The Wall Street Journal, is reporting that Microsoft is following Apple's iphone lead and working on similar technology, for personal computer screens, that could eventually replace the computer mouse. N-trig Ltd., an Israeli start-up that makes touch-sensing screen hardware, is expected to announce that Microsoft is the largest investor in a $24 million round of funding that also includes … [Read more...]
Semantic Search Technology Advances from Ask.com
According to Ask.com blog, the company has been working hard on changing its search engine to give answers to questions rather than just search results. I think this goes back to the days of askjeves.com, which is what that search engine promised years ago. However according to the blog, Ask.com is getting closer: """""For millions of everyday queries, there is one, simple, direct answer … [Read more...]
Google Has Only 1.5 Millions Advertisers??
According to the New York Times blog, Google had 1 million advertisers in 2007, 600,000 in 2006 and 360,000 in 2005. At that rate, UBS Analyst Ben Schacter told the Times, Google probably had between 1.3 million and 1.5 million advertisers by the end of 2008. Between 2003 and 2007, Google advertisers spent, on average, about $16,000 per year and according to the article, that figure changed … [Read more...]
China Widens Crack Down On Sites For Porn, Now Targeting MSN and 13 Others
We reported a couple of days ago, that China threatened to punish or shut down 19 sites including Google and Baidu, for allowing “vulgar content" to appear on its sites, unless they quickly purged the offensive content. Today China, called out another 14 sites, including MSN.com for the "large amount of inappropriate images on its film channel and some "selected pictures" in its social … [Read more...]
Verizon Wireless Picks Microsoft Over Google
Verizon Wireless announced a five-year deal with Microsoft to be the default search provider on the wireless carrier's phones, as well as handling mobile advertising services.Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the deal Wednesday in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show. Effective in the first half of 2009, Microsoft will power search on Verizon's mobile portal as well as local and … [Read more...]
Bobbleheads.com And Sedo.com Get Covered By E-Commerce Times
We are always glad to see the domain industry get coverage in non-domain publications. The E-Commerce Times, just published a story discussing the value of buying a good domain name, highlighting the purchase of Bobblehead.com and Bobbleheads.com last year. According to the story both domains were purchased by Warren Royal, last year at Sedo.com for $29,112 and $36,000, respectively. The … [Read more...]
J.P. Morgan: Online Ads Revenue To Continue to Grow, But Lower Keyword Prices Coming
According to a new report by JP Morgan's Imran KhanWhile, entitled "Nothing But Net", online ad spending is projected to continue to grow. However the report warns that the contraction of the general economy will put even greater downward pressure on the price of both online display and search advertising. "Although the economic news cycle is largely negative, we believe the longer-term … [Read more...]