comScore, Inc. released its monthly qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google had a 66.1% share all searches, an increase of 0.7% from August 2010. Yahoo finished second with a 16.7% search share down from 17.4% in August while bing.com held steady with 11.2% Ask.com and Aol.com accounted for the balance of search share. The September 2010 qSearch figures reflect the … [Read more...]
Google Starts Its Own Shortener & Goes With A Hack: Goog.Gl
Google just launched it own Web shortener choosing a domain hack, Goo.gl. Goo.gl was originally a proprietary way for Google to abbreviate its Web addresses within services such as Google News or Google Maps. The new Goo.gl website will abbreviate your links and to share with others. However unlike Godaddy and Twitter which recently launched their shortners with a one letter .Co, … [Read more...]
Autos.com, Loan.com, Gardens.com, DoItYourself.com, Vasectomy.com Among 100+ Sites Sold For $640 Million
TechCrunch is reporting that Internet Brands is being sold for $640 Million dollars. Internet Brands is publicly traded and the price comes to $13.35 a share a premium of 46% off of Friday's closing price. The company owns some great generic domains like those listed above but owns over plenty of domains which have "trademarked" terms in the domain, but they have all been built into … [Read more...]
Wired.com Blasts Demand Media: Whats Hiding In Demand Media’s Finances?
A post by Wired.com, pretty much blasts Demand Media over their S-1 they filed to go public, and previous statements made by co-founder Richard Rosenblatt regarding the profitability of the company: ""Several commentators noted the absence of profits, (in the S-1) which sat oddly with co-founder Richard Rosenblatt’s public pronouncements over the years" "Rosenblatt has been describing … [Read more...]
Google Launches Live Instant Real Time Search: Google Instant
Yesterday we told you Google might have a big announced today at its event, and now comes the official word that Google is rolling out an Instant live-updating search called Google Instant. The update already went into effect an hour before the announcement. When you do a search from Google's home page the search box says: "Welcome to Google Instant," "Feelings of weightlessness and … [Read more...]
Will Google Make A Huge Announcement Tomorrow On Search?
Tomorrow on Wednesday September 8th, Google will be holding a by invitation only event they are calling; an inside look at the evolution of Google search. Some blogs and sites are claiming that BIG changes maybe announced at the event, even looking for a hint of what is to come on Google's home page today, where a bunch of floating colorful dots whirl around the screen to for the word … [Read more...]
MediaPost: Powered By Bing Hitting Yahoo Search Results As Soon As This Week
According to MediaPost, by as early as this week, Yahoo searchers will begin to see "Powered by Bing" at the bottom of results pages. "The organic search transition should take several weeks, estimates Betty Stooksberry, senior director of the search alliance at Yahoo." "Yahoo also will begin testing with a small set of advertiser accounts moving in and serving up paid search ads through … [Read more...]