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iPhone apps will challenge Google's mobile search
Insight commentary Google's biggest challenge in mobile search is not other search engines or platforms--it is iPhone apps, says TechRepublic's Jason Hiner.
Tags: Mobile applications, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms, App, Mobile, Smart Phone, ABI Research, Google Inc., Search Engine, mobile search
A billion Internet users can be wrong
Insight commentary Global Internet usage reached over one billion unique visitors in December, according to ComScore. However, the Web is not the Net.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Wireless, Tim Berners-Lee, Foresight, Internet User, ComScore Networks Inc., Earth, Internet, Geneva
Asia's search hits record high in September
News Search queries in region clocks 38.6 billion last month, compared to 33 billion last year, with Google leading way as preferred search site, study shows.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., search engine, Search, Web sites, Asia-Pacific, Australia, South Korea
Yahoo has escape clause in Microsoft search deal
News Yahoo has reserved the right to terminate its search deal with Microsoft, if it doesn't maintain an unspecified amount of revenue per search and query market share.
Tags: Web browsers, Web 2.0, Web services, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Compensation, Associated Press, arbitration, ComScore Networks Inc.
Job search sites post strong January growth
News Web sites catering to job seekers posted strong traffic growth in January, as Internet users became concerned about their job security, according to a ComScore report.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Recruiting, E-business, Job Search, Survey, online retail, January, chairman, ComScore Networks Inc.
Search: Google rules, Europeans do it more
News ComScore's latest market share numbers for global Internet search reveal that Google still rules the roost, although Microsoft's Bing made pronounced gains compared with last year.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Search, Latin America, Baidu.com Inc., ComScore Networks Inc., China, Internet, search business
Twitter still not 'serious' enough for business
News Microblogging platform has generated much interest, but still has some way to go from being regarded as suitable platform for business use, say experts.
Tags: Marketing, Web 2.0, Internet, Intel Corp., Asia-Pacific, broadcasting, Singapore, Gartner Inc., ComScore Networks Inc., vice president
Microsoft's Bing has a second good week
News ComScore reports Bing continued to tick up in market share in past week and is now up about 3 percentage points from where Microsoft was pre-Bing.
Tags: Search, Microsoft Corp., ComScore Networks Inc., software, software company, game, Search Engine, VP, Search
Microsoft gets Bing bump, ComScore says
News Early results show Microsoft gaining about two points of search market share, but will the improvement last?
Tags: Search, Steve Ballmer, CFO, Google Inc., Search Engine, market research company, Advertisement, ComScore Networks Inc., senior vice president, Search
Silver surfers take mobile banking gold
News Trading stocks and accessing bank accounts were the second and third most popular types of sites respectively for phone users over the age of 55, behind those for checking the weather.
Tags: Web sites, Mobile commerce, Mobile, Mobile Banking, mobile financial service, Stock, phone, social networking, ComScore Networks Inc., network
Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL searches rise while Google's falls
News Google's share of the search market dipped in January, as Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL grabbed a tad more share.
Tags: Search, Earning reports/forecasts, Forecasting, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Semiconductor Industry Association, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Forecasting, ComScore Networks Inc.
LinkedIn traffic grows
News With the economy in a tailspin, the business-networking site has seen a sharp jump in traffic in recent months, TechCrunch reports.
Tags: Layoffs, Forecasting, market research company, layoff, Forecasting, ComScore Networks Inc., TechCrunch, job, LinkedIn, Layoffs
Retail e-commerce falls 3 percent in fourth quarter
News It's the first quarterly decline for online retail sales in at least eight years, according to a report released Thursday by ComScore.
Tags: Layoffs, Sales/revenue, Forecasting, E-business, E-commerce Sale, Video, Sales, Staples Inc., Forecasting, ComScore Networks Inc.
Worldwide Internet-user total passes 1B
News In December, global Internet usage reached over 1 billion unique visitors, while the Asia-Pacific region accounted for the biggest chunk of people on the Internet during the month.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Search, Internet Audience, Mobile Internet, Asia-Pacific, Japan, Latin America, Internet User, Internet usage
US online spending doubles for pre-Christmas weekend
News Web shoppers last weekend spent almost double what they spent on the corresponding weekend before Christmas last year, ComScore reports.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Sales strategy, Web sites, online retail, Sales, Consumer, online retail company, chairman, recession, retail company
