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Google still reigns supreme in search, accounting for 42.7 percent of all searches conducted in March, according to comScore Networks’ monthly qSearch analysis of search activity, reports DM News (via MarketingVox). Yahoo remained in second place, with 28.0 percent of searches; MSN stayed third, with 13.2 percent. Searchers in the U.S. conducted 6.4 billion searches online in March, up 10 percent from February - the largest gain in the past 12 months - and up 15 percent from March 2005.
Google accounted for 2.7 billion search queries, followed by Yahoo (1.8 billion), MSN-Microsoft (849 million), Time-Warner (486 million), and Ask Jeeves/Ask (376 million).
Google and Yahoo together accounted for more than 95 percent of searches initiated from toolbars: Google, 48.9 percent; Yahoo, 46.5 percent.
In commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the March on Washington and the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, Clear Channel has 38 local stations nationwide collaborating on a radiothon on Thursday, Aug. 28.
The radiothon, in conjunction with the Washington,…
The popular evangelical pastor Rick Warren - author of The Purpose-Driven Life - is said to be in talks with Reader’s Digest Association about a magazine, possibly called Purpose.
Of the magazine, editor Joe Treen, former editor at People and…
Google and Verizon Wireless are reportedly on the verge of a deal that will make Google the official search engine for all Verizon-powered cell phones.
The deal gives Google and its advertisers 68 million wireless customers who would see Google…
The broadcast nets will finish the summer up from last year in terms of ratings, with the Big Four up a total of 17 percent in total viewers, and up 10 percent in 18-49s, mostly thanks to NBC’s airing of…
The Onion has launched a local site that will provide event listings and restaurant information for Chicago - in essence, a competitor to CitySearch.
More cities will be unveiled in coming months, writes TechCrunch.
The site, Decider, is a “straight” site, without…
The paper catalog is still the largest revenue generator - nearly 50% of sales in both 2007 and 2008 - among all channels used by companies that sell goods to consumers and businesses from a remote location, though web sales…
