February 2, 2006
Wall Street: Google is NOT a "broken" company
Despite the lower forecast, Schachter said he does not view Google
as a "broken" company. He expects the company to continue with its
rapid growth, though in the near term, he said, its new advertising
channels may take longer to develop. Analysts at Banc of America
Securities have a different view on the prospects of the search
industry, especially in light of Yahoo recently missing analysts
earnings estimates.
February 1, 2006
Google is to start a music service at some point
Would Google now turn on its new partner and launch a competitive
music download service? Analysts said it is certainly possible.
"I'm sure Google will start a music service at some point. It's an
obvious move, and I'm sure they could compete. I haven't seen them
put anything out in terms of timing, however," search engine expert
Danny Sullivan, managing editor of Search Engine Watch, told
TechNewsWorld. Google rumors abound, but not all of them are true.
Google was in talks late last year with Time Warner's AOL unit.
Many speculated that they were engaged in takeover discussions that
would make Google an AOL property. Instead, Google invested US$1
billion for a 5 percent stake in AOL.
February 1, 2006
Ascertaining relevancy when searching for audio files
“Podscope’s unique spoken word search and ability to play audio
snippets at every point where keywords are mentioned makes it
easy to ascertain relevancy – you don’t have to download and
listen to the entire podcast to know if it’s what you want.”
January 31, 2006
Google to provide Internet telephony services
The two companies have entered into a peering relationship, under
which their IP networks will exchange traffic, Lewis said.
VoiceOne services enable companies to offer their customers
Internet-routed phone calls, which are much cheaper than calls made
over traditional telephone lines. VoIP Inc.'s customers include
Broadwing Communications and Pac-West Telecomm.
January 31, 2006
Google's stock plunges after surprise earnings report
Google-owned sites generated $1.10 billion, or 57 percent of revenue.
Google network revenue -- sales through its AdWords network of
affiliated sites -- was $799 million. Google' revenue roughly
matched consensus analysts' expectations. In its prior five
quarters as a public company, Google has beaten the revenue
consensus by around 5 percent to 8 percent.
January 30, 2006
MSN will invest in its global infrastructure to support the adCenter platform
Specifically, Liddell said the company would invest in global
infrastructure to support the adCenter platform, which is in use
in France and Singapore and being tested in the U.S. The company
is also hiring customer service people to deal with advertisers,
development talent to increase the range of capabilities and
geographies served by adCenter. Microsoft recently launched a
Beijing-based R&D center, adLab, aimed at driving advertising
innovation.
January 30, 2006
The increasingly important role of mobile instant messaging
AOL's impressive performance is perhaps the survey's most surprising
finding, highlighting the increasingly important role of mobile
instant messaging. Nearly 90 percent of those accessing AOL services
use the company's instant messaging offering. However, the survey
also highlights the slow uptake of the wireless Web. Only 10 percent
of U.S. mobile subscribers used a phone's browser to access news and
information in December, marking just a one-tenth-of-1-percent
increase over November's figures.
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