It remains to be seen whether all social networks can be profitable on advertising alone—and crucially what formats will work best alongside people’s communications with each other—but for now we are at least seeing some big growth in the space.

For many news sites, Facebook has become one of the biggest sources of referral traffic to its stories, and today the social network revealed some numbers that underscored how it is continuing to build up its cred as a news aggregator: it says it now has “thousands” of journalists using…

In a climate where economic forecasts continue to remain cloudy, ad spend in the UK went up marginally in Q4 2011, with increased spend on internet advertising making up for declined spend in traditional media and other outlets, according to the latest figures from the IPA Bellwether Report.

The markets didn’t punish Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) today when it announced it would appoint a payments technology specialist, Scott Thompson, as its CEO to run a business largely built on content, search and advertising. But it didn’t exactly reward it, either: the stock closed down by 51 cents at $15.82,…

This is the fifth in a series of posts this week that will highlight key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sectors we cover most, from publishing to legal, and from mobile to advertising. According to figures from ZenithOptimedia, global advertising revenues will reach $486 billion…

This is the fourth in a series of posts over this week that looks at the most significant developments of this year in the sectors that we cover, from publishing to mobile to advertising. Despite the economic slowdown, digital advertising and marketing revenues grew in 2011 and remained a cornerstone…

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is no stranger to patent lawsuits these days, but the latest development could be the first to see a carrier go after the search giant over such violations. UK-based BT (NYSE: BT), one of the biggest telcos in Europe, on Sunday filed suit against Google over patent…

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is again gaining search share in a market it already overwhelmingly dominates.

Back in August, we wrote about how Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) had started to offer U.S.-based users of its Apple TV device the ability to stream shows purchased from iTunes via Apple’s iCloud. Now it looks as if that service is becoming available internationally.

Need another indicator for how mobile is exploding in China? Look to search… Average daily searches this fall (Q3) hit 718 million, according to EnfoDesk and Analysys International.

A French company has filed a new claim to reflect the harm it says it incurred after Google (NSDQ: GOOG) unplugged it from its AdWords program. The bellwether case is likely to go to trial in Paris in January and comes at a time when European antitrust regulators are tightening…

The two leading search engines in Russia and the Czech Republic are teaming up. Yandex is powering a new video search product for Prague-based Seznam.

The Federal Communications Commission in the U.S. may have dealt what might possibly be a fatal blow to AT&T (NYSE: T) in its bid to buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom; (NYSE: DT) now another mega mobile merger is coming up to bat against the regulators: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is…

The Federal Communications Commission in the U.S. may have dealt what might possibly be a fatal blow to AT&T (NYSE: T) in its bid to buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom; (NYSE: DT) now another mega mobile merger is coming up to bat against the regulators: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is…

Taking a page from its search counterparts in the East and West like Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Russia’s Yandex has scooped up a mobile software company, SPB Software, to grow its mobile offerings. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

China’s internet market is growing fast. Search engine revenue grew 20.3 percent through Q3 to 5.38 billion yuan, according to Analysys.

Amazon’s Lovefilm has bought up adverts under its rival’s business name, as Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) prepares to launch on Lovefilm’s home turf early next year.

The Kindle Fire, retailing for only $199, could be the Android tablet that sells in volumes and provides real competition against the iPad from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). The analysts at Nomura have looked at what the consequence will be for other tablet makers (not just those building on Google’s Android),…

It’s the little things that catch your eye sometimes.  To your average reader the almost microscopic adjustment to Google’s interface would barely register. It is literally a matter of an extra click.