This day in search marketing history: February 18

Yahoo stops using Google search In 2004, Yahoo stopped using Google’s web search results and rolled out its own new index and ranking system. Although Yahoo had purchased Inktomi in December 2002, Yahoo opted to build its own web search engine. Yahoo still relied on...

This day in search marketing history: February 17

Microsoft introduces the Bing Network In 2016, Microsoft announced the launch of the Bing Network, marking the end of the Yahoo Bing Network. Bing Ads continued to serve ads on a sizable percentage of Yahoo’s search results. The Bing Network was the result of a...

Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube, is stepping down

Susan Wojcicki, one of the longest-serving Googlers is stepping down as the CEO of YouTube after nine years in that role and 25 years at Google. In her personal update blog post she said, “after nearly 25 years here, I’ve decided to step back from my role as the head...

Googlers urged to help improve Bard, its AI chatbot

Google has asked its employees to test Bard – Google’s answer to ChatGPT – by rewriting answers or providing other forms of feedback. Googlers have received an email with a list of dos and dont’s for fixing Bard’s responses in an email from Prabhakar Raghavana, the...