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US Justice Dept. to review Yahoo-Google ad deal
News The federal law enforcement agency is preparing to send out document requests to third parties as part of its investigation into the companies' advertising deal.
Tags: Antitrust, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, U.S. Department Of Justice, Source, Advertisement, Yahoo Search, Hitwise
Yahoo, Google ink search-ad pact
News Google will supply Yahoo with search ads in a pact Yahoo believes will raise revenue by US$800 million in its first year. But, that also could give more power to Google.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, monetization, Eric Schmidt, Hitwise, revenue
Google, Yahoo in talks with US Justice Dept
News Internet giants are in early-stage negotiations with the U.S. government to avoid an antitrust challenge to their proposed advertising agreement, says report.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Antitrust, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, U.S. Department Of Justice, Advertisement, Yahoo Search, Hitwise
Hitwise: Facebook's 'Connect' pushed it past MySpace
News The traffic firm noticed a clear uptick in U.S. Facebook growth after the site launched Facebook Connect in full, and that's when it passed MySpace in traffic.
Tags: Web 2.0, MySpace, CNN, social networking, Facebook, marketing, Hitwise, Web Site, Web, Web 2.0
Facebook Connect branches out
News Aiming to make its universal-log-in product more ubiquitous, company announces a three-step integration wizard and a translation tool to automatically convert a site to a Facebook user's native language.
Tags: Web 2.0, entrepreneur, network, U.S., Hitwise, social Web, crowdsourcing, Connect Wizard, Social Networking, Facebook
Bing claims 8 percent rise in users during June
News Microsoft's relaunched search engine attracted 8 percent more unique users in June, according to the company's data.
Tags: Search, Search Engine, Wireless, Hitwise, communications company, wireless communication, Search
Google conquers 2008 US search market
News Unsurprisingly, Google led the search market in the United States last year. But third-place Microsoft has reclaimed some share over the last five months, says new research.
Tags: Growth strategies and tools, Business models, Search, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., MSN Search, Ask.com, Hitwise
Facebook makes gains in US
News Visits to the social-networking site more than doubled from February 2008 to February 2009, with growth coming in all age groups except for the 18-to-24 set.
Tags: Web 2.0, MySpace, Facebook, Hitwise, U.S., Web Site, Web, Web 2.0, February
Craigslist beats MySpace as top search term
News Top search term since March 2006, MySpace bows out to Craigslist, which Hitwise says gained in popularity as ailing economy prods consumers to look for bargains.
Tags: Web sites, MySpace, Sales, Advertisement, San Francisco, Hitwise, Craigslist, U.S., spokeswoman, Web
Have yourself a merry Facebook Christmas?
News The social networking site, which has been experiencing explosive membership growth, sees record traffic on Christmas Eve.
Tags: Web sites, Sales/revenue, Chicago, Boston, Yahoo! Mail, social networking, Facebook, network, Hitwise, blog
Google ekes out more share gains in search
News Google once again reported steady market share gains in online searches performed in the United States during May.
Tags: Search, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Ask.com, Advertisement, U.K., Hitwise, U.S., blog
Google's US search share nears 70 percent
News Company gains share again, while Yahoo and Microsoft lose. Both are dropping closer to fourth-place Ask, which gained some share in the last year.
Tags: Search, Internet advertising, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Ask.com, Advertisement, Search Result, Hitwise, U.S.
Online retailers see drop in visitors
News Reflecting consumer pessimism toward the current economic climate, online retailers experienced a decline in visits for the eighth straight week, according to a report by analyst Hitwise.
Tags: E-commerce, Web sites, Sales, music retailer, online music, online retail company, research director, retail company, News.com, Hitwise
Report: Yahoo sites get traffic boost from Google
News Most of Yahoo's top 20 Internet properties receive a greater share of traffic from a Google search, rather than a Yahoo search, according to a report from Hitwise.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Search Engine, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo Search, Hitwise, asset, Internet
US mulls antitrust challenge to Google-Yahoo deal
News The U.S. Department of Justice has hired an antitrust litigator to head any legal action over the planned search-ad partnership, according to reports.
Tags: Antitrust, Legal, Search, Internet advertising, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Advertisement, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Yahoo Search
