Google reported earnings after the stock market closed and said its 2Q earnings rose more than expected by 19%. However the shares are down over 4% in after hour trading because, Google's Internet ad sales grew at their slowest rate ever during a 2Q, and much of the increased profit was due to cost cutting. For instance, the company trimmed its general and administrative expenses by 23 percent … [Read more...]
New Study: If You Follow The Money, Bing.com Isn’t Gaining
A new report from SearchIgnite, a subsidiary of Innovation Interactive, entitled "Q2 2009 U.S. Search Market Report" says says if you follow the money no more money is being spent by advertisers on Bing then they spent on Live Search. The study concludes that advertisers only spent 6% of their PPC budgets on Bing for the second quarter the same percentage they spent on Live Search. Although … [Read more...]
Blodget: Bing Will Bomb
Henry Blodget, a long time analyst of Internet companies, posted a story on the Silicon Valley Insider, entitled "Bing Will Bomb". Why? First, he said there "isn't a search war between Google and Microsoft. Google won what little skirmish about 5 years ago" Second, he attributes any gain that Bing.com has made to curiosity in reaction to that enormous ad budget Microsoft has for the … [Read more...]
Rosetta Stone Sues Google For Trade Mark Infringement
In a seeming unending daily lawsuit filed against search engines for allowing advertisers to place PPC using others trademark terms, Rosetta Stone filed suit against Google yesterday in the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Virgina. The suit is typical of several others recently filed against Google, click here, here, and here and seek damages based on Google allowing advertisers, … [Read more...]
HitWise: Bing.com Market Share is Up But So Is Google’s
According to research firm HitWise, Bing.com and Google market share increase in June. Microsoft share went from 3.4% in the first week of the month to 6.63% by the end of June. Google accounted for 74% of all U.S. searches conducted for the four weeks ended June 27, up fractionally from May and the prior year's 69%. Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) accounted for 16% in June, down from 20% last year … [Read more...]
Another Day, Another Suit: Yahoo Sued For Trademark Infringement In E-Mail Advertising
Mary Kay cosmetics filed suit yesterday against Yahoo for trademark infringement, for allegedly inserting links to unauthorized retailers, in personal email messages that Mary Kay sellers send to their consumers. "Emails that advertise Mary Kay products are hijacked and manipulated by Yahoo and provide an unfair advantage for the unauthorized re-sellers and other competitors," the company … [Read more...]
Google To Launch It’s Own Operating System To Compete With Windows
Google announced today on its blog that it is developing its own operating system in a direct challenge to Microsoft Windows system. Google said the Google Chrome OS, an extension of it Chrome Web browser, is an open source, lightweight operating system that initially will be targeted at netbooks. The company said later this year it will open-source its code and netbooks running the operating … [Read more...]