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Google Takes Over Omnisio!
TechCrunch reports that Google has acquired the online video tools company known as Omnisio. As the details of the acquisition are still sketchy...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-08-01

Google Second Quarter Financial Results
The much anticipated Google second quarter financial results for 2008 have been announced. According to Google...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-07-18

Google Gets Sued for $136.11
Just last month, Google Inc. was sued by a startup company called LimitNone LLC for Trade Secret Violation.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-07-18

Yahoo! Sued for $1 Mil for Neglecting Click Fraud!
According to a post at Search Engine Round Table, Bigreds.com has sued online marketing giant Yahoo! for a total of $1 million. It claims that...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-04-18

Google's Efforts To Combat Accidental Clicks...
...Could Harm Its Revenues! Goliath Google's latest SEC filing points to a possibility that its future revenues could be hurt while trying to contain "accidental clicks"...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-02-21

Bill Gates: Yahoo! Should Take a "Hard Look"...
at The Offer! Just as many expected that Microsoft's passion for Yahoo would lead it to appreciate the offer, the Redmond giant's stance...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-02-20

Microsoft's $44.6 Billion Bid, Too High and...
...Too Low at The Same Time! In an intriguing twist of events, more than the chief executives of Yahoo! and Microsoft, it's some of the biggest...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-02-14

Microsoft Acquires Mobile SaaS Company!
After a failed Yahoo! acquisition attempt, Microsoft has announced an acquisition deal with Danger Inc, a Mobile Software as a Service Company.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-02-12

Is Google Really Buying Bebo And Plaxo?
Still being considered as rumors though, but likely one for sure. While, the industry is still to see the culmination of Microsoft's bid on Yahoo!...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-02-11

Now, Privacy Groups Too Set To Oppose...
...Microsoft's Yahoo! Bid. If you thought Google's the only entity spewing fire against a possible merger, you could be mistaken.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-02-05

Yahoo! Execs: "Microsoft Aggresive"
Apparently Microsoft approached Yahoo! In a very aggressive manner. Microsoft's reached out to Yahoo! just after it announced its earnings...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-02-04

Steve Ballmer's Internal E-Mail Spills the Beans...
... on Yahoo! Acquisition! An internal email from Microsoft's Chief Executive to the employees makes things crystal about the company's plans...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-02-04

The Wall Street Journal And Microsoft Buddy Up...
...for Contextual Advertising. January of 2008 has brought about a whole new season of strategic partnerships and alliances for the big names in...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-01-30

Google and Publicis Groupe Buddy Up...
...to Improve Advertising. In an announcement on Wednesday Google Inc. and Publicis Groupe have made known their collaboration...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-01-24

Backdoor Diplomacy Gets IncrediMail Back...
...In Google AdSense! A couple of days back IncrediMail got a shock of its life when Google had severed the advertising service...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-01-23

Would Yahoo! Layoff Hundreds?
Yahoo! Inc has been making a lot of news off late, see: 3rd Annual Yahoo! Searchlight Awards Announced!, Yahoo!: Personalized Mobile Portal Launched and Yahoo! To Support....
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-01-22

Google's Five Philanthropic Initiatives
Google.org has been making efforts to use the power of information and technology to help people live better, we covered their initiative...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-01-18

Microsoft and EDGAR Buddy Up To Enhance...
...Each Others Services. It seems that strategic partnerships are hotting for the search engine biggies this time around. Only yesterday we had...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-01-17

Google And Clearwire Buddy Up To Enhance...
...Clearwire's Services. Clearwire has pronounced that it is partnering with Google to support its back-end infrastructure for e-mail, chat and...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-01-16

Google To Refund Australian and New Zealand...
... Publishers Their Due Share. Around the start of the new year Google did it's math wrong when they erroneously calculated...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-01-15

Microsoft To Acquire Fast Search & Transfer!
Microsoft made its last big purchase in 2007, see: Microsoft Joins Bandwagon, Buys Aquantive For $649 Million! It's latest acquisition is going...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-01-09

Ask and LookSmart Finally Sending Click Fraud...
...Settlement Letters! Both LookSmart and Ask have sent out click fraud settlement letters. The letters were sent for the class action suit...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2008-01-04

Illegal Gambling Ads Cost Google, Microsoft...
...& Yahoo! $31.5M. The three search engine giants of the industry, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! have reached on a settlement of paying...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-12-26

Microsoft Has Acquired Multimap
The Guardian.co.uk story reports that the Redmond giant has bought Multimap. They say that "Microsoft said that Multimap...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-12-13

Google Looking For Ad Partners Outside...
...DoubleClick Deal. Reuters reported that Google Inc is looking for more advertising partners outside its proposed purchase of DoubleClick Ltd.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-12-05

Due to Weak US Dollar, Canadian AdWords...
...Advertisers Switch from $CA to $US. As the $US exchange rate is currently very weak, many Canadian AdWords Advertisers chose to...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-11-27

$4.6 Billion, Google's Bid For Wireless Spectrum!
Reuters informs that Google is gearing up for wireless spectrum bid. Apparently, the company is making a serious run to purchase wireless...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-11-19

AdSense Father Is Latest To Join List Of Google...
...Exodus! Gokul "AdSense Godfather" Rajaram, Google Product Manager who helped the No. 1 search engine giant launch AdSense is quitting...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-11-19

Google UK Partners With the Retail Bulletin...
...to Launch Dynamic Retail Package. Google UK, The Retail Bulletin and industry partners launch dynamic retail package, called iGoogle TM Tab...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-11-15

Yahoo's Whirlwind Announcements
Yahoo!'s mobile group have been busy. Over at the first seminar of the Mobile Asia Congress, Yahoo! made many important announcements.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-11-14

Google AdSense Publishers in Egypt & Morocco...
...Can Now Receive Payment Via Western Union? Two different forums in Digital Point are stating that Western Union is now available for Google AdSense publishers in Morocco & Egypt.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-11-05

Google To Purchase Nielsen Data?
In order to sell more television ads, Google Inc looks forward to purchase demographic data provider, Nielsen Co, informs the Associated....
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-10-24

Google Manipulating Organic SERPs...
...to Increase Ad Revenues? As seen on Webmaster World users are at loggerheads, debating on whether Google's Organic SERPs...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-10-24

Senior Google VP Sells Shares!
A senior vice president of Google Inc., Omid Kordestani sold around 6000 shares of common stock. This was revealed by the Securities...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-10-05

Now Receive AdSense Payments...
...Through Western Union! SEOpedia informs that AdSense now pays through Western Unions QuickCash service. The QuickCash facility...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-10-01

Google Testifies On DoubleClick...
...Before The Senate Judiciary Committee. As seen on Google's public policy blog, today Google heads to Capitol Hill to testify before the...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-09-28

Ask To Launch New PPC Platform By October 2nd
Ask has announced the launch of the new PPC platform on 2nd October. The news came in the limelight after a blog posted at...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-09-27

Microsoft Trying To Block Google-DoubleClick Deal
Info World has an article that informs of Microsoft partnering with PR firm Burson-Marsteller. The motive is to 'form the Initiative for Competitive...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-09-25

Google: Click Fraud is Overestimated!
There is an interesting article published by Forbes that highlights the ever increasing concern regarding click fraud. Shuman Ghosemajumder...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-09-19

MSN China Wants to be Out of Joint Venture
In a recent state newspaper, it was announced that the state-owned Chinese partner of MSN, Microsoft's online services group...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-09-05

FastSearch Expels 148 Employees!
FastSearch & Transfer lets go of 148 employees informs Pandia. SInce 2006, the company has hired over 400 employees...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-08-20

American Airlines Takes Google To Court...
...For Trademark Infringement! American Airlines Sues Google Over Keyword Ads reports Eric Goldman. "American Airlines is an extremely...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-08-20

Yahoo! Prez Buys $1.2 Million Worth...
...Of Company Shares. Barely a week after Terry Semel sold off his Yahoo! Stock for $4 Million Susan Decker Yahoo! Inc's President bought...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-08-14

Google Unveils Ad Campaign Optimizer Performance Tool
InsideAdwords announces the introduction of a new ad performance tool called Campaign Optimizer.
InternetFinancialNews > 2007-07-31

Google Buys ImageAmerica
Stephen Chau announces in the Google Earth and Maps blog that Google Inc has bought ImageAmerica a company that builds...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-07-24

Yahoo Publisher Network Lost Revenue...
Due To Its Own Server Breakdown And Will Not Pay Publishers! After Yahoo Publisher Network's server messed up and users complained...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-07-23

Google Purchases Postini For $625 Million
The Official Google press center announces their acquisition of Postini a global leader in on-demand communications security and...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-07-09

Yahoo Pays $100 Million For Rivals.com
In a move that is seen as the new Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang''s first big beal, AP reports that Yahoo! has purchased Rivals...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-06-22

Yahoo Investors are an Unhappy Lot
LAtimes reports straight from Yahoo's annual shareholder meeting at Santa Clara, CA where 'Yahoo execs defend firm as investors lament results'.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-06-15

PayPal Option For Yahoo! Publishers
As seen in the post "Your Pal, My Pal, PayPal", Yahoo! Publisher Network Webmasters and Publishers...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-05-30

Microsoft Search On Shaky Ground!
ZD Net reports Microsoft is losing the battle for gaining high percentage of search engine users.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-05-25

Will $100 Mn Save The Company?
Ask.com currently ranks #4 in terms of Search Engine usage in the US alone with a total of 3.69% users. .
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-05-23

Ask.com On A Spending Spree!
WSJ reports that IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI.O) announced a spending budget of $100 million to familiarize web users and...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-05-16

Google And Clear Channel Strike Ad Deal
Clear Channel Radio and Google have struck up a deal wherein Google can place ads on more than 675 Clear Channel Radio stations. Google Audio Ads advertisers will have national level distribution which will allow them to react out to particular audiences.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-04-17

Big Advertisers Increase Search Spending
The search engine marketing industry is all set for growth owing to significant increase in spending by big advertisers.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-04-12

Yahoo Panama Bags Viacom Ad Deal
Yahoo! New ad serving system Panama bagged a big catch today, reports Market Watch.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-04-11

Yahoo! Lures Away TellMe Executives
It has been less than a month since Microsoft took over TellMe Networks for around $800mn and Yahoo! has already spoilt the party.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-04-10

Google News Copyright Suit Settled
After two years Google has settled a copyright law suit that was filed by a French news agency Agence France-Presse, reports AZCentral.com.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-04-09

MSN Vs Google
The Winner gets DoubleClick. Some days back we reported that DoubleClick might be acquired by MSN.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-04-03

Panama Surge Continues: 20% Revenue Growth Projected!
Panama was launched amid huge expectation, both on the part of Yahoo! and publishers. Yahoo! was fast losing out in the search and advertisement market to Google. Publishers, who still hadnt lost hope with Yahoo!s failure to launch Panama still hoped for some wonder product.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-03-28

Microsoft & Google To Serve Ads: DoubleClick Being Courted
Threadwatch reports that DoubleClick, an online advertising firm, is in talks with Microsoft for a sale while Google is planning to launch similar service within months. This hot new area is of serving advertisements even when the company is selling them.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-03-28

Google Wins lawsuit Against Belgium Company
ServersCheck BVBA, a company based in Belgium sued Google last year claiming that Google's Suggest feature drove people to the pirated version of their network monitoring software.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-03-27

ICrossing Acquires Sharp Analytics
ICrossing has officially announced that they will acquire Sharp Analytics, an analytics company, based in Salt Lake City.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-03-21

Comcast May Drop Google For Microsoft
An article on Wall Street Journal informs that Comcast is unhappy about its search deal with Google. Comcast is thinking about switching to Microsoft.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-03-20

Website Pros To Acquire Submitawebsite.com
Website Pros Inc., a Web design and marketing firm, is planning to acquire Submitawebsite Inc., a search engine optimization company.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-03-20

Topix.net Pays $1mn To Adopt .Com Extension...
...And disappears from SERPs! An article on Wall Street Journal explains how a simple change in a site can cause it go missing from Search engines.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-03-15

Microsoft Acquires Tellme...
...Strengthens Mobile Search And Voice Services. Microsoft has announced that it is acquiring Tellme Networks, Inc., which is...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-03-15

Yahoo! China Sued Over Music Infringement Again
Eleven music companies, which includes giants like plaintiffs Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group, have filed a copyright violation suit ...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-03-12

Yahoo! All Set To Get Google?
The year 2006 was a fixing time for Yahoo!. It focused on the Panama update and now it is fully functional.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-03-07

Yahoo! Blows It Up, Sucks It Back? - Wired Magazine
Wired Magazine has a great story about Yahoo! attempt to buy out Google (in the past, obviously.)
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-03-05

Google Out With 2006 Annual Report
Google has released its annual report for 2006. It includes financial for the complete year...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-03-02

Google Finalizes Deal With Media Companies
Google has joined with Dow Jones & Company, Conde Nast, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and some other major media companies...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-02-28

TellMe Acquired By Microsoft?
TechCrunch has informed that Microsoft has acquired TellMe. TechCrunch claims that they have multiple sources confirming the same.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-02-28

Microsoft Acquiring Health Search Engine Medstory!
In a press release, Microsoft Corp has anounced that it is buying Medstory Inc. in a strategic move towards having a stake in the consumer health sector.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-02-27

Google AdWords Bug Causes CPC Price Hike
Many people around the globe are complaining that the CPC prices in Google AdWords has sky rocketed without any warning.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-02-19

Google Sets Eye Upon Indian Firms
Google has invested in two early-stage Indian venture capital funds, Seedfund and Erasmic. Google has commented that these funds will help in nurturing, identifying and financing promising startups and help them achieve growth.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-02-15

Yahoo! Ads Reach 18 More Countries
Lately Yahoo! has been romping up on new grounds, at times leaving Google behind.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-02-13

Google Sues Trademark Entrepreneur Leo Stoller
The famous trademark entrepreneur Leo Stoller has been sued by Google, alleging that he owns the trademark of Google.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-01-30

YouTube Uploaders To Share Ad Revenue
YouTube will giving a part of its video ad revenue to the persons who upload their own videos on the site, reports BBC.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-01-29

WSJ Reviews Yahoo!'s Panama Migration
Search Engine Land has reported on a detailed article in the Wall Street Journal regarding reviews and opinions on Yahoo!'s earnings call.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-01-24

Google Selects Lenoir, NC for New Data Center
It is now in the open that Google has officially selected Lenoir, North Carolina for the site of its $600 million data center.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-01-22

Google to Announce 4Q 2006 Financial Results
Google has announced that it will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss fourth quarter 2006 financial results
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-01-19

PayPal Outshines Google Checkout
A survey was conducted by JPMorgan which shows that PayPal is more dominating than Google Checkout.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-01-18

Assessing Credibility of Google/CBS Deal Rumor
MediaPost recently published a report stating that Merrill Lynch feels Google and CBS might announce a partnership.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-01-15

Google Advertisers Forced to Cut Costs
Google AdWords advertisers have experienced rising prices of keywords. Previously, the advertisers went ahead with the increasing prices.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-01-09

Performancing, PayPerPost Deal Falls Through
Performancing.com has terminated the deal with PayPerPost firm, which pays bloggers for writing promotional topics.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-01-05

MIVA Enters Two-Year Ad Deal With Google
MIVA Inc, a search engine marketing company, has entered into a two-year advertising deal with Google.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2007-01-05

Google Lawsuits Dismissed
Google has won another case, even without fighting it, against a Madison based company, HyperPhrase Technologies LLC.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2006-12-28

PayPerPost Acquires Performancing
PayPerPost has hugged media attention once again. This time for its decision to own blogging tools and services company Performancing.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2006-12-28

AOL and Yahoo to Merge?
According to Mediapost, Merril Lynch has released a report stating that Google's cornering of the market could result in industry consolidation.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2006-12-28

Yahoo to Reorganize Itself
Yahoo! has announced reorganization of its structure and management in order 'to align its operations with its key customer segments...
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2006-12-06

Yahoo! And Newspapers Join Hands For Local Ads
Yahoo! has announced the formation of a major "consortium" in alliance with seven newspapers to tap into the local advertising market.
InternetFinancialNews > Financial Blog Talk > News 2006-11-21


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