Google is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Adsense program. Here is what Google had to say about the 10 year anniversary: "Ten years ago we launched AdSense to help publishers earn money by placing relevant ads on their websites. I can still remember the excitement and anticipation as AdSense went live that first day. Our small team huddled together in a cramped conference room, and … [Read more...]
Report: Paid Search On Travel Continues To Decline & Its Google’s Fault
According to a blog post on adgooroo.com, in the first four months of 2013. "Paid search spend in the Travel category on U.S. AdWords is down in 2013. At $238 million for the months of January through April, it's actually down 19% from 2012’s $295 million during the same period, which was down 17% from 2011. "Clearly, there’s a downward trend starting in 2011. And the … [Read more...]
Bloomberg Reports Google Facing New FCC Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads
According to Bloomberg.com, Google is facing a new Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission According to the story the FCC is looking into "into whether the company is using its leadership in the online display-advertising market to illegally curb competition" The story goes on to say that the investigation is in the preliminary stage and may not expand into a … [Read more...]
Google Top $900 For 1st Time & Market Cap Breaks $300 Billion
Shares of Google (GOOG) are currently trading above $900 a share an all time high for the company. It was only 3 months ago that shares of Google hit $800 a share. Its was just a few months earlier when shares of Apple and Google were trading at the same $600 level. Shares at time of publication are trading at $905 up over $18 a share. Google's market cap is now over $300 … [Read more...]
Yahoo Wants Out Of Its Bing Deal & Move To Google & Why That’s Bad News For Domainers
According several sources, Yahoo would like to get out of its deal with Microsoft and let Google Monetize their search results. Yahoo entered into a 10 year search deal in 2010 and uses Bing search engine to power search results on Yahoo sites. Microsoft just extended the revenue guarantee associated with the partnership, the second such extension since the 10-year pact took effect in … [Read more...]
Google Reports: Revenue Up 31%; Paid Clicks Up 20%; Cost Per Click Down 4%
Google Inc. its earnings after the market closed today, reporting a first-quarter profit of $3.35 billion, or $9.94 a share, compared with a profit of $2.89 billion, or $8.75 a share, for the year-earlier period. Shares of Google are up just marginally after the report. Google ends the 1st quarter with over $50 Billion in the bank. Here are the details: Google Inc. reported … [Read more...]
Google Lays Out Plans For A “Dotless .Search” New gTLD
In a letter to ICANN today Google laid out its plan on how it plans on operating 4 new gTLD that it applied for as a closed Registry with the most interesting being plans for .Search which is plans on operating "a redirect service on the “dotless” .search domain (http://search/)." "To further elaborate on our plans to amend these applications, I am including a brief summary of our revised … [Read more...]