Nov. 16, 2006
Many women expect to do their holiday shopping online this year
"Ninety percent of our survey respondents were women, and as a busy working mom myself, I
appreciate the convenience and ease of shopping online," said Cori Tuck of Shop.com. "When
you're responsible for buying gifts for at least a dozen or so people — anything you can do
ahead of time or at night while the kids are asleep gives you cheer."
Nov. 14, 2006
B2B revenues from lead generation increasing significantly
Overall B2B revenues from lead generation actually increased over 82 percent, to $633 million from $347
million last year. By contrast, display ads, which include rich media, banner ads, sponsorships
and slotting fees, lost three percentage points in share of the total, but spending still increased
28.6 percent, to $2.5 billion."
Nov. 14, 2006
Google will roll out many new and exciting features on YouTube
Chad Hurley, CEO and co-founder of YouTube said "in the coming months, we will roll out
many new exciting features and programs to benefit the creativity and participation of
our community”.
Nov. 13, 2006
Google wants to appease media companies
In October, Google announced it was acquiring popular video sharing site YouTube for $1.65
billion in stock. To appease media companies who realize that their copyrighted material have
been posted on YouTube, the popular video sharing service has removed some copyrighted video
content and has made new deals with other media companies since.