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Articles tagged with: Mobile Search and Google
Vodafone Considers Swapping Google for Yahoo
Vodafone is reported to be considering switching its mobile search service from Google to Yahoo when their existing contract expires at the end of this year. Citing people close to the matter, Bloomberg News reported that the talks are still ongoing, and that Yahoo is not the only firm Vodafone is talking to. more
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Microsoft Wins Mobile Search Deal with Verizon
Verizon Wireless has signed a deal with Microsoft to provide portal, local and Internet search as well as mobile advertising services to customers on its devices. The five-year agreement will go into effect in the first half of 2009 when Microsoft Live Search is targeted to be available on new Verizon Wireless feature phones and smartphones. more
Related Tags: microsoft, smartphone, smartphones, verizon-wireless, verizon, mobile-advertising, nielsen, USA
Why Google must expand into mobile, and why it will succeed
According to research just published by Screen Digest, Google's move into mobile will deliver major growth over the next five years. Screen Digest believes a push towards mobile is a crucial for the company, especially in the current economic climate. more
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UPDATE: Google Unveils Android Smartphone for T-Mobile
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Google, Tuesday unveiled its first Android-powered smartphone for T-Mobile USA as the Internet giant hopes to shake up the wireless industry. more
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Mobile Search Grew 68% in the USA and 38% in Western Europe
comScore says that mobile search is gaining in both popularity and frequency of use in the U.S. and Western Europe. comScore M:Metrics reports that in June 2008, 20.8 million U.S. mobile subscribers and 4.5 million European mobile phone subscribers accessed search during the month, an increase of 68 and 38 percent from June 2007, respectively. more
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US Mobile Internet Useage Jumps by Nearly a Third in Q2
Mobile ad agency, Crisp Wireless has published a quarterly overview of mobile internet traffic and reports that mobile web usage grew significantly with a 29.4% increase from 1Q08 to 2Q08. more
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Verizon in Talks with Google for Mobile Search Partnership
Verizon Communications is reported to be in talks with search engine giant, Google over a mobile search tie up for its Verizon Wireless subsidiary. The Wall Street Journal reported that the deal would make Google the default search engine on all Verizon phones in exchange for a share of the advertising revenues. more
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Mobile Search Critical as Search Advertising Races Towards $5 Billion in 2013
..ith Asia-Pacific showing the greatest overall gains. On-portal, off-portal, and SMS-based search will be important drivers of search-related advertising, with total SMS searches growing from 13 billion in 2008 to over 76 billion by 2013. "Bran more
Related Tags: abi-research, yahoo, mobile-advertising
Mobile Search Revenues to Reach $4.8 Billion by 2013
Annual revenues generated by mobile search services are expected to reach $4.8bn by 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The report says that while revenue generated by data charges associated with mobile search is significantly higher than that generated by mobile advertising at the present time, the gap will close over the next five years as the relatively young mobile advertising market establishes itself. more
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