March 8, 2006
BenQ Mobile will install Google software in its mobile phones
BenQ Mobile is also mulling where to produce its phones in the future.
It inherited two large sites in Germany that Siemens had guaranteed
to keep open rather than moving production to cheaper regions, in
exchange for thousands of employees working longer hours under a
deal that expires in June.
March 8, 2006
Rapid Intelligence working with topic-based vertical search engines
CompWisdom is focused on computing, programming and the Internet.
The user interface is good, although the colors are a little bit
bland. We enjoy the geeky search box: bright green text on a black
background. Finance Records, targets the highly competitive niche
of business and finance. It comes in the same peach hue as the
Financial Times and there is stock market information even on
the front page.
March 8, 2006
Microsoft's new Windows Live Search
The new Windows Live Toolbar lets users search from any Web page
using Windows Live Search. It incorporates technology, acquired
during the purchase of OnFolio, that allows people to save
information onto their computers and find information through an
integrated RSS aggregator and reader. Microsoft's Live.com service
also will allow users to add persistent search results to their
home page, subscribe to RSS feeds directly from search results and
use new gadgets such as clock, notepad, stock quotes and weather.
March 7, 2006
Paid search advertising to reach $10 billion in 2009
Spending and Metrics is part one of eMarketer's two-part study on
search marketing. The second installment of this report will be
available in April '06. eMarketer's new Search Marketing I report
provides answers to these questions: Will search marketing continue
its strong spending growth? How does Google's dominance affect the
search market? How will local search contribute to spending increases?
What metrics best gauge a search campaign's effectiveness? Can
search make branding better?
March 6, 2006
Google growing faster than Yahoo and MSN
For the 1990s, its average yearly headcount growth dropped to 24
percent. An easy way to grow fast is to acquire companies. All
three players have bought plenty of smaller businesses along the
way. For example, Yahoo grew by 1000+ employees when it acquired
Overture in 2003, thereby increasing its headcount by more than
one-third. In conclusion, let's have a look at how Wall Street
values the employees of each company. With Friday's market caps,
each Microsoft employee is worth $4.3 million. Each Yahoo employee
is valued at about $4.7 million. And each Google employee is valued
at approximately $19 million.
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