According to comScore’s latest study, more and more people are using online search facilities and mobile platforms in order to find relevant information about local businesses.  According to statistics published this week, comScore’s “State of Local Search” study has found that 13% of core activity on the leading search engines relates to local businesses.

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A new report by SEO experts Search Engine Journal has highlighted the fact that the major search engine players are all keeping an eye on the new ‘daily deal’ services which provide coupons and discounts to web users every day, online. (more…)

Search engine giants Google have leveled an accusation at rivals Microsoft, suggesting that they are harvesting search engine results from Google in order to populate their own search engine, Bing. (more…)

Microsoft’s unrelenting desire to give Google a real run for their money in the search engine stakes has been backed up further this week as the computer giants have announced that they are revamping their Bing search engine. (more…)

Bing Shopping, the product comparison tool that makes up part of Microsoft’s new search engine reportedly showed a 169% increase in June, though I think it would be wise to take these figures with a pinch of salt. Forgive me for being a little bit cynical about these claims but I think there’s definitely reason to be sceptical about the importance of any supposed increase in Bing usage… For a couple of reasons. (more…)

Recent press reports – notably the New York Post’s ‘Fear Grips Google’ story – have suggested that the powers that be at castle Google are a little worried about Microsoft’s new search engine, Bing. But can it really be true? Are the most powerful company the internet has ever seen really worried? (more…)