Did Google Maps Lose England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland?

The United Kingdom (to use its short name) is a complicated country, actually made up of four countries across two islands. If you were looking to understand it better, forget Google Maps. That’s because the service has lost the constituent countries of England, Scotland, Wales & Northern…

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Yandex Q2 2013 Revenue Up 35% From This Time Last Year

Russian search engine giant Yandex released its Q2 2013 financial results today, reporting revenues at RUR 9.2 billion or $281.2 million, a 35 percent increase compared to their Q2 2012 report. According to the statement, Yandex CEO Arkady Volozh claimed, “Yandex delivered strong financial…

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RIP Ilya Segalovich, Yandex Co-Founder & CTO

Ilya Segalovich, Co-Founder & CTO of Russian search engine Yandex, has died suddenly at the age of 48. Segalovich had been responding well to cancer treatment before unexpectedly succumbing to complications early this morning, according to a statement released by the company. Segalovich…

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Bing Product Ads To Run In Closed Beta Through Holiday Season

Upon hearing the news that Adobe was releasing support for Bing Product Ads through its Media Optimzer platform, I asked Microsoft about about the status of the product ads launch. In a new statement to Search Engine Land, David Pann, GM, Microsoft Advertising Search Group, said: “We are on…

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“Big Data” Is Not “Big Data” Unless It Gives You Actionable Insight

Occasionally, marketers want something because the media attention around it demands it.  There was a time, not too long ago, when CMOs sent urgent, late-night emails to their teams asking about their “link-shortening strategy.” In some ways, “big data” technology falls into…

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Overthrow The Tyranny Of Paid Search Budgets

Budgets are a fact of life for many paid search program managers. Budgets are essential for some firms, unnecessary but required nevertheless for others; and, on too many occasions, an onerous impediment to success in paid search. I’ve argued in the past that many in the e-commerce space…

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