I know your thinking this must be the all Google blog this week, but everyday news is coming out on Google and today’s is not good. As we wrote yesterday, Google announced…
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Google Sued For Trademark Infrigement Over Android
In 2002 Erich Specht was granted the a trademark on the term Android to use with his firm Android Data. 2004 Mr. Specht’s company went out of business and he lost his…
Baidu.com Profit Up 23%
Baidu, China’s largest Internet search engine, and a part of our Domain Parking Stock Index, reported a 23.5 % increase in first-quarter net profits. However, Baidu also warned that the global downturn…
Search Engine Accussed of Blocking Natural Search Results Of An Advertiser Who Cut Their PPC Spending
What if a search engine blocked a company who cut back its PPC spending, from appearing in non-paid search results? That is exactly what Renren Information Services is accusing Baidu.com, China’s leading…
Yahoo Shutting Down GeoCities: Another $4.6 Billion Down The Drain
Yahoo announced today that it is shutting down GeoCities, a free service that hosts personal home pages for consumers. Yahoo acquired GeoCities in 1999, in a stock deal valued at roughly $4.6…
Didit.com: Google Widens Its Lead Over Yahoo For Ad Dollars
According to Search Engine Marketing Firm Didit.com, Google share of search dollars spent by all clients of Didit.com keep rising and dollars spent on Yahoo keeps falling. Didit.com which reports 95% of…
Yahoo’s Earnings Down 78%; Gross Down 13%: 5% of Workforce to Get the Axe
Yahoo reported that its gross revenues fell 13% to $1.580 million, compared to the first quarter of 2008 Yahoo also reported, that its first-quarter net income fell to $117.6 million, or 8…