Baidu Chases Google In Mobile Market
Google’s determined not to lose in China, and to that end, the company is beginning to focus much of its energy on the mobile market. Unfortunately (for Google), so is Baidu. Baidu has already beaten Google in terms of mainstream, computer-based search; despite some clever tricks on Google’s part, the Chinese company’s lead looks pretty [...]
Yahoo Expands Reach of OneSearch in Europe, Latin America
Yahoo has doubled the reach of its oneSearch mobile search application by partnering with mobile provider Telefonica to make oneSearch the main search service on Telefonica’s mobile portals. OneSearch, a mobile-specific interface and algorithm, was launched in January with the Yahoo Go for Mobile downloadable application, and expanded in March to be available to all [...]
What’s Your Mobile Search Strategy?
Mobile search is set to explode with the entry of the iPhone and its competitors to the market. Instead of worrying about building a WAP-enabled site, Michael Boland suggests that webmasters should get their sites ready for mobile search via mobile browsers by engaging in tried and true SEO tactics, and providing as much relevant [...]
EBay DevCon: PayPal Goes Mobile
After a limpid reception in the US of PayPal’s "Text2Buy" and "Text2Give" features, eBay has launched PayPal Mobile Checkout, a platform more closely mirroring the Web version. Damon Williams, program manager for PayPal Developer Network, spoke about the mobile payment service at the eBay Developers Conference in Boston today. Launched in 2006, the text-based purchasing [...]
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