Yandex has officially become the default search engine on Windows Phone-based handsets in Russia. Russia's largest search engine has entered a partnership with both Microsoft and many major phone manufacturers including Nokia, Samsun and HTC. Ya.

Official Google representatives have given their feedback on how Google has evolved, what its priorities are, and where the future will take us. The company has also included a six-minute video and a visual timeline. The Google Search of Yore .

The tech and investment worlds are in a frenzy, now that the Wall Street Journal has reported Facebook may be inching ever closer to a $10 billion initial public offering )IPO(, possibly as soon as Q2 2012. It could be the most valuable IPO e.

The Silver Lake consortium is one of a number of parties bidding for a minority stake in Yahoo, but their offer has a number of factors that makes them a major contender. The consortium includes Microsoft - that already is working with Yahoo - and.

The latest comScore Video Metrix data has just been announced and Facebook has jumped from the No. 5 online video content property in September 2011 to the No. 2 property in October. And Schmooru, Warner Bros )The Ellen Show(, and BigFrame have el.

Google AdWords gave us PPC data junkies a great new way to segment data in July. Dubbed "Top vs. side," this segment broke out performance data for ads appearing in the top spot, above the SERPs, vs. ads appearing on the right side of .

Do you remember when you stopped writing a Christmas list? As kids, we'd start crafting our Christmas lists at some point in August. So by the time mall Santas took their red-velvet, food-court thrones we were already on a third draft. W.

The fake mortgage programs that brought Google under recent scrutiny don't seem to be run by Google-exclusive con artists. Mortgage scams that claim to provide assistance from the U.S. government have also been located in Microsoft .

Black Friday online shopping spend in the U.S. market jumped 26 percent this year over last, to $816 million, says comScore. Retailers fared better on Thanksgiving this year, as well, with $479 million spent online, up 18 percent over the holiday .

Google News visitors who are logged into their Google account will now sometimes see socially promoted data on their news spotlight. The data will be promoted if a Gmail contact or a user connected on Google+ has +1'd the content. This essential.

Google and Bing both seem poised to continue their foray into television advertising, given the success of recent campaigns and news of upcoming spots. Google aired a 90-second Google+ commercial during the Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions fo.

Today, Egyptians began voting in the first election since dictator Hosni Mubarak was ousted. To mark the occasion, Google Egypt posted a Doodle with a design similar to logos Google has posted in other countries to draw attention to elections.

Google's Instant Previews pane increases the importance of post-click-through behavior, while local search plays a more significant role in queries lower in the purchase funnel, according to a new eye-tracking study from Rosetta. They a.

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New social networks are popping up on a regular basis, and the fact that these specialized communities don't have Facebook's 800 million users doesn't necessarily mean they aren't great places for brands to be. In many cases, brands are adopting n.

The amount of data being hidden thanks to Google's SSL search decision has been climbing steadily but now seems to be leveling out. The most recent research indicates that about 9 percent of referrer data is being blocked. What Portion of Result.

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Google's cloud-based computers are getting a holiday-season push. Chromebooks are getting a price drop, the Chrome OS is getting some in-demand tweaks, and those taking plane trips for the holidays may get access to a free Chromebook during their .

Google is pushing to get more celebrities, politicians, nonprofits, and other organizations onto Google+ by providing "community guides." These free guides showcase successful profiles, give free advice, and link to additional community resources.

Volunia, an Italy-based search engine, is preparing for its early beta stages. It promises to be a "radical new view" of search, and is being spearheaded by famed technology thinker Massimo Marchiori, PC World reported. A New Search Concept from.