September 21, 2006
MSN's Windows Live now offered in China
Microsoft said it would establish Windows Live soon after Bill Gates' retirement,
a sign of the shift in Microsoft's strategy. Dubbed Windows Live, the new Internet
platform will integrate MSN, blog server MySpace, search and various Internet services
and some additional software. Microsoft has been looking for an opportunity to get
into the search market since Baidu.com, Yahoo and Google joined the club in China.
The launch of Live Search is undoubtedly strategic for Microsoft.
September 20, 2006
Yahoo Mail beats MySpace 3 to 1 in advertising revenue
Yahoo Mail even accounted for almost three times as many as the next closest site, MySpace,
which accounted for 16 percent of display ads. MSN Hotmail was third with nearly 8 percent of
display ads.
September 20, 2006
Will advertisers continue to pour ahead in online advertising?
In general, automakers have moved a significant portion of their advertising to the Internet
in the last three years, but industry leaders such as General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.
have since been slashing billions of dollars in costs as they grapple with losses in the North
American market. "It would be naive to say that advertisers would continue to pour ahead on online
advertising and cut back only on traditional advertising in the face of economic weakness,"
Pyykkonen said.
September 19, 2006
MSN's Soapbox will have no advertisements
Unlike YouTube, Soapbox will have no advertisements, but Bennett said Microsoft can monetize
the video by showing it on the main MSN Video site or by creating a "viral video hub."
Bennett also showed off a "visualizer" video search tool for MSN Video's existing licensed
content that lets people search for and browse video by seeing relationships between tagged items.
September 18, 2006
Google is no neophyte to Washington politics
For the time being, the political action committee is mostly unfunded. Google said it is
still working out many of the details. Founded in 1998, Google is no neophyte to Washington
politics. For many years, the company has had lobbyists on various specific issues, although
its overall spending has been far less than other, older Silicon Valley companies such as
Cisco and Intel.
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