The other side of Google's loss: Yahoo's gain
Reports issued by Citigroup and Bear Stearns based on information from comScore about paid clicks noted the flat January suffered by Google, as well as a pleasant surprise for Yahoo.
Sound Bites From The Comcast Hearing
Yesterday’s FCC "hearing" to discuss Comcast’s interference with BitTorrent traffic was more "dogpile on the cable shill." Comcast chose executive VP David Cohen as the bullet-catcher/gauntlet-runner/sacrificial lamb, and Verizon sent its own executive VP, Tom Tauke, presumably for moral support.
Office Open XML Booed By Google
We haven’t yet reached the point at which somebody rhymes OOXML with "hell" and starts chanting. Yet Google’s far from happy with Microsoft’s submission of Office Open XML as an international standard, and has publicly said as much on its corporate blog.
Google Finance Asks For Feedback
We haven’t yet been promised an update, much less a timeline or any specifics relating to its release. Still, users of Google Finance have been asked to fill out a rather long survey, and it looks like this is a chance for people to influence the service’s future.
Google Talks Up AdWords And Analytics Seminars
The majority of Google-related developments take place in or near Mountain View. The company’s now trying to spread the love, however, and over the next few months, will be holding AdWords and Analytics seminars in five different places.
Malaysian Bloggers Make Political Run
Bloggers in Malaysia are having an impact on the political process as the country prepares for elections next month.Three well-known bloggers, who are opponents of the ruling party that has been in power for fifty years, are running for the first time as candidates on March 8, counting on their online popularity to bring in votes.
Google Connected To New Undersea Cable
Bharti Airtel, Global Transit, KDDI Corporation, Pacnet, and SingTel, along with one other corporation, are building an undersea fiber optic cable connecting America and Japan. The cable should cost around $300 million, and the last member of the six-company consortium is Google.
Google Agrees: They Are Good At Search
No false modesty exists at Google when it comes to the search service that springboarded their success.
Yahoo Search Opens Up To Openness
Another component of Yahoo’s open content strategy comes as part of the site’s search service, with plans to open a development platform for search soon.
Buzz Begins With Yahoo Open Content
The company’s open content strategy picked up steam with the debut of the social media site Yahoo Buzz.