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Google Annual Shareholder Meeting - CliffsNotes Version
By: Andy Beal 2008-05-12
<Google Overload> Google held its annual shareholders meeting yesterday and discussed lots of topics. Here are the Pilgrims CliffsNotes: Yahoo: "Excited to be working with themThey were under a hostile attack and we wanted to make sure they had as many options as possible." YouTube: New ad products in development that are neither pre-roll or post-roll. Microsoft: "Microsoft is a very large competitor across all facets of Google for many reasons. Applications. Search. Advertising, display. Microsoft is well-funded, clever, smart, and they have a lot of advantages nobody else has." Microsoft/Yahoo Deal: "Obviously were happy it didnt happen..Had the merger gone through, we would actually have had to have a meeting about it have a campaign against the merger." Clearwire/WiMax Investment: "Having more competition in that space is good. And having more end-user services that need high-speed." Economy: "Theres been no change in the impact of the economy on our business." Finding New CFO: "usually takes a yearwere picky." Shareholder Proposals: voted down regarding censorship on the Internet and human-rights issues in countries that Google does business in. Co-founder Sergey Brin abstained from voting on the proposals, saying he agreed with their spirit. "Directionally, the two proposals are correct," Brin told 200 shareholders in the audience. </Google Overload> CommentsTag: Google Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit | Furl Have a bookmark! - ![]() View All Articles by Andy Beal About the Author: Andy Beal is an internet marketing consultant and considered one of the world's most respected and interactive search engine marketing experts. Andy has worked with many Fortune 1000 companies such as Motorola, CitiFinancial, Lowes, Alaska Air, DeWALT, NBC and Experian. You can read his internet marketing blog at Marketing Pilgrim and reach him at andy.beal@gmail.com. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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