Top Level Trends of SEM Worldwide in 2010 and 2011
How the year 2010 looked in some of the leading Internet countries worldwide and how the year 2011 is likely to look.
View ArticleSearch News & Headlines Around the Web - April 12, 2011
South Korea - Mobile Metrics Report - Google Mobile Ads Blog Search Industry News All eyes on new CEO as Google reports first-quarter results - Reuters Google, Facebook Group Asks Delay of Debit-Card...
View ArticleS. Korean Companies Claim Google's Android Blocking Competing Search Apps
The owners of South Korea 's largest search engines have filed complaints against Google with the country's Fair Trade Commission, alleging that local phone carriers and manufacturers were banned from...
View ArticleSearch Week in Review for April 16, 2011
The owners of South Korea 's largest search engines have filed complaints against Google with the country's Fair Trade Commission, alleging that local phone carriers and manufacturers were banned from...
View ArticleGoogle South Korea Offices Raided by Police
Now South Korea has targeted Google for allegedly collecting and storing data against local laws. Google's competitors in South Korea have recently filed complaints with the South Korean Fair Trade...
View ArticleSearch Week in Review for May 7, 2011
Here's a recap of this week's columns and news stories for the week of May 1 to 7, as reported by Search Engine Watch.
View ArticleGmail Phishing Attack: China Cries Slander
China last week called the allegations unfounded and that Google had "ulterior motives" in revealing the attacks, which targeted hundreds of users, including "senior U.S.government officials, Chinese...
View ArticleYandex and Rambler Band Together Against Google Russia
While Google has dominion in most countries, in Russia it's just a footnote to Yandex, the country's leading search engine. To ensure the continued market-share leadership, Yandex has partnered with...
View ArticleA Starter’s Guide to Search in Korea
Examining what South Korea’s top search engines Naver and Daum offer. Also: an overview of one of the few search markets where Google isn’t a major player, and tips for marketers planning a paid search...
View ArticleReal Names: Google+, Government & The Identity Ecosystem
Why is Google motivated to take such a hard line on identifying people by their real name on Google+? The simple answer, perhaps, is that Google and the government both want to make the Internet more...
View ArticleAsia Search Update: Yahoo Algo Transition Goes to India, Google Eyes...
Yahoo organic results ready to transition to Bing in India; entertainment searches tops in Philippines; accessing search engines trails social networking for web activity in Malaysia; Google expands to...
View ArticleS. Korea FTC Raids Google Over Android Practices
Korean officials raided Google's Seoul offices on September 6 to investigate claims that the company is engaged in anticompetitive practices with their Android operating system. This is the second raid...
View ArticleEric Schmidt Talks Android Patents, Motorola Independence, Apple Siri
Microsoft shouldn’t make money on Android devices, Google will run Motorola independently, and Apple Siri is a “significant” rival to Google search, according to Google’s Executive Chairman Eric...
View ArticleSEO for Naver – Korea’s Largest Search Engine
Naver feels that users can’t be perfectly satisfied with their search intention. Hence, Naver offers the search results of the various areas and categories such as news, Knowledge Q&A, blogs, paid,...
View ArticleThe Other Googles: Succeeding on Foreign Search Engines
No SEM or SEO campaign should overlook the importance of Google. However, in certain markets, local competitors rule the roost. Names such as Baidu in Chaina, Yahoo Japan, and Yandex in Russia all...
View ArticleWorldwide Social Media Usage Trends in 2012
With social networks playing an increasingly important part in many people's lives, more global businesses are taking advantage of the social media benefits – for advertising, promotions, PR, customer...
View ArticleGlobal Search Engine Marketing [Book Review]
"Global Search Engine Marketing" authors Anne Kennedy and Kristian Mar Hauksson, lay the foundation for a broad understanding of how the online marketing world operates in all the major regions of the...
View ArticleGoogle Reveals Argentina, South Korea Investigations
In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Google revealed it is the subject of probes in both Argentina (over Google's search and advertising business) and South Korea (over...
View ArticleInbound Marketing in Various Languages
The accessibility and global nature of the web opens up a host of opportunities to help your website get found by whole new markets. Addressing these issues can boost sales and engage customers when...
View ArticleBaidu Partners With Sina to Reinforce Mobile Search in China
A roundup of the latest news in search from Asia, including what the alliance between China's biggest search engine and major content portal Sina means, Baidu's latest algorithm change, and YouTube's...
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