Ask.com has begun testing a new service that lets users of its search engine submit questions to other Ask.com users According to Doug Leeds, President of Ask.com, the new "Ask the Community" feature allows the search engine to provide specific answers to a greater portion of the search queries it receives, instead of simply displaying links to relevant web pages. The community will vote on … [Read more...]
NameJet.com Starts 1st Public .Co Domain Auction
Namejet.com just announced the ""First Aftermarket names available for Public Auction" "These auctions are going on right now and since they are Public anyone can bid, but hurry they are scheduled to close on Friday July 30th." The list follows, here is the direct link to the domains. Bidding starts at $69. Interestingly all of these domains seems to be owned by one person, so they … [Read more...]
Mike Mann Announces The Sale Of Flying.Co, For $3,500: Is This The 1st Reported Aftermarket .Co Sale After General Registration Opened?
Mike Mann announced the sale of a .Co domain he owned, Flying.co for $3,500 on Facebook. This could be the first reported .Co aftermarket sale since general registration opened for .Co domains last week. We posted last week that Mike Mann has many of the top generic .CO domains for sale listed on his Facebook page. … [Read more...]
Yahoo Japan Switches To Google
Yahoo Japan just signed a deal to use Google's search engine rather than Microsoft's Bing. Daniel Alegre, vice president of Google's Asia Pacific and Japan operations, said in a post on Google Japan blog, "Yahoo Japan will use Google search results and Google's technology for supplying the accompanying search ads. With such partnerships, revenue from the search ads is shared between … [Read more...]
How A Group Buying Site With A Valuation Over $1 Billion, Bought Its Domain for Just $250K: Groupon.com
If your not familiar with Groupon.com, its a group buying site that sends "you coupons, discount and deals" from merchants. Its one of the group buying sites that the domain blog Fusible.com often writes about. TechCrunch.com, back in April of this year declared the company had a valuation of $1.35 Billion dollars. Today a blog, Mixergy.com, published an interview with Andrew Mason of … [Read more...]
WebVisible.com: Average Small Business Spent $2,231 On PPC in Q2 2010
According to a new report by the internet firm WebVisible (www.webvisible.com), says that the average small business advertiser spent $2,231 on search advertising in Q2 2010, up 1.4% from Q1 2010 and 159% over over Q2 2009. The most popular advertiser categories in Q2 2010 were attorneys, general contractors and dentists. Air conditioning contractors, landscapers, and businesses offering … [Read more...]
Google’s Global Search Share Declines
According to research firm Strategy Analytics, Google's share of the global online search market fell to 69.7% in the second quarter from 71.1% in the first quarter. Baidu the largest search engine in China, now has a global share nearly as large as that of Microsoft and Yahoo . The report shows that Baidu's global market share is 4.5% compared to 4.8% for Microsoft and 5.4% for … [Read more...]