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Roy Bostock To Step Down As Yahoo’s Chairman Of The Board Roy Bostock To Step Down As Yahoo’s Chairman Of The Board

Yahoo’s been going through a lot of changes as a company, and that will continue in the near term, as Yahoo’s Chairman of the Board, Roy Bostock, announced today that he, along with three other board members have “volunteered” not …

Yahoo’s Best Cities For Dating And Love Yahoo’s Best Cities For Dating And Love
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Dating is a game of chess and love isn’t much different; make all the right moves and “king me”, you’re in love, but then the game continues and for us men, that’s a game we probably won’t win right? So, …

Yahoo Right Media Exchange To Show AOL Inventory Yahoo Right Media Exchange To Show AOL Inventory

Yahoo and AOL announced a partnership where AOL will use Yahoo’s Right Media Exchange to provide access to AOL inventory as part of the display ad agreements announced last year. “The inventory AOL makes available under the display advertising agreement …

Yahoo! Adds New Calendar: Cleaner And Easier Yahoo! Adds New Calendar: Cleaner And Easier

For those of you who care, Yahoo is updating their Calendar. Apparently Yahoo has been listening to users suggestions and is incorporating a lot of the intuitive design from Yahoo mail. Here’s an example of the new look below: The …

Super Bowl Search Stats From Yahoo: Pats Beat Giants, Eli Beats Brady Super Bowl Search Stats From Yahoo: Pats Beat Giants, Eli Beats Brady
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The Yahoo search blog has just released a trove of search stats regarding all things Super Bowl, and it’s clear that if the Super Bowl could be decided by search volume the New England Patriots would have this thing in …

Google Reigns As Search Ad Spending Increases Google Reigns As Search Ad Spending Increases

With elections in the United States and the Summer Olympic Games across the Atlantic pond in London this year, U.S. ad spending is expected to continue a strong growth throughout 2012, according to eMarketer. The digital marketing analysis firm estimates …

Super Bowl Ticket Searches Up 731% At Yahoo Super Bowl Ticket Searches Up 731% At Yahoo

When last Sunday’s NFC and AFC championships concluded and the Super Bowl matchup became clear, some sports pundits and social media users wondered if people could get truly excited about a matchup that had already occurred within the last 5 …

Yahoo Mobile Apps Wave Goodbye Yahoo Mobile Apps Wave Goodbye
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Yahoo announced that it will no longer be supporting a number of its mobile apps. These include: Yahoo Meme (iPad/iPhone), Yahoo Mim (iPad), Yahoo Answers (Android), Yahoo AppSpot (Android/iPhone), Yahoo Deals (iPhone), Yahoo Finance (Blackberry), Yahoo Movies (Android), Yahoo News …

DMARC: Major Web Players Join Forces On Antiphishing Standards DMARC: Major Web Players Join Forces On Antiphishing Standards

Fifteen major companies have joined forces on a “technical working group” called DMARC to develop new standards to help reduce the threat of spam and phishing emails. DMARC stands for Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance. The companies involved include: …

Search Engines Given Code Of Practice Search Engines Given Code Of Practice

It looks like the copyright police are at it again. This time they are in a secret meeting with search engine companies making demand of them. In a document obtained by TorrentFreak, it has come to light that copyright holders …

Yahoo Q4 Earnings Released Yahoo Q4 Earnings Released

Yahoo released their 4th quarter earnings today, and for the most part met expectations. They reported earnings of $0.24 per share, which amounts to no change from Q4 of 2010. Yahoo’s fourth quarter revenue declined 3% – $1.17 billion in …

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson To Address Advertiser Questions Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson To Address Advertiser Questions

If you advertise with Yahoo, and you have some questions for Scott Thompson, the company’s new CEO, you can post them on Yahoo’s Advertising Facebook page, and there’s a chance he will answer them. According to the company, Thompson will …

Jerry Yang: What Yahoo Employees Have Said About Him Jerry Yang: What Yahoo Employees Have Said About Him

As you may know, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang has resigned from all positions at the company. Glassdoor has taken the opportunity to share what some Yahoo employees have said in reviews on the site (dating back to 2008). “Jerry Yang …

Jerry Yang Out At Yahoo Jerry Yang Out At Yahoo
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Yahoo just announced that co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang has resigned from the company’s Board of Directors and all other positions with the company, effective today. That includes resignation from the Boards of Yahoo Japan and Alibaba. Yang wrote …

India Pursues Prosecution of Facebook, Microsoft, and Google India Pursues Prosecution of Facebook, Microsoft, and Google

The Indian government has initiated legal proceedings against a number of search, social networking, and technology companies. The government found sufficient cause to pursue prosecution of the companies for refusing to regulate offensive content. Ten of the 21 companies are …

Yahoo, Cox Digital Solutions Partner To Create Political Advertising Goliath Yahoo, Cox Digital Solutions Partner To Create Political Advertising Goliath
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In order to make sure that Americans don’t miss a single political ad this year, Cox Digital Solutions announced today that they are partnering with Yahoo in order to provide exclusive political and advocacy advertising across Yahoo properties. With 2012 …

Microsoft’s Bing Now #2 Most-Used Search Engine Microsoft’s Bing Now #2 Most-Used Search Engine
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According to an early report from Search Engine Land via comScore, the latest data about search engine shares are coming out and, ‘lo and behold, there’s a new number two in town as Microsoft’s Bing was used more than Yahoo …

Tom Hanks’ “Electric City” Set To Debut This Spring On Yahoo Tom Hanks’ “Electric City” Set To Debut This Spring On Yahoo

As Yahoo takes the plunge into original scripted content, they probably couldn’t have picked a better person to hold their hand. That’s because the first series the company will distribute comes from Hollywood favorite Tom Hanks. According to the AP, …

Scott Thompson Gone to Yahoo, What’s Next For PayPal? Scott Thompson Gone to Yahoo, What’s Next For PayPal?

As you may know, Yahoo announced that PayPal President Scott Thompson is its new CEO. That means he’s no longer going to be President of PayPal. This isn’t going to be a Jack Dorsey-like situation, where he has prominent roles …

Rick Santorum’s Google Problem Is Not Simply A Google Problem Rick Santorum’s Google Problem Is Not Simply A Google Problem
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Former Pennsylvania Senator and current Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has become a hot topic of conversation in the last week or so. The long-time bottom dweller in the Republican Primary field has surged in the past few days, thanks to …

Who is Scott Thompson (Besides Yahoo’s New CEO)? Who is Scott Thompson (Besides Yahoo’s New CEO)?
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Who is Scott Thompson? Well, there are a few Scott Thompson’s out there. One of them is Yahoo’s new CEO – Not to be confused with Scott Thompson from Kids In The Hall: This Scott Thompson was the president of …

Yahoo Taps PayPal President As New CEO Yahoo Taps PayPal President As New CEO
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Yahoo’s search for a new CEO appears to be over this morning, as the company has announced that they have tapped PayPal president Scott Thompson for the job. The appointment, which was first rumored late yesterday, was confirmed this morning …

New Year’s Resolutions Heavy Among Search Trends, According to Yahoo New Year’s Resolutions Heavy Among Search Trends, According to Yahoo
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New Year’s has come and gone, and it’s got to be close to time to stop talking about it, but Yahoo has put out some info about search trends related to the ever-popular resolution of losing weight, so allow me …