Microsoft Takeover of Yahoo Not Going to Happen
Microsoft has officially withdrew its offer to takeover its competitor Yahoo. The following is a link to Microsoft's press release regarding its withdrawal.
Google TV Ads Now Open to All
In January we announced that Google AdWords will start supporting TV ads. Well for the past few months it has been limited to a small number of AdWords advertisers. Google has announced that this is no longer the case and that its TV advertising program is open to all AdWords advertisers.
Best of all Google is offering a promotion to help you get started. Google will help you pay for the creation of your TV ad (if it costs no more than $2000).
Brand Images on Cell Phone Ads
Google has announced that it has introduced the support for mobile brand-image advertisements according to the keywords people search for on their cell phones. Because cell phone screens are relatively small, Google will only display one image ad per search. Mobile image ads are available in 13 national markets: Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, the UK, and the United States.
Check Whois Information via Google
Checking the Whois information for a domain name has just gotten easier. All you have to do is search Google for "Whois domain.com" - and let Google do the rest. Google uses Domain Tools for the Whois information and if you click on the Whois search result link, you will be sent to the Domain Tools web site.
Yahoo Reports Quarterly Profits
Yahoo posted its quarterly profit - the company's net income for the first quarter rose to $542.2 million. This is compared with the $142.4 million Yahoo profited in the first quarter of 2007.
Google’s Earth Day Logo From 2004
We know what Google's 2008 Earth Day logo looks like, but have you wondered what Google's 2004 Earth Day looked like? Below is an image of Google' 2004 Earth Day logo.
Google Exceeds Expectations, Again
The first quarter ended on March 31, 2008 for Google and they reported earnings yesterday evening. Google reported revenues of $5.19 billion and a net income of $1.31 billion. Google exceeded expectations and their stock price is on the rise.
Yahoo Search Marketing Changes its Minimum Bid Format
Yahoo Search Marketing(YSM) has done away with its universal minimum bids at $0.10 per click. YSM now plans to use a quality metric in order to calculate the minimum bid requirement for each keyword. The quality metric will be based on the following two factors:
Microsoft Live Search Update Underway
It is being reported that MSN's Live search engine is either rolling out a new update or cleaning up its update from late March 2008.
If you are interested in the ranking of your web site on Live.com you should definitely do a search to see where your site is located for your related keywords.
Google AdWords Ads Now Live on Yahoo Search
On Wednesday we reported that Google and Yahoo were working on a partnership to have Google AdWords ads run on Yahoo. Well it has now been confirmed that the partnership is now live and in effect. AdWords ads are now running on Yahoo's search engine.