Google Search API Questioned Again
Industry pros have never been fully happy with the results they receive through Google's Search API.
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Industry pros have never been fully happy with the results they receive through Google's Search API.
If you remember correctly, Google bought the Urchin Software Corporation in 2005, and reformed Urchin software to Google Analytics. The one major change in the software was that Google allowed Analytics to be free.
It's tempting to dismiss this as a case of "too little, too late" - Microsoft and thousands of shareholders are already at Yahoo's door. Still, the company's performed an overhaul of its video site, and things are looking at least mildly impressive.
Research firm the NPD Group has released its U.S. retail sales figures for January 2008. Software sales for the month were up by 11 percent to $611 million, hardware sales dropped by a quarter to $378 million. Overall the industry was down 6 percent for the month managing to reach $1.18 billion compared to January 2007 sales of $1.25 billion.
Since the PC browser search and ad experience have been dominated by Google, Microsoft's competitive play may be on the mobile side, where no single provider dominates search.
Reorganization time at Microsoft shuffled the executive deck, as the company moved people up on the org chart, perhaps as early preparation for a successful Yahoo takeover.