Microsoft plans to pay consumers who search and buy products through Microsoft’s Live Search engine. Microsoft’s is going to attempt to lure search users with “cold, hard cash" in Microsoft’s own words. Consumers who use Microsoft to search, buy products, and set up an online account will get a certain percentage of the price of the product sent to them either through a check, direct … [Read more...]
Microsoft: Not interesting in Buying Yahoo
In a report today Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stated that is not looking to bid to buy all of Yahoo Inc. but is in talks about other types of deals. “We are not bidding to buy Yahoo. “Yet, we are trying to have discussions about deals with Yahoo that might create value, but not a whole acquisition of the company,” he said without elaborating further. Microsoft is proposing to buy Yahoo's … [Read more...]
News Corp to Launch online Latin Ad Network
News Corp. is pooling some of its Web sites, including the newly acquired Wall Street Journal properties, to better sell financial ads targeting Latin America. The new "Worthnet.Fox" network, announced Monday, will be anchored by News Corp.'s Fox International Channels. Participants include Web sites for The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and MarketWatch, all of which News Corp. acquired … [Read more...]
Google now Number 1 Site in U.S.
According to a report in the Associated Press, Google for the first time, has passed Yahoo as the most popular Web destination in the U.S., according to research firm comScore Inc. Google U.S. audience grew 18% in April compared with the period a year earlier, to 141.1 million. Yahoo's U.S. audience, grew only 7% to 140.6 million. Microsoft came in third at roughly 121 million. … [Read more...]
Online Retail Sales to Increase by 17% This Year
A study by Forrester Research released today concludes that online retail will increase by 17% this year to $204 billion, with clothing, computers, and cars topping the list of sales categories. "The State of Retailing Online 2008: Marketing Report," is the first of a three-part series of reports based on the study. It forecasts $26.6 billion in clothing sales, $23.9 billion in computer sales, … [Read more...]
Ask.com to become a Women Q & A Site
Ask.com has thrown in the towel in chasing internet search leader Google and instead will focus on a narrower market consisting of married women looking for help managing their lives. Ask.com will lay off about 40 employees, or 8 percent of its work force. According to it's press release, Ask.com will return to its roots by concentrating on finding answers to basic questions of especial … [Read more...]
Google get 66% of all U.S. Internet Searches
In a report released today by Hitwise, Google received 66% of all U.S. Internet searches during the four weeks ended Feb. 23. In the year-ago period, Google received 64% of all U.S. Internet searches. Yahoo received 21% of U.S. Internet searches, Microsoft's MSN Search received 7% and Ask.com received 4% of searches during the period. … [Read more...]