accounts under two new domains of “ymail” and “rocketmail” in an attempt to attract […]

Sunnyvale, Calif., — Up until now, corporate raider Carl Icahn has not been able to break through Yahoo’s fortress, but a recent rash of executive defections must have Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang feeling pretty lonely. Amidst the hullabaloo of Microsoft’s abandoned takeover attempt, lawsuits and a tussle with Carl Icahn, Yahoo executives are jumping ship. […]

Brushing off the sting of its broke down deal with Yahoo!, and now grabbing an opportunity to move forward its advertising strategy, Microsoft Corp., adding a new weapon to its advertising arsenal, on Wednesday announced the acquisition of Navic Networks, an interactive television ad developer that specializes in delivering targeted, interactive ads to users of […]

New York — Seeking to broaden its online distribution sphere, Scripps Networks on Wednesday announced a partnership with AOL to deliver clips from its collection of leading lifestyle content to online consumers through AOL Video, and selectively throughout AOL Food, AOL Home and Slashfood later this summer, the companies said today. Highlights from chosen HGTV […]

Yahoo Broadens Mobile Ads Search Service In Asia Singapore – Internet media firm Yahoo pushing to consolidate its position in mobile advertising and search on Tuesday announced a series of new deals with six telecom companies in eight Asian countries and territories. Yahoo is expanding the availability of its mobile services in a number of […]