Monthly archive for April 2009

Google launches new “profile Results”

Thursday, den 23. April 2009

Google profile pages have been around since 2007, allowing users to share personal info, pictures, websites and contact information, but since Tuesday, when Google launched its new “Profile Results”, they now appear at the bottom of their search engine results pages for matching queries. See below for an extract from Google’s Blog: “It’s no secret [...]

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“Apple tax” Report Backfires on Microsoft

Thursday, den 23. April 2009

Last week, Microsoft began flogging a report by an analyst whom the company had paid to document the “Apple tax” — the supposed difference in price paid by an all-Apple household versus an all-Microsoft household. The report claimed an all-Apple household’s costs would add up to an extra $3,367 over five years, which prompted Mac [...]

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Oracle to Buy Sun Microsystems

Monday, den 20. April 2009

As reported by Reuters, Oracle are to buy Sun Microsystems for $9.50 a share. See below for a quote from the article:  ”NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oracle (ORCL.O) said on Monday will buy Sun Microsystems (JAVA.O) for $9.50 a share, valuing the high-end computer server maker at more than $7 billion (4.8 billion pounds). The [...]

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Keyboard Shortcuts on the New Adwords Interface

Friday, den 17. April 2009

With the new Google interface, it is possible to use Keyboard shortcuts for certain tasks in Google Adwords. The following were recently listed on the Google Adwords Blog: Global navigation g then o: Go to All Online Campaigns g then c: Go to Campaigns tab g then r: Go to Ad groups tab g then [...]

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MSN Release Improved Cashback Shopping Site

Thursday, den 16. April 2009

MSN have announced the release of an improved Shopping Site, unfortunataley this is still only available for US users. See below for a quote from their official blog:  ”To bring you the best of Live Search and cashback, we’ve launched an improved cashback Shopping site. The new site unifies Live Search Products (the shopping vertical [...]

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Google Show off Data Center

Thursday, den 16. April 2009

Google recently presented a video showcasing their amazingly efficient Data Center at the Google Efficient Data Centers Summit, hosted at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA on April 1, 2009. A great video for the geek inside of everyone! Take a look below: Impressive to say the least!

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UK Ad Spend Expected to Drop 8.7%

Tuesday, den 14. April 2009

Global ad spend is set to drop by 6.9% this year to $453bn (£304bn), with the UK expected to fall by 8.7% compared to last year, according to ZenithOptimedia. Read the full article here.

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StumbleUpon Buys Itself Back of Ebay

Tuesday, den 14. April 2009

Marketing Pilgrim report that StumbleUpon have bought themselves back from Ebay. Here’s a small quote from the blog: “In May 2007, eBay purchased StumbleUpon at $75 million, to much confusion in the blogosphere. At the time, eBay was taking a “wait and see” approach before integrating any of its holdings with the sharing and discovery [...]

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Google Discuss New Adwords Interface

Tuesday, den 14. April 2009

As many of you may already know, Google have been testing out a new AdWords interface and have given a select few customers the chance to try it for themselves. Google have now released their beta website for the new interface, which has a number of videos to take you through the new changes. See [...]

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Microsoft Hire JWT for $100M Search Engine Launch

Thursday, den 2. April 2009

Microsoft has hired JWT for an approximate $100 to launch its new search engine Kumo with its objective to win market share away from Google and Yahoo. Brand Republic had this to say: “This spring Microsoft plans the launch of its new search product, tentatively called Kumo, and has trusted JWT with the difficult task [...]

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