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Mobile Search Advertising To Reach $1.4 Billion

Revenues related to mobile search, including ad-sponsored directory assistance and mobile Internet ads are estimated to reach $1.4 billion in 2012, according to the Kelsey Group."Advertisers in the U.S. are the most aggressive in terms of messaging to potential U.S. consumers," said Matt Booth, senior vice president and program director, Interactive Local Media, The Kelsey Group.

Yahoo Partners With America Movil

Yahoo has partnered with America Movil, Latin America's major mobile company and will provide mobile Web services to 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.Under the agreement Yahoo's oneSearch will be the default mobile search service on America Movil's wireless carrier's portals. Yahoo will create localized versions of oneSearch for each region. In the coming months the two companies will add more Yahoo products and services to mobile devices.

CBS Mobile Partners With Medio

CBS Mobile has partnered with Medio Systems to add search capabilities and search advertising to its CBS Mobile Web sites.

Veveo Opens vTap, Prepares For Flood Of Users

Well, that was fast.  Just two weeks after raising $14 million in a round of financing, Veveo has released vTap, its mobile video search service.  The phrase “hotly anticipated” isn’t quite right, but people were indeed looking forward to the launch.

Veveo Obtains $14 Million For Mobile Search

Google, Yahoo, even AOL - everybody’s trying to get into the mobile market, and compared to those giants, a little company called Veveo might not appear to have much of a chance.  Veveo’s got around $28 million to use as a stepping stone, however.

Mobile Search Results Mixed

Close to eight in 10 U.S. mobile searchers favor ad-supported mobile search, according to Usable Product's "Mobile Search User Experience Benchmark" study, whose respondents rated four mobile search solutions.

Call Genie Launches Mobile Search Tool

Call Genie, a provider of localized mobile search tools to carriers announced the availability of its newest release of its Enhanced Voice Directory tool.

AOL Seeks Redemption Through Mobile Search

Make way - AOL’s getting into mobile search.  And unlike many of the company’s older products, the logically named AOL Mobile Search service has been getting some positive (initial) reviews.

The U.S. Mobile Search Market

Competition for the U.S. mobile search market will be anything but tame, due in part to the large U.S. online ad market and the influence of portals.

Clusty Mobile Is Made Available

I’m always suspicious when a company claims to have made its product or service available for mobiles.  Is the new version different than the regular offering?  And is it something I’d even want to access from my cell phone?  In regards to Clusty Mobile, a search site, the answer to that first question is “yes.”