tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145465682011-12-14T18:34:13.105-08:00Unofficial Site for Latest Investing and Stock Offering News.Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.comBlogger1151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1143382215269531712006-03-26T06:08:00.000-08:002006-03-26T06:10:15.283-08:00Google will enter the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index at the end of March, news that lifted the company’s stock on Friday as mutual funds that track the index acquired shares in the Internet search leader.<br><br> <a href="http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060326/business/business3.html">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-114338221526953171?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1142851997370225682006-03-20T02:48:00.000-08:002006-03-20T02:53:17.386-08:00Kinderstart.com, a parental advice site, has filed a lawsuit against Google for unfairly lowering it’s ranking without a reason or warning. They claim that in March of 2005 their site fell in the ranking and as a result had lost 70% of it’s traffic and about 80% decline in revenue. As a result they seek financial damages as well as details about Google’s ranking algorithm.<br> <br> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/17/AR2006031701600.html">Web Site Files Complaint Against Google</a><br> <a href="http://news.tmcnet.com/news/2006/03/19/1471014.htm">Suing Google Over Search Results</a><br> <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30401">Google sued for falling web traffic</a><br> <a href="http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18531501%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html">Google sued over search ranking</a><br> <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/19/1426234">Suing Google Over Pagerank</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-114285199737022568?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1141781862773076142006-03-07T17:29:00.000-08:002006-03-07T17:39:32.593-08:00The Web world was abuzz this week over rumors that Google is preparing a service that will let people store every bit of their data online.<br><br> Details about the <span style="font-style: italic;">GDrive</span> product leaked onto the Web after Google accidentally posted notes online from a slide presentation given by executives during the company's analyst presentation day.<br><br> Bloggers quickly picked up on <a href="http://tomcaster.com/blog/2006/03/03/google-2006-strategy/">the notes</a>, which stated that <blockquote>"<span style="font-style: italic;">with infinite storage, we can house all user files, including e-mails, Web history, pictures, bookmarks, etc., and make it accessible from anywhere (any device, any platform, etc.).</span>"</blockquote>Garett Rogers from <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/index.php?p=121">ZDNet</a> writes: <blockquote>"<span style="font-style: italic;">The GDrive service will provide anyone (who trusts Google with their data) a universally accessible network share that spans across computers, operating systems and even devices.</span>"</blockquote><br>Google subsequently took the original presentation, and the notes, <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1934899,00.asp">offline</a>.<br><br> <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/06/google-drive-what-we-know-so-far/">Google Drive: What we know so far</a><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4782108.stm">Google 'planning total storage'</a><br> <a href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2006-03-07T080717Z_01_N07296137_RTRIDST_0_OUKIN-UK-GOOGLE-STORAGE.XML">Google lets slip talk of online storage service</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-114178186277307614?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1141043558587388852006-02-27T04:23:00.000-08:002006-02-27T04:32:38.706-08:00In officially becoming Ask.com, the former Ask Jeeves search site has today unveiled its new main page, featuring a new logo, a simplified interface and new tools including enhanced maps and driving directions, encyclopedia search and web-based desktop search.<br><br> Ask.com is minimal in design, with the red logo against a white background, the search box and a new customisable "toolbox" with shortcuts to 10 default search tools including maps, images, weather, dictionary and local search.<br><br> <a href="http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3587686">Ask Looses Jeeves, Gains New Features</a><br> <a href="http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39156782,00.htm">Ask does a Google</a><br> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-02-27-askdotcom-makeover_x.htm?POE=TECISVA">Ask.com shows Jeeves the door</a><br><br> In addition to a new site, Ask.com is actually gaining market share, not just rising with the tide. But is Google (GOOG) losing market share, or is Ask.com stealing it from other competitors such as MSN?<br><br> Also on the horizon is the 2007 expiration of the company’s deal with Google, which handles the advertising links on Ask’s search pages. After AOL.com, Ask is the largest contributor to Google’s ad network; some analysts think Ask will be positioned to create a lucrative bidding war for its traffic among Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft. It’s also announced plans to develop its own advertising network.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-114104355858738885?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1141004537058444852006-02-26T17:41:00.000-08:002006-02-26T17:42:17.080-08:00Google has added another service to its portfolio of online offerings with the launch this week of Page Creator, a free tool for creating personal Web sites.<br> Over the past several years, Google has rolled out several online tools, but Page Creator represents the company's first foray into the world of Web hosting.<br><br><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=180207167">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-114100453705844485?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1140610861843939672006-02-22T04:18:00.000-08:002006-02-22T04:21:01.856-08:00A federal court judge has concluded that an image search service run by Google Inc. infringes on the copyrights of adult entertainment company Perfect 10 Inc. by displaying small versions of its images in search results.<br> <blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>"<span style="font-style: italic;">The judge ruled that because Google receives advertising money from offering search functions, it is not entitled to the same level of free use of the images as other entities would be.</span>"</blockquote><br><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/22/google_imperfect10/">Google Perfect 10 thumbnails 'breach copyright'</a><br> <a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/02/22/0437230.shtml">Partial Victory for Perfect 10?</a><br> <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29836">Google oogling Perfect 10</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-114061086184393967?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1140016446559217482006-02-15T07:12:00.000-08:002006-02-15T07:14:06.570-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/282/1320/1600/goog.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/282/1320/320/goog.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-114001644655921748?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1139844440157959152006-02-13T07:24:00.000-08:002006-02-13T07:27:22.396-08:00Use google to send [SMS] text messages:<br> <a href="http://toolbar.google.com/send/sms/index.php">http://toolbar.google.com/send/sms/index.php</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113984444015795915?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1138815883270139182006-02-01T09:31:00.000-08:002006-02-01T09:45:41.063-08:00<img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left;" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/047174753X.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> Seems like all kinds of books are coming out about how to <a href="http://goog-ipo.blogspot.com/2005/12/adsense-section-targeting-how-to-make.html">make money</a> off your website. Most have to do with Google AdSense and are repeats of what made it to market first. JD Frazer's (the cartoonist behind the tech cartoon User Friendly) book stands far above that stack. His book is an easy read, but don't let that fool you. It is crammed full of helpful advice and useful information that you can put to good use immediately upon closing the cover. <br><br> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/047174753X/ref=nosim/legiooftechcompu/">Money For Content and Your Clicks For Free : Turning Web Sites, Blogs, and Podcasts Into Cash.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113881588327013918?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1138541893739019592006-01-29T05:34:00.000-08:002006-01-29T05:38:13.783-08:00Google, the company, which last week said it would self-censor its Chinese search engine to appease the country's government, is to lead industry opposition to new proposals from the European Commission to regulate online content.<br><br><a href="http://money.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/01/29/cngoog29.xml">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113854189373901959?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1138491525514527132006-01-28T15:32:00.000-08:002006-01-28T15:38:45.536-08:00When you make somebody sign up for the AdSense program, you get paid $100 as soon as that referred advertiser makes $100. But wait. Google just added a footnote on the bottom of the AdSense referral page:<br> <blockquote><span style="font-style:italic;">"An AdSense referral is counted when a publisher, who has never previously enrolled in AdSense, creates an account and earns at least $100.00 within 90 days of sign-up."</span></blockquote> <br><a href="http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-01-28-n18.html">AdSense Referrals Paid Only Within 90 Days</a><br><a href="http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum89/11754.htm">Webmasterworld.com: AdSense referrals changed...</a><br><a href="http://www.jensense.com/archives/2006/01/adsense_silentl.html">AdSense silently adds a 90-day time limit</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113849152551452713?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1138111156071983862006-01-24T05:56:00.000-08:002006-01-24T05:59:16.086-08:00Does Google have an Achilles heel?<br><br>Based on recent events, you have to wonder. Its stock price reached $475 after two significant announcements (<a href="http://goog-ipo.blogspot.com/2006/01/google-video.html">Google Video Store</a> and Google Pack) at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month. Then, just 10 days later, Google announced the $102 million purchase of dMarc Broadcasting, which develops an online system for advertisers to buy radio airtime. Google said it plans to move its advertising juggernaut into radio.<br><br><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177103024">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113811115607198386?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1136994627027828632006-01-11T07:50:00.000-08:002006-01-11T07:50:27.113-08:00Google Video is a new service that allows users to buy videos from major content partners through Google's Web site. Hopes were high, but now critics are wondering: "<span style="font-style: italic;">has Google lost its mojo?</span>"<br><br> <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060110/0155247_F.shtml">We Sat Around Waiting For Google Video And All We Got Was This?</a><br> <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1909795,00.asp">Is Google's Tech Heading Downhill?</a><br> <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060106/1634220_F.shtml">Google's Copy Protection.</a><br> <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1908437,00.asp">Google to Offer Video Downloads, Software Pack.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113699462702782863?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1136994137325953462006-01-11T07:40:00.000-08:002006-01-11T07:42:17.586-08:00Google has released a beta of the Mac version of its standalone satellite imagery and mapping application, <a href="http://earth.google.com/downloads.html">Google Earth</a>. <br><br>The Mac version offers the same features as its PC equivalent, such as animated driving directions, zoom in and out capabilities and 3D buildings view, and more.<br><br><a href="http://www.kraneland.com/2006/01/calling-all-mac-users.html">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113699413732595346?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1135948405571094962005-12-30T05:03:00.000-08:002005-12-30T05:13:36.773-08:00Rates Technology Inc (RTI) has brought a case against Google for patent infringement over the voice-over-Internet portion of its Google Talk instant messaging and voice chat program. The patent-holding company claims that two of its patents, dating back to 1991 and 1995, have been infringed. Both relate to technology designed to minimising the cost of calls over the internet.<br><br>RTI has demanded damages and court costs, and an injunction to prevent Google using the technology.<br><br>A Google spokesman said: "<span style="font-style:italic;">We believe the lawsuit is without merit and we will defend against it vigorously.</span>"<br><br>RTI has sued Nortel, Sharp and others over patents it holds and has gone to court more than 25 times in the last 15 years to defend them. It generally asks for a one-off payment to go away.<br><br>Google’s recent deal to buy a 5 per cent stake in AOL for $1 billion could help it sidestep the litigation. Under the terms of the AOL deal, Google Talk users will be able to talk to users of AOL’s TotalTalk system. Analysts noted that Google may also be able to licence AOL’s VoIP technology. However, the case will still be an unwelcome distraction for Google. <br><br> <a href="http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=13937&cid=3&cname=Technology">Patent troll bites Google</a><br> <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28597">Google sued for talking</a><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113594840557109496?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1133967466401295762005-12-07T06:57:00.000-08:002005-12-11T05:33:24.703-08:00Right now, it seems Google can do no wrong. One analyst recently broke away from the pack to declare that its stock will hit $500 over the next 12 months. I wouldn't buy Google at $500, but I wouldn't short it at $500 either. So what's an investor to do?<br><br><a href="http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2005/commentary05120607.htm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113396746640129576?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1133967002140384742005-12-07T06:50:00.000-08:002005-12-11T05:32:46.466-08:00If you have been disappointed with the results and profits turned up by having integrated Google AdSense ads within your web site or blog, do not despair. Getting AdSense to work is never been an easy trick, unless you fully understood the mechanism governing both the ad delivery as well as those influencing the end user decision to click on them. But something truly revolutionary makes managing... <br><br><a href="http://www.masternewmedia.org/AdSense_features/AdSense_section_targeting/Generate_relevant_Adsense_ads_with_section_targeting_20051206.htm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113396700214038474?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1133966862025831832005-12-07T06:47:00.000-08:002005-12-11T05:31:57.356-08:00While AdSense makes it easy to monetize a Webpage or a weblog, are Webmasters selling themselves short by putting their prime real estate on sale for a fraction of its worth? Google has the luxury of exploiting not only their own effectiveness and reach, but also the ignorance of the online marketer. Sometimes, a well-crafted in-house campaign is nothing short of a Stuart Smalley proclamation of... <br><br><a href="http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/searchinsider/wpn-49-20051206HowAdSenseLowersSiteSelfEsteem.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113396686202583183?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1133874369436086142005-12-06T05:04:00.000-08:002005-12-06T05:06:09.646-08:00Ryan McGeehan tried to find out who provides the antivirus software Google uses to check its Gmail emails... and thinks it’s likely to be Sophos.<br><br><a href="http://thebillygoatcurse.com/37/">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113387436943608614?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1133543502560446352005-12-02T09:11:00.000-08:002005-12-03T03:14:12.793-08:00Stanford University has made $336 million on the sale of its stock holdings in Google Inc., the Internet search engine giant created by 2 of the university's graduate students.<br><br><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/12/01/financial/f075322S13.DTL" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113354350256044635?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1133539785877284462005-12-02T08:09:00.000-08:002005-12-03T03:13:12.553-08:00U.S. stocks are trading higher Wednesday despite the second broker downgrade of Internet search engine Yahoo Inc. this week.</p><p>The Dow Jones industrial average is up 6.48 points, the S&P 500 is ahead 0.60 of a point and the Nasdaq 100 is up 0.15 of a point.<pre></pre><p>On Tuesday, markets couldn't hold onto early gains, with the Dow falling 2.6 points to 10,888, the Nasdaq Composite losing 6.7 points at 2,232 and the S&P 500 ended up 0.02 of a point at 1,257. Markets also fell on Monday after a strong holiday-shortened Thanksgiving week.</p><br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1358312" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113353978587728446?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1132662992683028762005-11-22T02:34:00.000-08:002005-11-22T04:36:32.880-08:00"<span style="font-style:italic;">Google Base arrived recently, sharing the same domain as gmail, so cross site security holes in Google Base will allow access to all the gmail emails, as well as XSS phishing attacks using the google brand. Of course as you would expect for a new product from a major internet company, there’d obviously been no security testing and there were trivially obvious XSS holes in it.</span>"<br><br><a href="http://jibbering.com/blog/?p=187">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113266299268302876?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1132621331539668292005-11-21T16:59:00.000-08:002005-11-21T17:02:11.726-08:00<a href="http://fusion.google.com/add?feedurl=http://feeds.feedburner.com/GoogleIpo"><img src="http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif" border="0"></a><br><br>If you have this button on your blog, you allow Google Reader users to easily subscribe to your RSS or Atom feed.<br><br><a href="http://www.google.com/webmasters/addfeed.html">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113262133153966829?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1131802754970416772005-11-12T05:39:00.000-08:002005-11-13T13:22:34.160-08:00<p>Internet media firm Yahoo has said it has pulled out of talks to buy a stake in Time Warner's internet unit AOL. </p><p> The move came after Yahoo chief executive Terry Semel met Time Warner executives in October, Yahoo said. </p><p> "<span style="font-style:italic;">After we learned what their proposed deal terms were we passed and we've never looked back</span>," a Yahoo spokeswoman told the Reuters news agency. </p><p> The withdrawal of Yahoo leaves Google and Microsoft as the two favourites to do a deal with AOL. </p><br><br><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4426518.stm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113180275497041677?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1131586586815903292005-11-09T17:36:00.000-08:002005-11-13T13:21:32.133-08:00<p>Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told shareholders Wednesday that the software behemoth measures its success by its products, not its share price.</p><p>"<span style="font-style:italic;">We have never really used the stock market itself as a barometer of our success</span>," Ballmer said at the Redmond company's annual shareholder meeting in Bellevue, a Seattle suburb.</p><p>Microsoft shares have been trading at about the same level for several years.</p><br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1296343" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113158658681590329?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1131583621333140122005-11-09T16:47:00.000-08:002005-11-13T13:20:38.323-08:00<p>The entrepreneur who runs Yahoo Inc.'s China-based Web portal has announced a new strategy based on promoting the site as a search engine, saying he's ready to spend heavily in a battle with Chinese-language search leader Baidu.com.</p><p>Wednesday's announce<span>me</span>nt by Jack Ma, chief executive officer of Alibaba.com, highlighted the intense rivalry in China's market of more than 100 million Internet users.</p><p>Alibaba took control of Yahoo's China sites in a deal in August, in which Yahoo bought 40 percent of the Chinese company.</p><br><br><a href="http://search-engine-spy.blogspot.com/2005/11/yahoo-in-china-to-promote-search.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113158362133314012?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1131554272972267722005-11-09T08:36:00.000-08:002005-11-09T08:37:53.136-08:00The UMP, the political party of French interior Minister, Nicholas Sarkozy, has turned to Google Ads to drive support for a petition to support his tough stance against the riots in Paris. Enter a term associated with the riots, like <span style="font-style:italic;">Banlieue</span> (suburbs), and you can see it for yourself at this moment.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113155427297226772?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1131196210483079572005-11-05T05:10:00.000-08:002005-11-09T05:02:19.663-08:00"<span style="font-style:italic;">She never mentions the word addiction in certain company</span>," or so the song goes, but Garett Rogers has learned that sometimes, addiction is good, especially if it's to a certain company. After maintaining an investigative weblog devoted entirely to all things Google, Garett landed himself a job.<br><br><a href="http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/searchinsider/wpn-49-20051104BeingAGoogleAddictCanBeGood.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113119621048307957?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1131195568046739192005-11-05T04:59:00.000-08:002005-11-09T04:52:35.886-08:00A new Google AdSense feature was announced today that allows website operators to place referral buttons on their sites for AdSense or the Firefox Web browser browser with the Google Toolbar.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113119556804673919?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1131193007832354722005-11-05T04:16:00.000-08:002005-11-09T04:51:33.326-08:00A rather interesting discussion is blooming at Webmaster World about locally targeted search advertising via Google AdWords and Yahoo Search Marketing. Both Google and Yahoo offer a form of locally targeted advertising. Google's is more precise with regional search term targeting while Yahoo offers ...<br><br><a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=2460" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113119300783235472?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1131191546375252722005-11-05T03:52:00.000-08:002005-11-05T03:52:26.413-08:00<h3 class="post-title">Why didn't I buy Google stock?</h3><div class="blogPost">Why didn't I invest in Google? When the Internet-search company announced in the spring of 2004 that it would sell shares to the public, I warned that the stock could be pretty risky. Two months later, Google said each share could be priced as high as $135. I said that was too high.<br><br><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/miamiherald/business/personal_finance/13026860.htm?source=rss&channel=miamiherald_personal_finance" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113119154637525272?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1130520332566719712005-10-28T10:25:00.000-07:002005-11-03T09:57:21.260-08:00<h3 class="post-title">Chitika eMiniMalls Google Listing an Affiliate Link</h3><div class="blogPost">Heard of Chitika eMiniMalls yet? Well they are one of the hottest forms of contextual advertising since AdSense or Y!PN and have stormed various blogs and publisher sites as an alternate form of garnering high click thru rates and high PPC's. The interactive ads ...<br><br><a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=2408" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113052033256671971?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1130436730758948202005-10-27T11:07:00.000-07:002005-10-27T11:12:10.846-07:00Google plans to crush EBay... or so it seems.<br><br> Google watchers were agog when a new service from the world's biggest search engine briefly made an appearance and then disappeared again. The service called Google Base appeared to be a classified advertising service that would allow users to post their items for sale.<br><br>The page itself explained that Google Base allows users to 'add all types of content.'. it also says it will host the content and make it searchable online for free.<br><br><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,123256,00.asp">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113043673075894820?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1130431804839618922005-10-27T09:50:00.000-07:002005-10-27T10:16:19.633-07:00The head of the software giant told the BBC that its ambition is to be bigger than Google in search. <br><br> He said that competition had ultimately been good for web users because it had pushed search technology. This meant search would be "far better" in a year. <br><br> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4382112.stm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113043180483961892?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1130334012684946472005-10-26T06:40:00.000-07:002005-10-26T06:40:12.726-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Microsoft joins book search plan</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>Microsoft has joined a Yahoo-backed effort to digitise the world's books and other works to make them searchable and accessible to anyone online. </p><p> The software giant said it would work with the Open Content Alliance , set up by the Internet Archive, to initially put 150,000 works online. </p><p> The move comes as Google faces growing legal pressure from publishers over its own global digital library plans. </p><br><br><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4377984.stm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113033401268494647?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1130160003608996752005-10-24T06:20:00.000-07:002005-10-24T06:20:04.843-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google announces 3rd quarter results</h3><div class="blogPost">It's all good news. In fact, it's great news for stockholders. Google issued its third-quarter results last week to the delight of stockholders. The company announced third-quarter revenue of US$1.578 billion, a 96% increase compared to the same quarter last year.<br><br><a href="http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2005Oct/gee20051024032870.htm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113016000360899675?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1130095274300665012005-10-23T14:20:00.000-07:002005-10-23T12:21:14.306-07:00<ul><li><a href="http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com/">AdWords API</a></li><li><a href="http://buzz.blogger.com/">Blogger Buzz</a></li><li><a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/">Google Blog</a></li><li><a href="http://googlekoreablog.blogspot.com/">Google Blog Korea</a></li><li><a href="http://code.google.com/">Google Code</a></li><li><a href="http://googlereader.blogspot.com/">Google Reader Blog</a></li><li><a href="http://adsense.blogspot.com/">Inside AdSense</a></li><li><a href="http://adwords.blogspot.com/">Inside AdWords</a></li><li><a href="http://sitemaps.blogspot.com/">Inside Google Sitemaps</a></li> </ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113009527430066501?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1130097711463204522005-10-23T13:01:00.000-07:002005-10-23T13:01:51.466-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google's 'Sea-Change' Sets Stock Sailing</h3><div class="blogPost">Google Inc. shares rocketed to an all-time high as an impressive round of quarterly results appeared to win over skeptics worried that the Web search company was more bark than bite.<br><br><a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1875878,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-113009771146320452?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1129981587091985032005-10-22T04:46:00.000-07:002005-10-22T04:46:31.293-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google's Stock Scales New Heights</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>Google Inc.'s market value briefly surpassed $100 billion for the first time Friday, its stock scaling new heights after an earnings and revenue spike that astonished investors.</p><p>The online search leader's shares traded as high as $346.43 on the Nasdaq Stock Market before backtracking as the day progressed. The shares gained $36.70, or 12.1 percent, to close at $339.90.<br /><br />The slight retreat left Google's market value $98 billion after just 7 years in business. That was nearly $20 billion above the market value of Hewlett Packard Co. a Silicon Valley pioneer founded 66 years ago.</p><br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1239363" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112998158709198503?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1129891429459653422005-10-21T03:43:00.000-07:002005-10-21T03:43:49.486-07:00<h3 class="post-title">InventoryWords Brings Inventory-driven AdWords Advertising to X-Cart</h3><div class="blogPost">Mirchev Ideas today announced the launch of InventoryWords for X-Cart, an add-on module that binds the X-Cart e-commerce software to Google';s PPC program AdWords. InventoryWords enables all-size online shops with X-Cart shopping cart to have inventory-driven AdWords ads. Please visit inventorywords.com [PRWEB Oct 21, 2005]<br><br><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/10/prweb300182.htm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112989142945965342?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1129813051792039452005-10-20T05:57:00.000-07:002005-10-20T05:57:31.796-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Splog Fraud Is A Big Problem For Google</h3><div class="blogPost">Since the advent of Google's AdWords grassroots distribution program, AdSense, several webmasters have built businesses out of taking content off of other people's websites and using that content to build pages designed specifically to attract ad-clicks. These sites only exist to game Google in 1 way or another, mostly for money but also for increased search rankings or as a means of <br><br><a href="http://www.isedb.com/db/articles/1284/1/Splog-Fraud-Is-A-Big-Problem-For-Google" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112981305179203945?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1129811773111559012005-10-20T05:36:00.000-07:002005-10-20T05:36:13.136-07:00<h3 class="post-title">IIIR seeks Gmail compensation from Google</h3><div class="blogPost">Google could be forced to give up its Gmail brand across Europe after voluntarily dropping it in the UK following a trademark dispute with Independent International Investment Research , the quoted financial information service.<br><br><a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article320835.ece" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112981177311155901?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1129739806068959422005-10-19T09:36:00.000-07:002005-10-19T09:36:46.096-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Yahoo Shares Post Gains in Early Trading</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>Yahoo Inc. shares rose 3.5 percent in early trading Wednesday, a day after reporting third-quarter earnings and revenue that surpassed Wall Street's expectations.</p><p>Yahoo shares rose $1.18 to $34.88 in morning trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market. That is about midway between their 52-week range of $30.30 to $39.79.<br><br>The Internet icon reported its earnings for the July-September period after the markets closed Tuesday, and while its profit keeps rising, it still can't seem to grow fast enough to keep pace with online search engine leader Google Inc.</p><br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1229296" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112973980606895942?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1129721624617336382005-10-19T04:33:00.000-07:002005-10-19T04:33:44.643-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google drops Gmail address in UK</h3><div class="blogPost"><p> Following a trademark dispute the mail account will be renamed Googlemail. <br><br> London-based Independent International Investment Research says it started using the Gmail name for a web-mail application 2 years before Google. <br><br> Current UK users of Google's service will be unaffected, but a separate trademark dispute forced Google to drop the Gmail name in Germany in May. </p><br><br><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4354954.stm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112972162461733638?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1129078297808028722005-10-11T17:51:00.000-07:002005-10-11T17:51:37.836-07:00<h3 class="post-title">TMO Reports - Apple Modifies Google AdWord Policy</h3><div class="blogPost">Apple has loosened its policy on the keywords companies can use when advertising Macintosh and iPod related products and services through Google. TidBITS editor Adams Engst notes in the follow up to his advertising problems that both &quot;Mac&quot; and &quot;Macintosh&quot; are now acceptable AdWords again <br><br><a href="http://www.macobserver.com/article/2005/10/11.3.shtml" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112907829780802872?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1128987972055707402005-10-10T16:46:00.000-07:002005-10-10T16:46:15.620-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Mystery surrounds Google</h3><div class="blogPost"> Google has expanded so fast, into so many different areas, that competitors, stock analysts and other industry watchers are puzzling over just what it is up to. The focus is due to Google's rapid growth, its emergence as a Wall Street darling and the changing face of the Internet.<br><br><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20051010/tc_usatoday/mysterysurroundsgoogle" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112898797205570740?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1128262113481418152005-10-02T07:08:00.000-07:002005-10-02T07:08:33.496-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google Bids to Provide WiFi in San Fran</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>Google Inc. wants to connect all of San Francisco to the Internet with a free wireless service, creating a springboard for the online search engine leader to leap into the telecommunications industry.</p><p>The Mountain View, Calif.-based company filed an application late Friday to provide wireless, or "WiFi," service that would enable anyone in San Francisco to connect to the Internet.</p><p>Google submitted its 100-page bid in response to a request from Mayor Gavin Newsom, who is looking for a company to finance a free wireless network to lower the financial barriers to Internet access in his city.</p><br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1176572" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112826211348141815?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1128176586880361612005-10-01T07:23:00.000-07:002005-10-01T07:23:06.896-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google AdSense Electronic Funds Transfer Out Of Beta</h3><div class="blogPost">Google AdSense Electronic Funds Transfer Out Of Beta Google AdSense has taken its Electronic Funds Transfer system out of beta after months of testing and is offering wire deposits to bank accounts of AdSense publishers in 16 different countries. For international AdSense publishers, the Google EFT system is a fiscal need ...<br><br><a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=2275" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112817658688036161?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1128028296926772472005-09-29T14:11:00.000-07:002005-09-29T14:11:36.926-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Making Money From Blog Archives</h3><div class="blogPost">There is money to be made from blogs using services such as Google AdSense, but how long can your blog posts continue to make money for you after publication? Tristan Louis of TNL.net detailed how blog archives can continue to be profitable over time, if people can find your pages through search engines. Bloggers can make money in the long term if they include the right titles and key words in<br><br><a href="http://www.masternewmedia.org/making_money_with_blogs/blogs_money_making_strategies/articles_archives_as_a_revenue_resource_20050929.htm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112802829692677247?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1128027990166645682005-09-29T14:06:00.000-07:002005-09-29T14:06:30.170-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Is AdSense Filtering A Good Idea?</h3><div class="blogPost">With Google's AdSense program, site owners and bloggers are given the option of filtering and blocking advertisements that don't fit in with their site, either because they are from competition, are unrelated to the site content, or have a low payout. Google insists that webmasters are financially better off blocking ads as little as possible, an assertion many disagree with.<br><br><a href="http://www.webpronews.com/insidesearch/insidesearch/wpn-56-20050928IsAdSenseFilteringAGoodIdea.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112802799016664568?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1128027917081517182005-09-29T14:05:00.000-07:002005-09-29T14:05:17.086-07:00<h3 class="post-title">The Most Fraudulently Used Google Adsense Keyword</h3><div class="blogPost">Today you see Google Adsense ads on almost every other website on the Internet. These websites do this to generate revenue from these Google Adsense ads to support themselves and hopefully make some profit. The problem arises when a website's owner creates fraudulent clicks for the sole purpose of generating Google Adsense revenue. That is to say they manually click on the links themselves, or<br><br><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/9/prweb288062.htm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112802791708151718?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1128027761150841872005-09-29T14:02:00.000-07:002005-09-29T14:02:41.153-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Traffic Junction Releases New Affiliate-Targeted PPC Management Tool - TJ Optimiser</h3><div class="blogPost">Traffic Junction releases new affiliate-targeted PPC management tool which allows affiliates to manage ads and monitor spend on Google Adwords, track returns from multiple affiliate networks and automatically maximise profit. Traffic Junction are inviting publishers/affiliates to participate in testing the beta version of their product. [PRWEB Sep 28, 2005]<br><br><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/9/prweb289953.htm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112802776115084187?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1128027685550226452005-09-29T14:01:00.000-07:002005-09-29T14:01:25.556-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google Optimizing Ad Sales, Creatives and Landing Pages</h3><div class="blogPost">Google Optimizing Ad Sales, Creatives and Landing Pages Google is taking steps with its AdWords and AdSense programs to assist advertisers in launching site targeted campaigns, help publishers sell those advertising spaces, and even optimize the advertising creatives and landing pages for the advertiser. This direction will be intended to smooth ...<br><br><a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=2274" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112802768555022645?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1128027611850959692005-09-29T14:00:00.000-07:002005-09-29T14:00:11.873-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google AdWords Customers Change Login to Google Accounts</h3><div class="blogPost">Google AdWords Customers Change Login to Google Accounts Smart? Annoyance? Privacy Issues? Easier Management? Just like Orkut, Google AdWords accounts will be migrated into the Google Accounts username/password system. Why are they doing this? Most probably for consolidation, integration and flexibility for its current programs and future developments. Next time you ...<br><br><a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=2265" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112802761185095969?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1127843373685738862005-09-27T10:49:00.000-07:002005-09-27T10:49:33.713-07:00<h3 class="post-title">AdWords Experiment Gone Wrong?</h3><div class="blogPost">This seems suspect for a number of reasons, but it's interesting to think about so we'll let the reader decide. Widely read PBS tech-author, Robert X. Cringely, outlines an experiment (one experiment, one reader, one website) that concludes Google AdWords punishes advertisers for dropping keyword bid amounts. But many remain unconvinced.<br><br><a href="http://www.webpronews.com/insidesearch/insidesearch/wpn-56-20050927AdWordsExperimentGoneWrong.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112784337368573886?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1127236130148611322005-09-20T10:08:00.000-07:002005-09-20T10:08:50.166-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google Nets $4 Billion in Stock Sale</h3><div class="blogPost">Google's follow-on offering last Wednesday, in which shares were priced at $295 each, was completed less than 1 month after the Web search giant filed to sell 14.159 million shares, a number that matches the digits of the mathematical term pi with the initial 3 removed.<br><br><a href="http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/46239.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112723613014861132?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1125691767405653452005-09-02T13:09:00.000-07:002005-09-02T13:09:27.410-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Flickr fans have Yahoo fear eased</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>The team behind the successful online photo sharing community site, Flickr, has moved to soothe fears over changes to member accounts. </p><p> A protest group was set up within the community after it was announced that that from sometime in 2006, users will need a Yahoo account to login. </p><br><br><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4201438.stm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112569176740565345?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1125680621726060152005-09-02T10:03:00.000-07:002005-09-02T10:03:41.760-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Changing Target URLs in Google AdWords Can Hurt Campaign</h3><div class="blogPost">Changing Target URLs in Google AdWords Can Hurt Campaign Changing the target URLs of your ads within your AdWords campaigns can really take a toll on your earned rankings within AdWords. As we all know, Google uses a ranking algorithm within its paid listing program which looks at both CPC and ...<br><br><a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=2136" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112568062172606015?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1125338653835447382005-08-29T11:04:00.000-07:002005-08-29T11:04:13.853-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google Anything, so Long as It's Not Google</h3><div class="blogPost">IF you were Google's C.E.O., wouldn't you Google yourself? At least once? Would you be surprised to discover that your recent stock sales, net worth, hobbies and contributions to various political candidates are online and easily reached with a click or two?<br><br><a href="http://www.gadsdentimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050828/ZNYT05/508280347/0/FRONTPAGE" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112533865383544738?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1125151125349437212005-08-27T06:58:00.000-07:002005-08-27T06:58:45.363-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google AdSense Ad Links Reviewed</h3><div class="blogPost">Google AdSense Ad Links Reviewed Google AdSense released Ad Links on June 09, 2005 and publishers had plenty of time to test them out. A thread at WebmasterWorld named AdLinks bringing most of the revenue? Can anyone confirm? shows how for some it does well, and for others, it does not ...<br><br><a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=2127" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112515112534943721?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1124897786695903692005-08-24T08:36:00.000-07:002005-08-24T08:36:26.716-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google Revamps Desktop Search Program</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>Google Inc. updated its software for searching PC hard drives and the Internet, giving the free program a new look and adding tools that deliver personalized information based on a user's Web surfing habits.</p><p>Google Desktop 2, available Monday as a public beta test, is the company's latest volley against Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. as all 3 race to expand their presence on PC desktops.<br /><br />The latest Google offering includes several twists. Beyond providing search results, it monitors the user's behavior and presents relevant information in a resizable and moveable vertical window called the Sidebar.</p><br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Business/wireStory?id=1059887" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112489778669590369?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1124379571736736342005-08-18T08:39:00.000-07:002005-08-18T08:39:31.753-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google Files to Sell 14.2 Million Shares</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>Google Inc. on Thursday said it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 14.2 million shares of class A common stock, an offering worth more than $4 billion at Wednesday's closing stock price.</p><p>Shares of Google, which have more than tripled since going public a year ago, closed Wednesday at $285.10 on the Nasdaq Stock Market, giving the offering an estimated value of $4.04 billion.</p><p>In pre-market trading, Google shares slipped $9.10, or 3.2 percent, to $276. The stock made its trading debut at $85 on Aug. 19 last year, and climbed as high as $317.80 in mid-July.</p><br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1048010" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112437957173673634?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1124215108338409562005-08-16T10:58:00.000-07:002005-08-16T10:58:28.350-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google AdWords Testing Bid Price Structure Changes</h3><div class="blogPost">Google AdWords Testing Bid Price Structure Changes Google is making some changes in pricing of the AdWords program and currently testing them in the AdWords interface according to a Webmaster World discussion. In the discussion, dubbed Google AdWords Pricing Change Goes Into Affect, AdWordsAdvisor confirms the testing. Honestly, ...<br><br><a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=2074" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112421510833840956?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1123812863962142052005-08-11T19:14:00.000-07:002005-08-11T19:14:23.966-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google Taps 3 Chinese Firms to Sell Ads</h3><div class="blogPost">Google's move comes on the heels of the wildly successful initial public offering of Baidu, Google's top competition in the nascent but highly promising Chinese market. It also follows a flurry of activity by U.S. Internet companies to grab or strengthen footholds in the country, including promises of big investments by eBay.<br><br><a href="http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/45402.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112381286396214205?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1123809834072956452005-08-11T18:23:00.000-07:002005-08-11T18:23:54.076-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google picks 3 Chinese firms to sell ads</h3><div class="blogPost">Google stepped up the pace of its expansion in China and competition with new stock-market star Baidu.com Inc. by tapping three Chinese companies to sell advertisements for its China site.<br><br><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2005-08-11-google-china_x.htm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112380983407295645?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1123809742252086122005-08-11T18:22:00.000-07:002005-08-11T18:22:22.266-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google taps 3 Chinese firms to sell ads</h3><div class="blogPost">Google Inc. stepped up the pace of its expansion in China and competition with new stock-market star Baidu.com Inc. by tapping 3 Chinese companies to sell advertisements for its China site. The step suggests Google feels it needs local players to help it effectively penetrate the market.<br><br><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-08-11-google-china_x.htm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112380974225208612?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1123629706267075652005-08-09T16:21:00.000-07:002005-08-09T16:21:46.276-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Suit Accuses Google of Overbilling AdWords Clients</h3><div class="blogPost">Two advertisers have filed a lawsuit against Google, saying the search giant did not live up to its promise to cap the amount of charges advertisers could incur in any given day. The suit was filed in the Superior Court of California in Santa Clara County and seeks class action status.<br><br><a href="http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/45339.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112362970626707565?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1123545361317223342005-08-08T16:56:00.000-07:002005-08-08T16:56:01.326-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google Snubs Tech News Outlet CNET</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>Google Inc. is refusing to speak with reporters at CNET's online news site after it ran a story that used Google's chief executive to illustrate how easily the company's search engine finds personal information.</p><p>Google told News.com, the online tech news service of CNET Networks Inc., last week that it would not speak to any of its reporters for a year, according to News.com's editor.</p><p>Google was angered by a story last month that focused on potential threats the search engine leader's product poses to personal privacy, said Jai Singh, the News.com editor-in-chief.</p><br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1020351" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112354536131722334?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1123464700344969832005-08-07T18:31:00.000-07:002005-08-07T18:31:40.356-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Baidu soars in Nasdaq debut</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>The shares of China's largest Web search company, Baidu.com Inc. surged more than 354 percent in its U.S. debut Friday, the biggest daily gain by a newcomer to the market in 5 years.</p><p>The Beijing-based company late Thursday priced an initial public offering of its American depositary shares at $27 each, having raised its price range to $23 to $25 per ADS from $19 to $21 as its offer generated strong investor interest.</p><p>Baidu.com shares soared as soon as its shares began trading on Nasdaq on Friday morning, hitting an intraday high of $151.21. The company trades under the symbol &quot;BIDU.&quot;</p><br><br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/08/07/china.baidu.reut/index.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112346470034496983?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1123266813596651982005-08-05T11:33:00.000-07:002005-08-05T11:33:33.616-07:00<h3 class="post-title">AOL Buys Online Storage Company</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>America Online Inc. said Thursday it has bought the online storage company Xdrive Inc. to meet the growing needs of consumers with rapidly expanding collections of digital music, photos and other files.</p><p>AOL did not disclose financial terms but said it would operate Xdrive as a wholly owned subsidiary and continue to sell storage and backup services through Xdrive.com.</p><p>Xdrive's 34 employees have moved to an existing AOL building in Santa Monica, Calif., the company's current headquarters.</p><br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1009372" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112326681359665198?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1122893625079429952005-08-01T03:53:00.000-07:002005-08-01T03:53:45.083-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Search Engine Guide: Search Engine Advertising After Google and Yahoo</h3><div class="blogPost">You like the traffic you re getting from Google and Yahoo, but you would like to see more. Where do you go? The second-tier pay-per-click search engine industry has gotten its share of attention from the public markets and from private investors lately, and for a reason.<br><br><a href="http://www.dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=33510" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112289362507942995?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1122849841800073452005-07-31T15:44:00.000-07:002005-07-31T15:44:01.816-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Baidu.com Prepares for U.S. Stock Market</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>Baidu.com takes its name from a 900-year-old poem but its ambitions are ultramodern to become the Chinese-language equivalent of Internet search giant Google Inc.</p><p>Little known abroad, 5-year-old Baidu.com says it already is the world's sixth most-visited Internet site, thanks to a strong following from China's 100 million-plus Web surfers.</p><p>Now the startup founded by 2 Chinese veterans of American tech firms is preparing to follow Google's example with an initial public offering in the United States, hoping to raise $45 million.</p><br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=995160" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112284984180007345?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1122485181309443872005-07-27T10:26:00.000-07:002005-07-27T10:26:21.313-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Ask Jeeves Rumored to Launch Paid Search Network on August 1st</h3><div class="blogPost">Ask Jeeves Rumored to Launch Paid Search Network on August 1st Ask Jeeves is rumored to be launching a new Paid Search advertising interface on August 1st which will let advertisers purchase their own targeted search text ads on Ask Jeeves. Currently Ask Jeeves relies on Google AdWords advertising to fill ...<br><br><a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=1945" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112248518130944387?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1122396547926899852005-07-26T09:49:00.000-07:002005-07-26T09:49:07.930-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google Creating a Virtual Sales Force?</h3><div class="blogPost">Google Creating a Virtual Sales Force? Here's a flash/video presentation about Google's AdSense that appeared on a blog I was reading. Check out the video. It's not specifically directed to SMEs. But imagine an online sales presentation that was; it would be much more effective than this. More than 50% of SMEs ...<br><br><a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=1936" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112239654792689985?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1122349559932971402005-07-25T20:45:00.000-07:002005-07-25T20:45:59.936-07:00<h3 class="post-title">SEARCH: Google beats predictions</h3><div class="blogPost">GOOGLE'S second-quarter profit quadrupled as the online search leader's growth exceeded even the great expectations underlying its soaring stock. The company said last week that it earned $US342.8 million , or $US1.19 per share, for the 3 months ended in June.<br><br><a href="http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16045621%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e15306,00.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112234955993297140?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1122348994795649742005-07-25T20:36:00.000-07:002005-07-25T20:36:34.800-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google's plan to give Chinese distributors just 20% of ad revenues will hurt ad sales, says insider</h3><div class="blogPost">Chinese distributors of Google's AdWords advertising service are unhappy with Google's revenue sharing scheme, which only gives distributors 20% of revenues generated by the AdWords services in China, a source close to the situation said.<br><br><a href="http://www.gwinnettdailyonline.com/GDP/archive/article2DB6DDCF38934EA0B99969A2E61570EF.asp" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112234899479564974?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1122346397768920882005-07-25T19:53:00.000-07:002005-07-25T19:53:17.786-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Riding Google Into 2006</h3><div class="blogPost">After a busy week of Internet earnings mania in which eBay exceeded expectations and Google fell short of the highest estimates, investors may be wondering which horse is worth riding into the end of the year. Despite a 17 percent return in eBay and a modest half a percent in Google, it seems investors are betting that Google's spectacular run isn't over just yet.<br><br><a href="http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/44946.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112234639776892088?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1122035096612623432005-07-22T05:24:00.000-07:002005-07-22T05:24:56.616-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google site 'used by drug gang'</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>Ten people have been arrested in Brazil after authorities discovered them allegedly using Google's online community site, Orkut, to sell drugs. <br><br> The drugs ring was uncovered after police tapped phone calls and monitored online communications through Orkut. <br><br> The site, used for building online communities and making contacts, is hugely popular in Latin America. </p><br><br><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4706489.stm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112203509661262343?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1122033328425424332005-07-22T04:55:00.000-07:002005-07-22T04:55:28.430-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Computer demand boosts Microsoft</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>Strong demand for laptops, personal computers and servers helped push up fourth-quarter profits at Microsoft, the company said on Thursday. <br><br> The globe's largest software maker said net profits were $3.70bn for the financial period <span>en</span>ding 30 June. <br><br> That was compared to $2.69bn in the same period in 2004. <br><br> Chief financial officer Chris Liddell said Microsoft would b<span>en</span>efit greatly in the next financial year from a new Xbox video game console and new products. </p><br><br><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4704927.stm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112203332842542433?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121950287688014612005-07-21T05:51:00.000-07:002005-07-21T05:51:27.690-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google poised for solid earnings</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>Internet search engine Google is expected to report a jump in quarterly earnings when it unveils its latest results on Thursday. <br><br> Analysts believe the US giant could see its second-quarter profits double. <br><br> Google's results are due two days after US rival Yahoo unveiled a six-fold increase in profit to $754.7m. <br><br> Shares in Google have soared since the firm's market debut last year, boosted by strong revenue from advertising. </p><br><br><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4702841.stm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112195028768801461?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121873040912409662005-07-20T08:24:00.000-07:002005-07-20T08:24:00.916-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Alibaba's Magic Carpet</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>Some of the heat from China's scorcher of summer in 2005 may be finding its way to the country's booming Internet and media companies.</p><p>Indeed, shares in a swath of such firms may be ready for a new round of price increases following last week's successful Nasdaq IPO by Shanghai-based ad agency Focus Media and Rupert Murdoch's big bid on Monday for a U.S. Internet firm.</p><br><br><a href="http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/07/19/china-internet-investments-cz_rf_0719alibaba.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112187304091240966?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121869002811244592005-07-20T07:16:00.000-07:002005-07-20T07:16:42.813-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Snap.com Plans to Combat 'Click Fraud'</h3><div class="blogPost"><p>People scoffed nearly a decade ago when serial entrepreneur Bill Gross proposed an online search engine that ranked results based on how much advertisers were willing to pay to have their links tied to specific requests.</p><p>But the concept developed into a revolutionary idea that turned Internet search engines into massive moneymaking machines.</p><p>Now Gross hopes to shake things up again with Snap.com, which is providing another commercial twist on search engines while also promising to deliver more useful results than industry leaders Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.</p><br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=955897" target="_blank">Read More...</a><br/></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112186900281124459?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121535289990165672005-07-10T10:34:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:34:49.990-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google's AdWords Algorithm Change Killing Advertisers</h3> Apparently Google has instituted an AdWords algorithm change that is seriously hurting advertisers. Google is now targeting ads regionally, with little overall thought or concern given to advertisers' preferences. <a href="http://addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&type=news&amp;ID=8282" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153528999016567?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121535994515594722005-06-03T10:45:00.001-07:002005-07-16T10:46:34.516-07:00Called Adprecision ESP it allows travel companies to display their entire product inventory on Google Adwords, Yahoo Sponsored Search and Espotting by automatically generating many thousands of keywords based around travel products and creating unique and highly relevant ad-text for each keyword. <br><br> <a href="http://www.eyefortravel.com/index.asp?news=46239" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153599451559472?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121535945821504732005-06-03T10:45:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:45:45.823-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Analysts bolster Google stock</h3> How high can it go? Google, whose stock is approaching $300 a share, continues to stir the imaginations of analysts, who continue to predict even higher share prices for the Internet giant. <br><br> <a href="http://www.thestate.com/mld/mercurynews/business/11804933.htm?source=rss&amp;channel=mercurynews_business" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153594582150473?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121536186450138062005-06-02T10:49:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:49:46.450-07:00Credit Suisse First Boston today became the latest broker to raise its price target for Google's shares above the US$300 mark. Shares of the Internet search engine quickly jumped $7.51, or 2.7 percent, to $284.78 after analyst Heath Terry boosted his price target on the stock to $350 from $275. Terry carries an outperform rating on the stock. <br><br> <a href="http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/43494.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153618645013806?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121536113215871492005-06-02T10:47:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:48:33.216-07:00Internet companies eBay and Amazon.com are both experiencing unusually heavy call option volume today, perhaps sparked by the strength in their younger internet cousin Google ...<br><br> <a href="http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/commentary/optionbytes.aspx?c=bytefeed&amp;byteID=14443" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153611321587149?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121536050957560392005-06-02T10:46:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:47:30.960-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">What is it?</span><br> It's a lab of humans from all over the world (from Taiwan to Russia, from Germany to Mexico) They are paid to check search results of <a href="http://google-seo.blogspot.com/2005/01/google-is-about-to-unveil-completely.html">Google</a> every day. Most of the employers, called <span style="font-style: italic;">international agents</span> by Google, were recruited through universities all over the world. The aim is to <a href="http://war-on-spam.blogspot.com/">avoid spam</a>, to get the right sites at the top of the listing and to test new features, not shown to the public yet. <ul> <li><a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/01/1532216&amp;tid=217">Slashdot</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.searchbistro.com/index.php?/archives/19-Google-Secret-Lab,-Prelude.html">Google Secret Lab, Prelude</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-06-02-n43.html">Google's Evaluation Lab</a>.</li> </ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153605095756039?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121536349114800992005-05-26T10:51:00.001-07:002005-07-16T10:52:29.116-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google AdSense Meta Refresh Hijacked</h3> aaronwall writes "With the latest Google Update Bourbon it appears that Google has had their AdSense site hijacked in the search results by a meta refresh. In March GoogleGuy commented that this sort of activity usually happens to low quality websites." <br><br> <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/26/1757228" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153634911480099?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121536308809802122005-05-26T10:51:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:51:48.810-07:00Images in Google Adsense Text Only Ads Jensense reports that icons, better known as 16 by 16 pixel favicons, have been spotted in AdSense wide skyscraper ad units (160x600). Register.com, eBay.com and Amazon.com are among those advertisers whose favicons are being shown. This could have a negative impact on the earnings of ... <br><br> <a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=1761" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153630880980212?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121536471070480432005-05-24T10:53:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:54:31.070-07:00A group of academic publishers called Google Inc.'s plan to scan millions of library books into its Internet search engine index a troubling financial threat to its membership. <p>The Association of American University Presses said in a letter to Google that the online search engine's library project "appears to involve systematic infringement of copyright on a massive scale."<br> The association, which represents 125 nonprofit publishers of academic journals and scholarly books, asked Google to respond to a list of 16 questions seeking more information about how the company plans to protect copyrights.</p> <br> <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=785636" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153647107048043?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121536398472295412005-05-24T10:52:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:53:18.473-07:00Google shares jumped 5.7% to a record on Monday amid speculation that the internet search engine will be added to the key Standard & Poor's 500 index. <p> Google shares surged to $255.45, taking gains over the past week to 11%. </p> <p> Inclusion in the S&amp;P 500 pushes stocks higher because many investors are only allowed to put money into companies that are listed in the biggest indexes. </p> <p> Apple shares rose 5.9% after the Wall Street Journal reported it is in talks to use Intel chips in its computers. </p> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4574325.stm" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153639847229541?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121536728175383912005-05-23T10:57:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:58:48.176-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google AdWords Adds Account Size Limitation</h3> Google AdWords Adds Account Size Limitation I haven't heard this talked about anywhere else, but a client of mine notified me that his AdWords representative told him he needs to reduce the number of keywords within his new campaigns "to ensure that they do not place unnecessary load on our advertising ... <br><br> <a href="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=1742" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153672817538391?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121536613769306082005-05-23T10:56:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:57:33.033-07:00Google has launched their service to offer contextual ads via their AdSense program through RSS feeds. The program is currently in Beta but will allow webmasters who offer RSS feeds of their content to include ads in the feeds (which often appear on other websites or through aggregators); someone clicks on the ad, the owner of the feed makes a little scratch. <br><br> <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/20/1223222" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153661376930608?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121536556955284992005-05-23T10:55:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:55:56.956-07:00WILL Internet users get personal with Google? The company began testing a service last week that lets users build a customized Google home page filled with news, stock quotes and other features that crowd similar pages on popular portals like Yahoo and MSN. <br><br> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/23/technology/23ecom.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153655695528499?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121535675278672162005-05-06T10:39:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:41:15.280-07:00<h3 class="post-title">Google accelerator is a scary anonymizer</h3> Xeni blogged Polymorf's note about the new Google Accelerator being useful as an anonymizer, but of course you're not anonymous to Google, which knows about your search history (if you've got cookies on), your email address (if you register for Groups, etc), your friends (if you use Orkut), your email (if you use gmail), and even has your credit card (if you use AdWords or Answers).<br><br> <a href="http://addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&type=news&amp;ID=6623" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153567527867216?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121535576330152812005-05-06T10:38:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:39:36.330-07:00When soothsayers talk about the future, best take their words with a grain of salt. "Google appears to have set a high price based on ample evidence that investors are drooling over the stock. But investors don't drool forever, as we saw when the tech-stock bubble of the late 90s burst in 2000. ... <br><br> <a href="http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2005/05/06/news/business/sunbiz03.txt" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153557633015281?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121535746333306352005-05-05T10:41:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:42:26.333-07:00New booklet includes tips and strategies for running effective AdWords campaigns as well as an AdWords Return On Investment (ROI) calculator. Leveraging the experience gained by running campaigns for several of the 280 Group's clients, as well as tips and techniques learned by working closely with the internal Google advertising teams, AdWords Strategies &amp; Tips provides the reader with practical <br><br> <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/5/prwebxml236090.php" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153574633330635?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121535876722576002005-05-03T10:44:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:44:36.723-07:00Santa Barbara-based Internet advertising company Fastclick said this morning that it has begun offering Text Ads to its publishing and advertising clients. The new text ad format provides text-based ads similar to Google's AdWords program, and allows publishers to fit ads into a different format. Fastclick said that the ads can easily be fit into a publisher's web site by allowing them to make <br><br> <a href="http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0001886.html" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153587672257600?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14546568.post-1121535833590323762005-05-03T10:43:00.000-07:002005-07-16T10:43:53.590-07:00Microsoft Corp. may have a keen interest in search , but its next-generation Windows operating system looks to be more of a threat to super-organized executive assistants than to Google Inc. Although the software maker has been steadily investing in search, its upcoming operating system, code-named Longhorn, is taking a new tack when it comes to helping users locate <br><br> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/internetnews?m=192" target="_blank">Read More...</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14546568-112153583359032376?l=goog-ipo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04819560664914248314noreply@blogger.com0