After years of talking and protracted negotiations, Yahoo and Microsoft have finally agreed an Internet search deal. The full details of the deal are yet to be released but the basics are; Microsoft's search engine (Bing) will power Yahoo search…
Yahoo and Microsoft Finally Tie the Knot
July 29th, 2009 by Alan
The new Live Search homepage.
August 21st, 2008 by Alan
Microsoft is not giving up on trying to catch Google in its domination of market share in online advertising. Made available in the US yesterday, the latest 'improvement' to Microsoft's search engine, Live Search, is its home page background image.…
Will Facebook Drive MSN PPC higher?
The recent change in the layout of Facebook probably annoyed a lot of its users but not the ones who work for Microsoft. The PPC giants deal with the online social networking site was boosted when Facebook changed their page…
5 Benefits of a STC to Microsoft and to Search Marketing
June 20th, 2008 by Geoff
Speaking to Mel Carson, European Community Manager, Microsoft are opening a Search Technology Centre in European sometime soon (I would hazard a guess at 6 – 12 months). Mel confirmed that the location had not been confirmed yet, but what…
Return of the Search Wars – Microsoft strikes back!
February 11th, 2008 by Mike
In a business world far far away from here, movements are afoot for the world of search to dramatically change. It has long been rumoured but now it has finally happened. MSN has made an offer to buy out Yahoo.…
Microsoft Make Yahoo an Offer they Can’t Refuse
February 6th, 2008 by Click Consult
The £22.6 Billion offer Microsoft has made for Yahoo is surely an offer the Yahoo board must accept. The search market is becoming more and more of a monopoly as Y!SM (Yahoo! Search Marketing) and Microsoft Adcenter fall further behind…
MSN buys Multimap
December 19th, 2007 by Nick
This week we have seen yet another strong move in the market by MSN to further strengthen their position in the search war with Google.
Microsoft has acquired the outstanding shares of Multimap, which now means that it is now…
Sign Up for MSN Analytics Now!
November 12th, 2007 by Nick
Last week, MSN released their version of Web Analytics to be used with adCenter advertisers. Is this going to be a market leader, or just another duplication of an already established Google product?
I think the latter: Why would you…
Microsoft’s latest developments: a little too late?
November 9th, 2007 by Nick
I am proud to sit on the adChamps council involved in the latest developments to the adCenter platform. The latest developments are detailed below, but are MSN too late?
Project Gatineau has launched in Beta and advertisers are able to…
MSN – The best and the worst Search Engine!
November 7th, 2007 by Nick
The first of the month has rolled around quickly again and here at Click Consult that means reports day!
We provide all our clients with in depth reports on a monthly basis. It's a great way of keeping the client…
Microsoft Claws Some Back
October 29th, 2007 by Nick
The biggest thing hitting the news this week has been Microsoft's purchase of a stake in facebook, but what have they got for there money?
Both Yahoo and Google have been courting Mark Zuckerberg and his facebookers for over 2…
