Taiwan’s government has asked Web search company Google to stop calling the self-ruled island a province of China on its Google Maps service, the foreign ministry said in a statement. Foreign ministry spokesman, Michel Lu, explained: It is incorrect to call Taiwan a province of China because we are not. We have contacted Google to […]

For those of you not yet aware, Google is currently updating the PageRank they are displaying in their toolbar. Each update causes a stir among the SEO community and webmasters trying to get their websites to the top of the Google Rankings. Famous Google engineer Matt Cutts has confirmed a mini-update is occurring at the […]

Google, MSN and Yahoo are all targeted by a new piece of Malware virus that surreptitiously directs traffic to commercial sites. Security experts have discovered a malicious program aimed at tricking users into clicking on phony search results on Google, Yahoo and MSN sites. Besides altered search results, the spoof sites are indistinguishable from the […]

Yahoo! is adding text ads that appear when people use its search engine from their handsets in Japan, and the company is auctioning off spots on its mobile travel Web site in Britain, Senior Vice President Doug Garland said. The way that Yahoo! is going to stay relevant and essential is by extending our services […]

The First Page As a business, it may be time to consider search engine optimization for your site- if you haven’t already. Here’s how an online payment gateway, CCAvenue, benefited from it. What should you do if you were an online payment gateway looking for more sign ups? Advertising online in the form of banner […]

Google ended months of speculation lately by submitting a proposal to offer a free wireless Internet service to the city of San Francisco. The Web search company said it has responded to a request for information by the City of San Francisco to test local Internet services via Wi-Fi, the short-range wireless technology built into […]

Finally! It appears Yahoo Site Explorer: http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com is now a reality. Yahoo gives the heads-up to everyone here on its Yahoo Search Blog. Yahoo Site Explorer a beta search application is a place to see which pages Yahoo has indexed. After clicking Explore URL you will find the number of pages found in the Yahoo […]

Google is taking steps with its AdWords and AdSense programs to assist advertisers in launching site targeted campaigns, help publishers sell those advertising spaces, and even optimize the advertising creatives and landing pages for the advertiser. Google AdSense is marketing its site targeting service by testing an ‘Advertise on this site’ link in its AdSense […]

Skype Technologies shortly released its Skype Windows version 1.4, as the VoIP provider moved to add features in the wake of the recent deal under which it will be acquired by eBay. The new release has gone live with an updated version of its Internet telephony software, adding call forwarding and personalization options to its […]

Carriers battle to keep mobile search users inside their networks Mobile operators are battling with Google over the provision of search on their mobile networks, according to a panel of Asian and European operators said at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment tradeshow in San Francisco. Search is the key battleground, said Graeme Ferguson, director […]