Well, the news organizations must love this one. With all of the controversy that has been going on in the online news world, and in particular, the between big news organizations and Google, it must have come as a surprise

It's been a little while since we've had a nice, juicy takeover story to follow, right? Well, Google might make a move and fill the void, as its CEO, Eric Schmidt, announced during an interview that he's on the hunt

People misspell their search engine queries all the time. That is why it can be incredibly helpful when Google steps and offers "did you mean suggestions." Google actually offers in its search results. These come with the internal codenames: "Did

There has been a lot of talk about Microsoft's new search engine Bing for the last couple weeks. I haven't seen much about Bing site search though. Considering that Bing's had a pretty optimistic start, and that a lot of

France's highest constitutional court has struck down part of a law backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy that was aimed at targeting Internet pirates.The was set up as a three-strikes system for copyright violators, who would first receive an email warning,

Web 2.0 is a pretty big deal, according to the Global Language Monitor. Indeed, this morning, the term was actually recognized as the millionth word or phrase to enter mainstream English.It's hard to say whether the tech community should celebrate

A company called Visible Technologies has just released a new online reputation management solution. It's called , and aims to provide individuals and companies alike an effective way to manage their reputation in search engine results."With more than 8.6 billion

Google has introduced a new Lab called , which is described as "an experimental system for data management in the cloud." It allows users to upload tables of up to 100MB and share them with collaborators."Fusion Tables is not a

Today Microsoft announced the release of Microsoft Advertising Intelligence out of beta. Previously called adCenter Add-in, the product is a keyword research and optimization tool that operates with Excel 2007. Here are some screenshots:Microsoft's Carolyn Miller the tool helps users

The number of people looking for local information on a mobile device grew 51 percent from March 2008 to March 2009, according to comScore.The mobile browser is the most popular access method for finding local information, with 20.7 million users

Online advertising contributes $300 billion to the U.S. economy, according to a new study by the Interactive Advertising Bureau.The ad supported Internet accounts for 2.1 percent of the total U.S. gross domestic product. It directly employs more than 1.2 million

However it fares in other respects, it may not be long before Bing becomes the favorite search engine of foreign language students. Microsoft Translator now provides Instant Answers through Bing, and the system works in an intuitive and impressive manner.Just

Microsoft has not been in the spotlight this much for its offerings in search for quite some time. Whether or not you think Bing is a legitimate contender in the battle for search market share, you can rest assured that

A hacker group has claimed to have hacked T-Mobile this past weekend and is apparently looking to cash in. Oh this world we live in, right? (Editor's Note: Be sure to read the update from T-Mobile at the end of

Yahoo is launching a campaign with Bank of America this week, which a spokesperson for Yahoo tells WebProNews is essentially "a big online push for BofA to build visibility and facilitate dialogue in the small business community."Yahoo's is designed for

The European Commission has released a report that finds U.S. laws on Internet gambling are not legally justified and discriminate against foreign Internet gambling operators."The European Commission report provides yet another reason why the administration and Congress should support pending

VideoSurf is a video search engine I've Today, the company unveiled .WebProNews received an email from them, and a spokesperson tells us, "VideoSurf is taking video search to the next level." He mentioned the following highlights:- Improved search results -

Google has been working on updates to how it uses sitemaps. Considering research highlighted in (pdf), which showed how search engines find new and changed content faster with sitemaps, webmasters should take note. For one, Google and the other search

A significant number of MySpace employees may soon have to acquire cardboard moving boxes and update their resumes. Although nothing's certain, there have been several indications that a large wave of layoffs will hit in the near future. received warnings

Google has introduced a new feature that displays store locations to users looking for items in its product search tool.The new feature is aimed at helping users finding store locations in their local area and also helping businesses attract more