Monthly archive for January 2009

Google Content Network Traffic Grows by 300%

Wednesday, den 28. January 2009

In the wake of Yahoo’s anouncement that its content network will be shutting down as of the 31st March, Google have shown that the content network can, and does, work. Research by Efficient Frontier has shown that impressions on Googles Content Network have grown by over 300% year on year as advertisers divert money from MSN and [...]

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Yahoo! reports a loss

Wednesday, den 28. January 2009

While Google is doing impressively well during these tough times, Yahoo! has reported a loss in Q4 due to economic constrains.
Ms Bartz, Yahoo!’s CEO, said: “The company made important investments while aggressively managing costs, leaving us better positioned to weather the economic downturn and emerge stronger when advertiser spending improves”.
However, Yahoo! managed to make a [...]

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Google Q4 Results beat Expectations

Tuesday, den 27. January 2009

Google’s not only a great search engine – but a great money making engine! Despite reported cut backs at the Google canteen, and some staff cut backs and hiring freezes, Google continues to churn out good news for investors.
Read more here

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Google G Drive is a Go

Tuesday, den 27. January 2009

This is really exciting stuff. Google G Drive will allow users the ability to store their data and applications on Google servers. Instead of logging into your computer to surf the web, write a word doc, listen to your favourite tracks, a user will be able to log into their information from any computer. Data [...]

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Microsoft to Slash 5% of WorkForce

Thursday, den 22. January 2009

Microsft revealed today that they are to cut 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months as the company drops 11% on profits.
 NMA had this to say:
 Microsoft is to cut 5,000 jobs, approximately 5% of its entire workforce, over the next 18 months as the company looks to make drastic cost cuts throughout the business.
The redundancies [...]

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Google Shuts Print Ad Buying Service

Wednesday, den 21. January 2009

Google’s print buying service has gone the same way as Lively (Google’s alternative to Second Life) and Jaiku (its Twitter-like app) and is to be shut down as of Feb 28th. This service was on trial in the US and never made it across the pond to the UK, Google have stated that advertisers, agencies and [...]

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Scour – Social Search Engine?

Monday, den 19. January 2009

I gave it a try to Scour, a social search engine which combines results from Google, Yahoo and MSN, and have got to admit that I am really impressed.  The results seem to be consistent with the major Search Engines and I have also found very interesting some of its novel features, such as: commenting [...]

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Yahoo Closes Content Network

Friday, den 16. January 2009

Yahoo has announced that it will be closing its UK content network in order to concentrate on improving their search and display offering. I personally have never received great results from Yahoo’s content network and can’t help wondering if this is the real reason they have decided to shut it down, especially as now the [...]

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Google Slows Down Recruiting

Thursday, den 15. January 2009

Looks like even Google’s feeling the pinch from the recession, they’ve publicly announced on their blog that they will be cutting their recruitment. See below for a quote:
“As we made clear during our last quarterly earnings call in October, Google is still hiring but at a reduced rate. Given the state of the economy, we [...]

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PPC Rap

Wednesday, den 14. January 2009

Our boy is back with a PPC rap – Check it! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=c96LTLlaXew

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