“‘It appears that Microsoft Bing has continued to generate interest from the market for the second consecutive week,’ said Mike Hurt, Comscore’s senior VP. ‘These early data reflect a continued positive market reaction to Bing in the initial stages of its launch,’ said Hurt. ” Link
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“The Associated Press reports China has begun the process to ‘purify the Internet’s cultural environment and protect the healthy development of minors.’ This has resulted in the Chinese government finding that both Google and Baidu have failed to take ‘efficient’ actions to remove content from their results after being notified of issues.” [Link]
“Microsoft is expected to rebrand and relaunch its Windows Live Search, according to various reports on the Web. There have been tremors on the Web that Microsoft was considering a new brand name for Live Search, and now LiveSide.Net is reporting that Microsoft has taken control of the domain name Kumo.com from its registrar and directing internal traffic to it as a test site. ” [Link]
“Yahoo announced that Yang, 40, will step down as CEO and return to his former role as “Chief Yahoo.” The company’s board said it has hired headhunter Heidrick & Struggles to find a replacement. Yang has come under fire for his inability to turnaround the company in his past 17 months as CEO. During his short tenure, Yahoo has had two major rounds of layoffs and has seen its search market share shrink significantly while a series of reorganizations led to the departure of senior executives. Yang was heavily criticized by Wall Street and shareholders for failing to reach an agreement to sell the company to Microsoft.” [Link]
