Last week, Insider Pages )owned by CitySearch( launched their Doctor Finder service . Since choosing a doctor is a bit more of a selective process than finding a restaurant )no matter how picky you are(, Insider Pages partnered with Healthgrades.com to add a decision support capabilities to their search engine. Click to read the rest of this post.

Facebook has risen to the number one spot as single biggest display ads publisher on the web in the first quarter, ClickZ reported , according to date from market research firm comScore. Click to read the rest of this post.

"Facebook" was the most popular search term within Hitwise's Computers and Internet - Social Networking and Forums industry in the U.S. in April, representing 10.62% of all searches, market research firm Experian Hitwise said. Click to read the rest of this post.

"Mapquest" was the most popular search term within the travel industry in the U.S. in April, representing 3.13% of all searches, market research firm Hitwise said in its latest report. Click to read the rest of this post.

LinkedIn said on its blog it is taking its integration of SlideShare technology one step further by adding videos through the social presentation platform. Click to read the rest of this post.

Skype, the chat, voice and video calling platform is looking into meshing third-party ads to its services, the Daily Telegraph reported . Click to read the rest of this post.

Google is looking to reshape and boost its social media strategy through the hire of a "Head of social", GigaOm reported , citing a recruiting letter the website obtained. Click to read the rest of this post.

Google's search supremacy is once more reaffirmed as Experian Hitwise's April figures show a 2% rise to 71% grab of the U.S. search market, while competitors Yahoo, Bing and Ask kept on losing ground from a month ago. Click to read the rest of this post.

It's hard to believe, but SES Toronto 2010 gets underway in a month. And looking over the conference agenda , I'm having a tough time figuring out which sessions to attend. Click to read the rest of this post.

As consumers and audiences shift toward non-traditional channels in their quest for content, online gaming via social media platforms have become the prime battleground for advertisers and marketers alike, spurring widely reported animosity between Facebook and Zynga. Click to read the rest of this post.

Meltwater, the global search engine technology solutions, cloud computing and talent management software provider, said it launched Meltwater Press, a web-based search service allowing to identify industry influencers for better media outreach. Click to read the rest of this post.

Keyword research software company Wordstream said it secured $6m )USD( worth of funding in series B preferred stock from new investor Egan-Managed Capital and existing investor Sigma + Partners. Click to read the rest of this post.

I started my coverage of UK Election 2010 by quoting part of Winston Churchill's famous speech, "We shall fight them on the beaches." Well, the original Battle of Britain ended up being fought in the air by "the few." So, as I try to figure out some of the lessons learned after watching the first social media Battle of Britain, it's worth remembering that Churchill also said, "we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air.

MSN China is believed to have recorded operating revenues of 50 to 70 mln usd in the full year 2009, TMCnet reported , citing CLSA Asia Pacific Markets. Click to read the rest of this post.

Today, OneRiot celebrates its first birthday with a new look and launch of its new Trending Topics Engine. This leverages the company's patented PulseRank technology and real-time index of the social web. Click to read the rest of this post.

Bing Shopping's integration into Facebook and Twitter moves forward another step; its now offering the ability to request opinions from friends and family through a tweet or a Facebook post before making a purchasing decision. Click to read the rest of this post.

While browser use remained first content usage of mobile phone subscribers in the first quarter to March 2010 in the U.S. with a 30.1% score, accessing social networking sites or blogs registered the sharpest increase of 2.8 points from last quarter, comScore said in a press release . Click to read the rest of this post.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers )ICANN( announced a historic breakthrough , making the "world wide web" finally become a reality as country-related internationalized domain names )IDN( now extend beyond Latin country code top-level domains or ccTLDs. Click to read the rest of this post.

According to a study by Microsoft, comScore, and Eyeblaster, dwell time, i.e. the time spent on a site or ad, is a key performance indicator for ad campaigns . But not just any ad campaign, and that's the trick. Read on. Click to read the rest of this post.

I just noticed that the SEW Facebook page now includes a status update next to the brand name. I find this a bit weird, should a brand a have thoughts and feelings? Should a brand have things 'on it's mind'? Click to read the rest of this post.