According to a report by the research firm comScore, Inc., Google had its second straight month of disappointing growth in paid clicks. Data from comScore indicate that Google's paid clicks in February rose only 3% compared with the same month a year earlier. Paid clicks are the number of times Google search users click on a sponsored-search result, generating revenue from the company's … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2008
Skenzo gets Investment from Ashmore Group
We received this release from Skenzo.com today. Skenzo Announces Private Equity Investment from Ashmore Group Skenzo, a leading provider of technology, in the traffic monetization business, today announced the completion of a significant minority investment from the Ashmore Group. The Ashmore Group is one of the world's leading Investment Firms managing funds over US$36.5 … [Read more...]
Travelcuba.com: How can NameJet.com sell this??
The domain TravelCuba.com is currently at auction at NameJet.com. There are over 2 days left the high bid is at $750 and there are 86 people who backordered the name. Now here's the problem. NameJet.com is owned in part by Enom.com. Actually NameJet.com platform is based on enom's own auction platform. It was just earlier this month that we told you about a New York Times article … [Read more...]
Communicate.com changes name, makes acquistion
Communicate.com (CMNN.ob) changed its name to Live Current Media, Inc. The company also announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Auctomatic, an early stage start-up. Auctomatic has developed commerce technology and tools that enable sellers to easily transact online through sites such as eBay. The acquisition is expected to close in May. The company had this to say about the … [Read more...]
ICA Membership List is Posted: Are you on the list?
Last week a number of readers commented on this blog wanting to know who were members of the ICA and their level of membership. Today the ICA published it's list of members by membership levels. So are you on the list?? I also received a lot of posts regarding that the "big" domainers needed to give to the ICA, because they had more to lose than the smaller Domainers. However, although … [Read more...]
Citigroup: Microsoft will raise bid for Yahoo
Accordingto reports, a Citigroup analyst, Mark Mahaney upgraded Yahoo to a buy and predicted that Microsoft Corp. will raise its bid to $34 a share, saying that, despite the uncertainty surrounding the proposed merger, Microsoft is determined to pursue the deal, even at a higher price. "We believe the likelihood of Microsoft of walking away from the deal is small," he said in a research note. … [Read more...]
Competition for Yahoo and Google???
In an article published today by Thomson Financial, they point out that traditional media companies are trying to stem the flow of advertising dollars to Google and Yahoo by building ad networks of their own, anchored by their brands. Forbes Inc., will start selling ads this spring for about 400 financial blogs. The article also points out that Conde Nast, Viacom, CBS Corp, Gannett and … [Read more...]