Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has announced plans for the reorganization of the company.
In a blog post on Yodel Anecdotal Bartz details the plan. "So today I’m rolling out a new management structure that I believe will make Yahoo! a lot faster on its feet. For us working at Yahoo!, it means everything gets simpler."
Google Announces Winners Of Website Workout Contest
Google’s Website Optimizer works, and the company really, really wants you to know it. The winners of the Google Website Workout contest – which challenged businesses to use the tool and improve their conversion rates – have been announced in just about every place possible, giving both them and Website Optimizer all sorts of publicity.
Yahoo Announces Partners For Online TV
Yahoo has announced partnerships with consumer electronics manufacturers Samsung, Sony, LG Electronics and Vizo to provide TV widgets to a new line of Internet connected television sets.
eBay Announces Holiday Promotions
More than a few experts believe this holiday season will be brutal on the retail sector, and as a result, just about every company that connects with consumers is gearing up for battle. Today, eBay unveiled its plan of attack, and it’s a multipronged doozy.
Google Announces Third Quarter Results
Google has released its third quarter results, and things are looking all right so far. The company managed to bring in $5.54 billion in revenue, and this was up from both last quarter and the third quarter of last year. Net income increased in a similar manner, reaching $1.35 billion.Eric Schmidt wasn’t as positive as he’s been at other times, giving Google some wiggle room in terms of short-term performance, but seems to feel that things are solid and the company is heading in the right direction.
Facebook Announces Top 25 fbFund Recipients
There’s a heck of a lot of bad economic news out there, but for a group of Facebook application developers, it’s a great day. A full 25 teams were named as fbFund recipients, and they’ll receive $25,000 each as a result.
MySpace Announces MyAds
Last month, we reported that MySpace had launched a new self-serve advertising platform, but it was officially announced last night with a name – MyAds (beta). With this platform, users are able to create their own display banner ads with the following advantages working for them (as cited by the social network):
MySpace Announces Decison08 Contest Winners
MySpace and NBC have announced the winners of the Decsion08 Convention contest for citizen journalists.Close to 50,000 MySpace users cast votes and selected Matt Britten and Sara Pat Badgley to act as citizen journalists at the 2008 Democratic and Republican conventions.
Google Announces New Content Network Features
A conversion might, if an advertiser is lucky, take place after a consumer sees a single ad. Several viewings are slightly more likely to result in a positive outcome. But there’s little to be gained the 48th time around, and in a nod to this reality, Google’s introducing some new features on its content network.
Yahoo’s Zawodny Announces Exit
Asked to name one person associated with Yahoo, most people would pick Jerry Yang. David Filo would be another choice. Perhaps third out of roughly 14,000 employees is Jeremy Zawodny, though, and within a few weeks, he’ll be leaving the company.