PayPal President, Scott Thompson Named CEO of Yahoo

Last Updated On August 13th, 2014Search Engine News, , , ,

yahooYahoo! recently appointed PayPal President, Scott Thompson, as the new CEO. Thompson, who was PayPal’s CTO before being named President of the company, will bring more knowledge and technology background to the role of Yahoo! CEO than the previous CEO, Carol Bartz, who was fired last September.

According to the official Yahoo! press release, as the PayPal President, Thompson helped drive customer engagement and expand PayPal’s user base from 50 million to over 104 million active users in 190 countries worldwide.

Thompson will be facing many challenges to help stabilize Yahoo!, a company that has been struggling since Facebook and Google began dominating the display advertising segment of the online ad market. What do you think? Can Scott Thompson help bring Yahoo back to the industry leader it once was?

Local Search Pioneer, WebVisible, Shuts Down

Last Updated On March 6th, 2025Local SEO, SEO News, , ,

Local Internet advertising company, WebVisible—one of the first companies that focused on Local Search–recently announced that the company is shutting down. According to an email, which was sent to all the WebVisible employees, the company found itself in a debt load that was too much to overcome. Silicon Valley Bank foreclosed on its loan to the company and will be taking its assets and collecting all remaining payments. The employees of the company were informed of this on December 27, 2011, the last official day of operation for WebVisible.

According to Crunchbase, WebVisible, a leading name in local online advertising, was based in Southern California. Its advertising products were powered by its Geneva software, which bought advertising space across a variety of media to make sure customers (mainly small businesses) received effective local targeting advertising.

If you were a WebVisible customer and are looking for a company to take over your Local Search initiatives, Local Splash can assist. Local Splash can pick up where WebVisible left off, using our proprietary technology to get your local business found on the first page of the top search engines, Google, Yahoo! and Bing. Local Splash puts an emphasis on local search, which is more cost effective when compared to local PPC, WebVisible’s concentration. Learn more about our services here and call today to speak to one of our dedicated customer service team members to help you make the transition to Local Splash. Don’t wait; make sure your business continues to be found by potential customers online today.

2011’s Most Popular Google Searches

Last Updated On March 14th, 2024Local SEO, Search Engine News, , ,

Google recently analyzed the billions of searches conducted in 2011 and released its annual Zeitgeist report which showed the most popular search terms of the year. The search engine also compared these results with the results of 2010 to show interesting trends.

According to the information, Rebecca Black was the number one fastest-rising search term globally, followed by Google+ and Ryan Dunn. In the U.S., Rebecca Black was still the fastest-rising search term, followed by Google+ and Hurricane Irene.

The data also showed that in the U.S. the fastest-rising for Google Maps was International Airport, followed by Ikea and Wells Fargo.

Check out this video from Google for a recap of the most popular searches of 2011.