EyeforTravel News: Search Engines
Google dominates UK search advertising
Published: 12 May 2008 (0 comments)
Google continues to dominate UK search advertising, capturing 85% of search engine spending in the first quarter of 2008 and increasing its ROI by 14% since last quarter of 2007.
Yahoo tests Glue Pages In India
Published: 09 May 2008 (0 comments)
Yahoo has chosen India for the beta test of its new search concept that aggregates text, images, and video results on a single results page.
Bezurk.com changes name to wego.com
Published: 09 May 2008 (0 comments)
Travel search engine Bezurk.com has opted for re-branding and will be known as Wego.com. The company acknowledged that Bezurk was hard to remember and spell, though it was quirky, fun and had a certain irreverence to it.
Microsoft Corp. withdraws its bid for Yahoo
Published: 05 May 2008 (0 comments)
Microsoft Corp. has decided to withdraw its bid to buy Yahoo Inc. after efforts to negotiate a mutually acceptable sale price proved unsuccessful.
Kayak.com expands its operations in Europe
Published: 01 May 2008 (0 comments)
Kayak.com has announced the beta launch of its Italian site, http://www.kayak.it/.
Kayak focuses on developing its own ad network
Published: 01 May 2008 (2 comments)
Kayak has appointed Brian Harniman as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Distribution. Harniman will help launch and oversee the newly developed Kayak Publishing Network (KPN).
Opodo allots its search marketing account to The Search Works
Published: 30 Apr 2008 (0 comments)
Pan-European online travel service Opodo has chosen London-based The Search Works to manage its search marketing.
Dohop.com flight search engine's Chinese version unveiled
Published: 24 Apr 2008 (0 comments)
Dohop Ltd. has launched the Chinese version of its flight search engine. The initiative follows the recent launch of the Japanese version of travel technology company's Dohop.com Flight Planner.
Google makes steady progress in China
Published: 24 Apr 2008 (0 comments)
China search engine market size (excluding the revenue from the channel) has reached CNY 922 million in the first quarter of 2008, down 3% over the previous quarter.
WAYN.com to launch travel insurance on Moneysupermarket.com
Published: 22 Apr 2008 (0 comments)
Following the recent launch of its travel insurance product, WAYN.com (Where Are You Now?) intends to compete with leading travel insurance providers on UK's comparison site moneysupermarket.com.



