Newsletter Archive: 2009


What If Scenarios for Microhoo
There are a million opinions about the announcement this week of the Microsoft and Yahoo! joining at the hip (in a businesslike way). Fortunately, it is a big Internet and there is always room for one more.

Date: 2009-07-31
Clearing a Fog in Search
Yahoo Had No Leverage... In case you didn't look at the stock market today, Bloomberg highlighted what investors think of the Yahoo! / Microsoft deal. This deal was a big disappointment, said Moran, an analyst in Boca Raton, Florida.

Date: 2009-07-30
Microhoo, What Will They Do?
Just so you are prepared, this post is entirely speculation and conjecture based on my following the Microsoft and Yahoo drama that has been unfolding over the past century or so.

Date: 2009-07-29
Google Losing Money with YouTube?
Analysts keep bringing it up. Reporters do, too. How much money is Google losing on YouTube? And can they afford it? The lingering question that affects Internet marketers the most is what happens if Google decides they can't afford it.

Date: 2009-07-28
Yahoo Needs Serious Merger Discussion
The dramas at Yahoo! just seem to be going from bad to worse! Second quarter earnings for the company just released show their total revenue dropped 13% to just 1.5 billion.

Date: 2009-07-27
Google's Washington Presence
We have talked on several occasions here at Marketing Pilgrim about Googles Washington, DC connections. Some wonder if there is too much Google in the capitol while others just think its the normal course of big business.

Date: 2009-07-24
Newspapers Down and Google Up
Google has been locked in battle recently with some of the worlds biggest newspapers, but has called their bluff by announcing a simple solution to their problem.

Date: 2009-07-21
Why Google Is Admirable
I tend to be somewhat cynical toward Google because I generally do not trust authorities and they CAN and DO kill many web based businesses that are too reliant on search.

Date: 2009-07-20
Microsoft & Yahoo Deal Closing In
Please be warned: While there is talk of Yahoo and Microsoft getting close to coming to terms on a search ad deal this is not done. People in the Internet space love to see some information then make assumptions and turn it into a reality.

Date: 2009-07-17
More Social Google Reader
Google has pushed more and more social features in its apps. They've converted our contact lists into friend lists, theyve added notes to shared items, they've even moved the conversation that normally takes place in the comments onto Google Reader itself.

Date: 2009-07-16
Google With a Case of Big Company
Google has been a big company for many years now, and did better than most not to act like one. Big companies run by the its shareholders and creditors, but Sergey and Larry have taken pains to run the company their way and have precious little debt.

Date: 2009-07-15
Are There Guarantees in SEO?
An interesting commenter dialogue discussing SEO guarantees took place on my Marketing Pilgrim guest post. An innocent comment supporting the articles take on the vast array of grandiose guarantees and claims made in the SEO industry...

Date: 2009-07-14
Rosetta Stone is Suing
Rosetta Stone, the company that makes the software that can help you learn any language (according to their advertising that is) is joining the line of companies who are suing Google over trademark infringement in AdWords campaigns.

Date: 2009-07-13
Microsoft Search and SEO's
Microsoft has remodeled their search engine over and over again. The Microsoft Network, or MSN whose origins started as an ISP and an online portal when Windows 95 came out grew into a search engine that was always trailing as the...

Date: 2009-07-10
Which Is The Better Search Engine?
A study from analysts Citigroup may resolve the question of the moment: Is Bing a better search engine than Google? The study compared 200 queries on the Google, Yahoo and Bing search engines.

Date: 2009-07-10
Google Apps Drop the Beta
Yes, its true. Just five short years after its launch, and just months after they caught the most recent round of flak for the extended testing period, Gmail is finally losing the Beta label today, as are all of Google Apps, including Calendar, Docs, and Talk.

Date: 2009-07-08
Google Adds Blog Search Tools
Recently, Google has rolled out some of the most requested features at its Google Blog Search homepage, which was launched last year.

Date: 2009-07-07
China Lifted Google Ban, Revenue Up
Google have something to smile about in China despite being banned recently by the Chinese Government. It has been reported that Google China is poised to announce a revenue increase of 25% for the 2nd quarter of 2009.

Date: 2009-07-06
Bing US Search Traffic
What would be the best way for a research firm to get some notice in a market that has two or three dominant players that most turn to?

Date: 2009-07-03
Bing and Twitter to Integrate?
What do you do if you no longer need your Chief Technology Officer, but dont want your rivals to get their grubby mitts on him either?

Date: 2009-07-02
Google Chief Technology Officer Reassigned
What do you do if you no longer need your Chief Technology Officer, but dont want your rivals to get their grubby mitts on him either?

Date: 2009-07-01
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