Search Engine Land

Microsoft Says Don’t Get Scroogled This Holiday Season, but Bing Is Not So Scot-Free

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 28, 2012 at 5:35 pm PT

Bing zings: “Don’t get Scroogled this holiday season.”

What Will Marissa Do?: Yahoo CEO Zeroes in on Search, While Her Ad Team Eyes Tech Upgrade Options

Kara Swisher in Media on September 21, 2012 at 12:27 pm PT

Free food and iPhones do not a turnaround make. Now it’s time for the hard part of remaking the Silicon Valley giant.

News Byte

After Chrome Ads Flap, Google Puts Itself in the Penalty Box

Peter Kafka in News on January 3, 2012 at 2:47 pm PT

Google, which says it had no idea it was paying bloggers to promote its Chrome browser, is punishing itself for doing so. The search giant tells Danny Sullivan it will penalize the “pagerank” of www.google.com/chrome for “at least 60 days.” Google has blamed the pay-per-post campaign on ad network Unruly Media, but says “Google should be held to a higher standard, so we have taken stricter action than we would against a typical site.”

Google’s Ad Company (Which Isn’t Google) Explains What’s Up With Those Chrome Ads

Peter Kafka in Media on January 3, 2012 at 6:11 am PT

No big deal, says Unruly Media CEO Scott Button — we do this stuff all the time.

Here Comes Google’s Christmas (Er, Holiday) Greetings

Peter Kafka in Media on December 23, 2011 at 6:45 am PT

Google’s annual holiday “Google Doodle” isn’t up on its main Google.com page yet. But it should be there soon.

Search Ads + Your Phone = Google

Peter Kafka in Media on March 7, 2011 at 6:50 am PT

Google’s going to do more than $1 billion in mobile search ads this year. This chart explains why.

A White-Knuckle Ride In Google-Driven Car (Video)

Peter Kafka in Media on March 4, 2011 at 6:45 am PT

What’s it like to be a passenger in one of Google’s self-driving cars? Pretty cool! Also, kinda scary! (Plus: Bonus Gene Hackman video!)

"Beyond the Search Box": The White Pleather Honeypot Smackdown

Kara Swisher in News on February 1, 2011 at 11:53 am PT

Perusing AOL’s leaked damn-the-journalism-full-speed-ahead business plan, BoomTown was a little late to the Microsoft Bing event this morning called “Farsight: Beyond the Search Box.” But things had certainly been cooking with gas when I walked into the meeting room at the University of San Francisco, including allegations of cheating, honeypot stings and a whole lot of insulting of the hosts. Schweeet!