According to a report today in CNET.com, Google's Chrome browser has a 3.6% usage rate. Browser usage according to CNET are split up as follows: Internet Explorer 40.7% Firefox 37.4% Safari 18.2% Chrome 3.6% Opera 1.2% … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2008
Google To “Significantly Reduce Contractors”
According to CNET, Google is going to make a major reduction in the 10,000 contractors they use: "We have 10,000, and we have had a plan in place for awhile to significantly reduce that number, This is something we've been thinking about for awhile--six or seven months. It predates the most acute phase of the (present economic) crisis." In an interview, Google co-founder Sergey Brin said … [Read more...]
Media Storm Without Product: Another Example of Why I Don’t Get Corporate America
For the last eight weeks I have been watching an incredible amount of advertising on Television, Print and online for the new Blackberry Storm. The ad campaign was incredibly successful. So successful that by all accounts the Storm was sold out all across America within 48 hours after its release. According to reports somewhere between 100K and 400K phones we sold in the 2 days before … [Read more...]
eMarketer Lowers It Estimates For Online Ad Revenue For The Next 4 Years
eMarketer, a marketing research firm is lowering its outlook for Internet advertising for the next four years. eMarketer, estimates U.S. advertisers will spend $25.7 billion on the Internet next year, about $2.7 billion, or 10 percent less, than a forecast from just three months ago. The more sobering projections extend through 2012 when eMarketer envisions $37 billion being spent on U.S. … [Read more...]
Microsoft to ReBrand Live Search As Kumo.com?
According to several reports Microsoft is expected to rebrand and relaunch its Windows Live Search, to Kumo.com early next year. However the report went on to say that very few people in the company are privy to name of the new brand and it could still change. Kumo.com maybe seen as Microsoft venture into search rather than buying Yahoo. Microsoft confirmed Thursday that it hired Yahoo … [Read more...]
Ok I’ll Ask: Are We Facing Another Great Depression?, Part 2
Six weeks ago, i asked this question in a post, Are we facing another Great Depression? Today the Wall Street Journal, asked if market history will repeat itself looking at 2008 and 1931. """""Over the two weeks ended Nov. 20, 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 16%. Over the two weeks ended Nov. 20, 1931, the Dow fell 16%. If you think that is scary, consider this: In the final … [Read more...]
Internet Ad Revenue Continues To Rise
Despite the bad economy, U.S. Internet advertising revenue rose in the third quarter, according to an report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The report released thurday said that online advertising revenue totaled almost $5.9 billion in the third quarter, up 11 percent from the same period last year. It marked a 2 percent rise from the second … [Read more...]