Industry News

Internet Superheroes – Geek Humour Makes a Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays from the E-Web Marketing team! We sincerely hope you’re outside enjoying the great weather with family and friends on this glorious Christmas day, but for those of you who just can’t stay away from your beloved Internet for more than a few hours at a time (and that’s most of us here, if [...]

Yahoo! Search Now Officially Powered by Bing

by Special Guest October 21, 2011 Industry News

Remember last year when Yahoo and Microsoft announced they had formed the Search Alliance to take on Google? One of the deals struck was that eventually all of Yahoo’s search platforms would be either integrated with or powered by Microsoft’s search engine, Bing. From the Yahoo! Search blog: Yahoo! has completed the algorithmic transition to Bing in all [...]

SSL Search Now On Google.com

by Special Guest October 19, 2011 Industry News

Today Google announced SSL Search has been made the default search option for users signed into Google (https://www.google.com.au), in order to better protect user privacy. For those not familiar with SSL (Secure Socket Layer), it is an encrypted connection between you (the client) and a server. SSL is denoted by https:// in the URL of a website [...]

Exploring Google Think Quarterly

by Special Guest September 15, 2011 Industry News

One of the funny things about Google is their ability to release awesome things for public consumption without the majority of their audience being aware of it. Take Google Labs for example, a testing ground Google has used over the years to get usability feedback from the online community. Labs is now unfortunately being phased [...]

Bing Lee Among Finalists at 2011 Online Retailer Industry Awards

by Alisha Young August 25, 2011 Industry News

The team at E-Web Marketing would like to offer congratulations to our client Bing Lee, who have been selected as a finalist for the Best Multichannel Retailer category at the 2nd annual Online Retail Industry Awards. We are thrilled that the success of Bing Lee’s online electronics store, supported by their integrated online marketing [...]

Google Hotel Finder

by Kevin Dam August 5, 2011 Industry News

Eight months after making one of their most strategic purchases in the travel industry, Google have revealed a service that has them strategically placed to put all travel-related websites and hotel finders out of business. In October 2010, Google purchased ITA, the company that held over 65% of all flight and travel information that agencies used [...]

Google vs Baidu

by Dan Jebamony July 13, 2011 Industry News

Thought that Google rules the world? Apparently not. In China, the search engine Baidu controls around 80% of the search market. And Google? A mere 19%. That is because Google abandoned their attempt to do serious business in China last year. Google’s reasoning was that the Chinese government’s extreme level of online state censorship violated their company ethics and goal [...]

Google’s New Look: Homepage Updated Again

by Special Guest June 30, 2011 Industry News

Since the majority of us go on Google everyday, I guess we all realised the look of the homepage has changed recently. The navigation bar has become a dark grey, standing out from the page. All the links are either at the bottom or top of the page to give it a cleaner look. Why has it been [...]

Google Searches by Image

by Special Guest June 23, 2011 Industry News

Have you ever wanted to search for a certain picture, but can’t find the right words to describe it? Google Images may be able to help. You can discover all sorts of content relating to a specific image, whether you find it online or upload it from your own computer. So how do you do this? It’s an amazingly [...]

Microsoft buys Skype for $8.5 Billion

by Kevin Dam May 11, 2011 Industry News

All over the tech world last night news spread that Microsoft has purchased Skype for approximately 8.5 billion US Dollars. The purchase came over and above other suspicions that Skype was also in talks with Facebook and Google. Microsoft Inc. announced that it will be paying approximately $8.5 billion to amalgamate Skype Technologies SA into [...]