Hitwise: Still Hope For YouTube Competitors

YouTube is dominant enough among video websites that, in order to keep its rivals from getting squished together at the bottom, it had to be removed from a graph showing Australian market shares.  Still, MSN Video and CNET TV are doing well under its rule.

Mexico

Mexico's primary provider of fixed-line phone service, Telmex, is prepared to introduce Internet-based television and is waiting for the government's approval to launch the service.Telmex, controlled by Carlos Slim, one the world's wealthiest men has seen profits and ad revenue decline in the last several quarter's, due to increased competition from cell phone and cable providers.

Google Says Google News Not Priceless

Despite no ads or any obvious revenue generation, Google News is worth $100 million to Google, according to VP Marissa Mayer. How does zero equal $100 million? As one of Google's many for free peripheral services, enough people sort of ride the Google wave over to the search engine from the News page. In Google's estimation, all that referral traffic is worth a pretty penny.

Google Opens Knol For Knowledge-Sharing

We've noted time and time again the way in which Wikipedia receives loads of traffic from Google, and to be honest, there's no clear sign that this will change.  But Google has gone so far as to launch Knol, a sort of would-be competitor.

Sphinn Takes On Upcoming Spammers

The SEO-friendly social media site Sphinn may have been a little too friendly with submitters, something they addressed with a recent site change.